Customers who subscribe to virtual operator Ting can now tap its unique pay-for-what-you-use plans with an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. On Wednesday Ting will began activating unlocked iPhones on… Read more »
At a high level, Verizon had a very good fourth quarter for customer growth. It brought on board an additional 2.07 million subscriptions, upgraded many old feature phone customers to new… Read more »
It’s a new year, which means we’re all ready for a new round of speculation that Google will become a mobile carrier. Right on cue, The Information’s Amir Efrati published a… Read more »
FreedomPop started selling its own Wi-Fi-only phone last year, so it was only a matter of time before the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) started selling Wi-Fi service. On Wednesday it… Read more »
The next generation of Wi-Fi will make it easier for both upstarts and huge companies to take on traditional cellular operators in the mobile market. Read more »
FreedomPop was facing a shortage of cheap Android phones — especially the bigger-screened devices that are popular today — so it’s bringing in custom low-cost devices from overseas. Read more »
Health and fitness emerged as the newest major platforms in the mobile industry during the second quarter of 2014. The flurry of activity illustrates how quickly the mobile-health industry is maturing… Read more »
FreedomPop’s free mobile voice and data plans have taken off in the U.S. so the MVNO is trying its luck in Europe. It will launch in Belgium this year and expand… Read more »
TextNow is an all-IP operator so all calls and text messages ride over its data connections. Adding hand-over between Wi-Fi and cellular means it will be able to support better quality… Read more »
ROK appears to be building a compelling music service tied to a bargain mobile service plan, but it’s only sharing it with a handful of people on what was supposed to… Read more »