Apparently when you reach an agreement to acquire a company partly owned by Ryan Reynolds, it’s a perfect opportunity to feature the actor in a video about the deal. At any rate, it’s an opportunity that the acquiring company —…
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Latest FCC Lifeline Program Abuse Allegation Leads to Proposed $6 Million Fine for Tracfone
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,…
T-Mobile Connect Low-Cost Service Launches Early
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…
T-Mobile Sprint Win Court Case, Merger Could Close as Soon as April
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…
DOJ Approves Sprint T-Mobile Merger, Requires Asset Sale to Dish; Ergen Says Dish is Ready
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…
Report: Dish to Buy Spectrum, Prepaid Assets from T-Mobile and Sprint; What Will Dish’s Wireless Strategy Be?
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…
MetroPCS Rebrand, Metro by T-Mobile, Offers Unlimited for $50 Monthly
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…
CWA Wants to Make T-Mobile, Sprint Job Commitments Binding
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…
CEO: Mobile Telemedicine is Focus for MVNO Seniors Wireless
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…
T-Mobile Surpasses Sprint to be Number One in Pre-Paid Wireless
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…
Prepaid Wireless on the Rise, Aio is Latest Venture
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…
Bernstein Sees Wireless Industry Glass Half Empty
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…
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