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Unplugging: After holding an emergency auction. bankrupt wireless career Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile was a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and operated on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network. Its primary non-Venture Capital investors were MTV Networks and Universal Music Group.  Inc. was seeking to sell its assets in a "very discrete" fashion, according to according to
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2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 Prexar Mobile which said in a-statement that it is buying unspecified Adj. 1. unspecified - not stated explicitly or in detail; "threatened unspecified reprisals"
specified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
 "strategic wireless assets" from Amp'd. Prexar said the deal would guarantee continuity of service for Amp'd customers. The beginning of the end for Amp'd began when Verizon Communications
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Verizon Communications, Inc.
 Inc. requested that the wireless and data provider be shut down. The company, which supplied Amp'd with its network, became wary of the Los Angeles-based startup's ability to pay it past due fees totaling more than $50 million.
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Title Annotation:News of the Week
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Date:Aug 6, 2007
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