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…
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Wireless Customer Satisfaction Study: T-Mobile Tops Among Mobile Network Operators
Wireless customer satisfaction increased 1.4% in the last year, according to a new wireless customer satisfaction study from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The wireless telephone services category scored 75 out of 100 in ACSI’s Wireless Service and Cellular…
Virgin Mobile USA Changes How to Buy Wireless: One Year of Service for Only $1 + Virgin Perks
June 21, 2017 — KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Virgin Mobile® USA announced today it will be the first iPhone-exclusive carrier and launched a game-changing offer: Buy an iPhone and get six months of unlimited talk, text and data on Virgin Mobile’s…
J.D. Power: Smartphone Satisfaction Higher Among Full-Service Subscribers
Smartphone satisfaction is higher for owners who contract with full-service wireless carriers than it is for those who purchase wireless service on a non-contract basis, according to Vol. 2 of the J.D. Power 2016 Full-Service Smartphone Satisfaction Study. Satisfaction among…
FCC Funds Frontier, Virgin Mobile, Small Telco Low-Income Projects
Frontier Communications, TracFone, Virgin Mobile and several small rural telcos will receive funding from the Universal Service program to conduct trials aimed at increasing broadband adoption among low-income Americans. In an order adopted today, the FCC said it will target…
Virgin Mobile Launches $35 4G Prepaid Service
WARREN, N.J. (BUSINESS WIRE), May 08, 2012 – Virgin Mobile USA continues to demonstrate how it’s answering to A Higher Calling with the speed of 4G, by offering customers who prefer a no-contract option the fully loaded HTC EVO™ V…
It’s Open Season on T-Mobile
Poor T-Mobile. Their competitors are seizing on the AT&T deal limbo, painting T-Mobile as lying in wait for an uncertain outcome. Why in the world would you want to be a customer of a company like that, they argue? I…
Shentel to Offer Prepaid Wireless
EDINBURG, Va., July 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (Shentel) (Nasdaq: SHEN) announced today that its wireless subsidiary, Shenandoah Personal Communications Company, a Sprint PCS Affiliate of Sprint Nextel, has signed an amendment to the…
Sprint Completes Virgin Mobile Acquisition
Existing Boost and Virgin Mobile USA Customers Will Continue With Current Services and Plans OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & WARREN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 24, 2009– Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) and Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., (NYSE: VM) today announced that they have completed…
Sprint Buys Virgin Mobile USA
Strengthens Company’s Prepaid Position in Wireless Market with Iconic Consumer Brand OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & WARREN, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 28, 2009– Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) and Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., (NYSE:VM) announced today that their boards of directors have approved a…
Virgin Mobile Undercuts Everyone
Virgin Mobile, the prepaid wireless MVNO, has undercut all wireless carriers with their latest wireless plan. The “Totally Unlimited” plan will launch on July 1 for $79.99/month, and will offer unlimited domestic calling. For an additional $10/month, customers can add…
Death of MVNO Model Predictions Premature
The recent announcement by Disney to pull the plug on their second MVNO (ESPN Mobile was the first) has many an analyst predicting the death of the MVNO model. While the MVNO graveyard is littered with high profile failures, including…
