Two years is quite the delay, but GSM Nation hasn’t merely been dawdling. The new MVNO, US Mobile, is the product of two years of learning from GSM Nation’s MVNO partners,… Read more »
Though Sprint’s new friends and family plan gained nearly 3 million subscribers, it posted net losses of nearly 400,000 subscribers in Q1. Framily may be Sprint’s future, but it’s not yet… Read more »
FreedomPop is broadening the scope of its all-IP voice and messaging beta program, allowing customers to activate Sprint Android phones on its network. As with its other services, customers can sign… Read more »
T-Mobile’s big growth third quarter was driven in part by 344,000 new MVNO connections. Those virtual subscribers are becoming and increasing chunk of T-Mobile’s business as it begins welcome more virtual… Read more »
Virtual operators have driven a good chunk of the growth in the U.S. mobile market in the last two years, according to GSMA Intelligence. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile host 23 million… Read more »
Viva Movil launching a line of mobile device stores targeted at Latinos and has tapped Verizon Wireless to be its exclusive partner. The phones and service will be Verizon, but the… Read more »
Prepaid mobile giant TracFone had a massive quarter, adding 839,000 subscribers and even beating out Verizon Wireless. TracFone didn’t say why, but not coincidentally its Straight Talk brand and partner Walmart… Read more »
Solavei will sell the device for steep price of $700, but unlocked versions of the new iPhone 5 will work with its SIM cards. Solavei resells T-Mo’s service, giving access to… Read more »
Verizon has never been the operator you would associate with the word cheap. After years of focusing on the high-end of the market, Verizon is going after the budget carriers with… Read more »
TracFone had another enormous growth year. Though it doesn’t have a network of its own, it is starting to grow close to national carrier size off of the success of Straight… Read more »