by Pivot
Tag: Promotions
T-Mobile Offers Free 5G Phones with Today’s Nationwide 5G Launch
Certain customers will be able to get a 5G smartphone for free from T-Mobile, which said today that it has turned up 5G service nationwide. Customers who switch from another carrier and trade in an…
U.S. Cellular Emphasizes Fairness with New Strategy, Including 5G for Rural
U.S. Cellular says that it is resetting and updating its branding and elements of its technology and how it interacts with its subscribers. The new strategy will emphasize fairness, the company said. The initiative includes…
Sprint 5G Smartphone — a Bit Less Pricey Than Verizon 5G Smartphone, Both Offering Deep Discounts
The first Sprint 5G smartphone – the LG V50 ThinQ — will ship May 31 with a suggested retail price (SRP) of $1,152, the company said today. That’s a bit less than the $1,299 to…
Verizon Announces 20 More Mobile 5G Markets, Introduces Costly 5G Smartphone
Verizon today announced 20 more markets that will get mobile 5G service in 2019 and said it will begin taking orders today for a 5G version of the Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone, which will be…
Sprint Offers Money-Back Guarantee, Up to $650 to Cover Switching Fees
Sprint is enabling new customers and customers adding a line to try its upgraded LTE service for 30 days under a new Sprint money-back guarantee. Under the newly announced program, dubbed Total Satisfaction Guarantee, Sprint…
Windstream Connects Sugar Land Skeeters Baseball in Mutually Beneficial Deal
When Windstream won a deal to provide symmetrical gigabit connectivity to the Sugar Land Skeeters baseball stadium in suburban Houston, the carrier got more out of it than the associated revenue. “We let them tell…
Verizon Continues Partnership Building with Netflix Offer
Both new and returning customers who purchase Verizon Fios Gigabit connection Internet or Fios Gigabit Connection Triple Play under a two-year agreement will get a free year of Netflix streaming video, the company said. The…
Limited-Time “Free” Promo Aims to Boost Sprint Drive Connected Car Offering
Sprint may be returning to a subsidized device pricing model for Sprint Drive, the company’s connected car offering. The company said it is offering a free wireless device that plugs into the car when customers…
Donovan: DIRECTV NOW Subscribers are a “Tale of Two Cities”
Two years after the launch of the over-the-top streaming video offering, AT&T has gained a deeper understanding of DIRECTV NOW subscribers, said John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, on the company’s third-quarter earnings call today.…
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…
Latest T-Mobile ‘Un-carrier’ Move Focuses on CX, Offers Free Pandora
T-Mobile aims to enhance the customer experience (CX) with a series of new moves, including a new Team of Experts deal. The ‘Un-carrier’ also announced a partnership with Live Nation involving tickets to music and…
NCTC Uses Analytics, Targeted Marketing for Improved ARPU, Reduced Churn
NCTC, a regional broadband provider serving rural Tennessee and Kentucky, has seen a 15% increase in average revenue per customer (ARPU) by using broadband customer data analytics to create tightly targeted promotions. In an interview,…