John Legere and his executive team talk to Gigaom about mobile competition in the U.S. and why mobile data is no longer the rare commodity it used to be. Read more »
Apple plans to drive more iPhone purchases through its stores by offering prepaid and month-to-month plans to customers who buy unlocked phones. Read more »
There are a several similarities between Sprint’s new Framily program and the the multilevel marketing business model of mobile carrier Solavei. But Sprint has adopted the best aspects of Solavei’s model… Read more »
Target will become a T-Mobile MVNO, reselling its voice and data. brightspot goes live on Oct. 6 with two plans: $35 or $50 a month depending on whether you use data. Read more »
None of the upgrade plans are a good deal if you’re upgrading your phone once a year. But if you just buy your phone outright at T-Mobile you not only get… Read more »
Last year, Virgin undercut the entire U.S. mobile industry by offering one of the cheapest iPhone 4S plans in the business. Next Friday it will do the same for the iPhone… 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 »
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 »
Hype over T-Mobile’s “Uncarrier” event on Tuesday is building. There are no guarantees about what exactly T-Mo will announce tomorrow, but here’s what we expect — and hope — will come… Read more »