Verizon today announced its intention to acquire Tracfone Wireless and become the prepaid wireless leader in the U.S. as a result. The deal, which could be valued at close to $7 billion in cash and stock, would add Tracfone’s 21…

Verizon today announced its intention to acquire Tracfone Wireless and become the prepaid wireless leader in the U.S. as a result. The deal, which could be valued at close to $7 billion in cash and stock, would add Tracfone’s 21…
EDINBURG, Va., March 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (NASDAQ: SHEN), a leading provider of telecommunications and broadband services in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky and Ohio, today announced a new pre-paid Internet service, the 25 Mbps Flex package. This new service will meet a family’s needs…
Dish Network has agreed to acquire prepaid mobile operations and spectrum from Sprint and T-Mobile, according to a report published by Bloomberg. According to the report, Dish will pay about $1.5 billion for the prepaid mobile business and about $3.5…
Prepaid Internet options are on the rise, as Comcast announced footprint-wide availability of their Xfinity Prepaid Internet service, targeting poor credit and “unbanked” market segments. Verizon announced a Fios prepaid Internet offer earlier this month. The service offers Internet access…
New York, New York — March 6, 2017 — Today Fios Prepaid becomes the first-of-its-kind payment option for Verizon Fios services, making it easier than ever to enjoy Fios internet, TV and home phone with: No credit check No deposit required…
An announcement from AT&T today illustrates the increasing importance of prepaid wireless. The company announced a new prepaid nationwide voice and data offering under the Aio Wireless brand which, according to AT&T, offers a “first-class wireless experience at a value…
We first reported AT&T’s move into the home with wireless back in August 2012. Their A&T Wireless Home Phone product provides an adapter to be used in the home which routes home phone calls over AT&T’s wireless network, bypassing the…
Wipro Technologies, an India-based IT and systems integration firm, aims to help broadband providers profitably serve the low-income market with a new managed service for prepaid customers dubbed Wipro Accelerate announced this week. Steve Snyder, vice president and global…
DALLAS, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Beginning Oct. 7, AT&T* GoPhone® smartphone customers will have a new rate plan option. The new Monthly Unlimited Plan with Data offers unlimited talk and text, with 1 GB of data for $65 per…
Ridgeland, Miss. (July 11, 2012) – C Spire Wireless, the only wireless provider with a suite of personalized individual and family voice and data plans, today introduced its new CHOICE data access plans that allow users even greater choice and…
An announcement from AT&T today about the company’s GoPhone service is a reminder of the increasingly important role that prepaid plans are playing in today’s wireless marketplace. The company added unlimited texting to Canada, Mexico and 100 countries to its…