The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a fine of more than $6 million against Tracfone Wireless for apparent violations of the FCC’s Lifeline program rules. Identifying Lifeline program abuse has become a focus of the FCC. According to the FCC,…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, T-Mobile is launching its T-Mobile Connect service ahead of schedule and at half the price of the company’s lowest smartphone plan, the carrier announced today. T-Mobile Connect was originally announced in November in connection…
The T-Mobile Sprint merger could close as soon as April, now that a federal judge has sided with the carriers in a court case brought by the attorneys general of several states attempting to block the merger. The merger “remains…
T-Mobile and Sprint attained a major milestone in their quest for regulatory approval of their merger plans with the news today that the Department of Justice and the attorneys general of five states have approved the merger on the condition…
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…
T-Mobile today announced a MetroPCS rebrand. The carrier’s prepaid unit will now be known as Metro by T-Mobile. T-Mobile also announced two new prepaid unlimited plans for the Metro service, with pricing beginning at $50 a month. The $50-a-month plan…
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union wants T-Mobile and Sprint to make a binding commitment not to eliminate jobs in their proposed merger. According to a CWA analysis, as many as 30,000 U.S. jobs could be lost as a…
A unique way of differentiating a wireless offering comes from Seniors Wireless, a subsidiary of Australia-based MVNO emveno. The two-part offering launched yesterday combines mobile voice and data service with a telemedicine service operated by emveno called teleMED Assist. TeleMED…
August 06, 2014 — BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On the heels of yet another strong quarterly performance report, T-Mobile US Inc. (NYSE:TMUS) today announced the Un-carrier has overtaken rivals AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to become the No.1 U.S. wireless provider in the…
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…
When the telecom industry needs a reality check, you can count on Bernstein Research to provide it. Yesterday Bernstein financial analysts Craig Moffett, Nicholas Del Deo and Amelia Chan offered up what they called “six key take-aways” from the wireless…
LOS ANGELES–Nov. 1, 2012–TruConnect Mobile LLC today announced it will deliver Internet on the Go™ “Go Big” and “Go Bigger” plans that offer great mobile Internet access value for both casual and heavy users exclusively at Walmart. Internet on the…
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