The IoT Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market sector is shifting from connectivity to value-added services, according to ABI Research. Causing the shift are dynamics such as disruptive pricing, discounted connectivity rates, and a rise in low power, wide area…
When cablecos Comcast and Charter began offering mobile service via MVNO agreements with Verizon, many people in the telecom industry questioned how profitable those offerings would be. Those doubters were wrong, according to a new research note from financial analysts…
Rural broadband providers are considering offering broadband/mobile bundles using an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) model, notes a new report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange. As CoBank put it, “The days of offering consumers ‘triple play’ bundles of cable TV, internet…
A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offering from Telispire aims to make it easier for broadband and electric provider members of NRTC to offer bundled broadband and wireless services. NRTC, a membership cooperative of broadband and electric providers, bought a…
Astound Broadband is expanding its mobile offering, dubbed Astound Mobile, to about four million customers in 12 states the company currently serves. The offering uses an MVNO agreement with T-Mobile. This month, the Astound Mobile will become available to the…
Sixty members of the National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC) are in the process of being onboarded to offer mobile service via the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offering that NCTC announced several weeks ago. NCTC President and CEO Lou…
AT&T will be the exclusive provider of a mobile offering available to rural service providers members of the National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC). The deal will enable NCTC members to offer mobile services without having to build their own…
Cable companies’ wireless offerings are a bigger threat to telco wireless providers than telco wireless providers’ broadband offerings are to cable companies, according to a new research note from telecom industry financial analysts at SVB MoffettNathanson. It’s a contrarian view…
Orlando, FL – July 25, 2022 – NCTC, the National Content & Technology Cooperative,representing 700+ independent communications service providers who connect one third of North American and U.S. Territory households and businesses to the world,today announced it is closing in…
The National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) expects to have an MVNO deal in place by the end of the year that would enable the company’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 broadband and video provider members to offer wireless service, said…
Dish said today that it has reached an agreement with T-Mobile to use the T-Mobile Ultra Capacity 5G network to provide connectivity to Dish mobile customers and to customers of Dish’s retail wireless brands, including Boost Mobile. The agreement requires…
Customer satisfaction with their wireless service has dipped slightly, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Wireless Phone Service and Cell Phone Study 2021-2022. The latest report said that customer satisfaction has slipped 1.4% to a score of 73…
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