Articles by Joe Paonessa

By Joe Paonessa • 08/09/23

Ultra Mobile has introduced four online-exclusive promotions available for new customers. There’s a buy three months get one free offer, a monthly unlimited plan for $35, a 2G...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/08/23

Last Friday, Verizon Wireless announced that it had hired a new celebrity spokesperson for its prepaid brand Straight Talk Wireless. That spokesperson is actor and comedian Ji...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/08/23

Total by Verizon has brought what had been exclusively in-store-only offers online. Customers who shop totalbyverizon.com can now get 4-unlimited high-speed data lines for $10...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/01/23

For a couple of months, US Mobile had been teasing on Reddit about coming out with new plans and features. And those plans are finally here. To start, data allotments are now...

By Joe Paonessa • 07/28/23

Red Pocket Mobile has started a revival of some of its neglected brands. Wave7 Research noted in its most recent prepaid report that Red Pocket Mobile brand FreedomPop has lau...

By Joe Paonessa • 07/11/23

PureTalk has increased the amount of high-speed data included with several plans and appears to have added dedicated hotspot allotments. A couple of weeks ago BestMVNO reporte...

By Joe Paonessa • 07/09/23

Unreal Mobile is back from the dead and now has new branding, a new website, and new plans. The brand stopped posting to its social media accounts around a year ago. But exact...

By Joe Paonessa • 07/06/23

Simple Mobile once again emerged as the top-selling prepaid carrier in the latest Wave7 Research multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey conducted in the second quarter of 2023. T...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/28/23

H2O Wireless is updating all of its plans with quite a few changes. Select plans now have more data, dedicated hotspot, faster data speeds after a given plan’s high-speed allo...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/23

Red Pocket Mobile has ramped up its advertising spend. The firm Wave7 Research detailed in its latest prepaid report that the MVNO launched three new TV ads in June. BestMVNO...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/23

Verizon has made a small change to its Walmart Family Mobile brand plans. The firm Wave7 Research noted in its latest prepaid report that the provider increased the amount of...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/16/23

In March 2022, Consumer Cellular signed Ted Danson to be their company spokesperson. Soon after that, Danson appeared in a plethora of TV ads touting the brand. His face was a...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/15/23

For months on end, Metro by T-Mobile has had an under-the-table, unadvertised offer running. Subscribers could get an unlimited talk, text, and high-speed data line from Metro...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/09/23

Boost Infinite launched a new wireless plan today “Infinite Unlimited+” for $50/month. With the new plan, there’s a new promotional offer. Customers who signup for Infinite Un...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/07/23

Three years ago Verizon Prepaid discontinued multi-line family plan discounts in favor of offering plans with loyalty discounts. Today, Verizon Prepaid has opted to bring back...