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Metro by T-Mobile Dealers Have Reduced Hours Due To COVID-19 Concerns

Most Prepaid Carrier Brand Stores Remain Open Amid Coronavirus Fears

By Joe Paonessa • 03/24/20

According to a recent survey by Wave7 Research, most carrier prepaid and dealer stores have remained open as nationwide worry over the spread of the COVID-19 virus continues. ...

Twigby’s New Smartphone Value Plans Start At $20/Month

By Joe Paonessa • 03/19/20

Twigby has updated its wireless plans. The Sprint MVNO with roaming on Verizon has some new “Value Plans” that will live alongside their build your own plan options. The new...

Consumer Cellular Leads MVNO And Prepaid Wireless Providers In Jan 2020 TV Ad Spending

Boost & Metro Launch New TV Ad Campaigns, Consumer Cellular Breaks Into Top 100 In National TV Ad Spending

By Joe Paonessa • 02/11/20

Consumer Cellular led all MVNOs and prepaid providers in national TV advertising this past January by placing in the top 100 in national TV ad spending. No other wireless pro...

A Small Number Of Walmart Locations Like This Asheville North Carolina Area Store Are Testing The Sale Of goTRG Certififed Refurbished Apple Products

Walmart Launches In-Store Pilot Program To Sell Refurbished iPhones, iPads, & Other Apple Devices

By Joe Paonessa • 01/13/20

Walmart is currently running a new pilot program believed to be in about 30 of its brick and mortar stores. Stores participating in the program are selling goTRG certified re...

Sprint Affordable Choice Program At Walmart, Photo Via Wave7 Research

Sprint Expands Into A Majority Of Walmarts, Offers Affordable Choice Program To Help Those With Poor Credit

By Gilbert Lopez • 12/19/19

Wave7 Research recently reported to its subscribers that Sprint is now available at a majority of Walmart locations based on sources and checks. Prior to the expansion, Wave7...

BestMVNO Is Expanding!

By Joe Paonessa • 12/15/19

Hello all. It’s been a long journey for me with BestMVNO. I started BestMVNO back in 2013 with a focus on educating people about MVNOS so that they could potentially save mon...

Consumer Cellular Exits Best Buy While Growing At A 50k Subcriber Per Month Pace

By Joe Paonessa • 09/10/19

Consumer Cellular has exited from Best Buy. The move comes just one year after Consumer Cellular first appeared in Best Buy stores. Industry analyst Wave7 Research observed...

Mint Mobile Offering Free Year Of Service With iPhone Purchase

Mint Mobile Is Offering A Free Year Of Service With The Purchase Of An iPhone XR, XS Or XS Max

By Joe Paonessa • 07/22/19

Mint Mobile has recently launched several offers. Customers who order a new iPhone XR, XS or XS Max can choose to pair it with either a free year of service, free airpods wit...

STS Media Agrees To Sell FreedomPop To Red Pocket Mobile

FreedomPop Has Been Acquired By Red Pocket Mobile

By Joe Paonessa • 06/07/19

The company that runs FreedomPop, STS Media, announced today that it has agreed to sell the FreedomPop brand to Red Pocket Mobile. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed,...

Consumer Cellular Is Taking Over Sprint Displays At Target

Sprint Exits Target, Consumer Cellular To Benefit With A Larger In-Store Presence

By Joe Paonessa • 03/26/19

Sprint is leaving Target’s retail space. Consumer Cellular will take over its displays giving the brand a more pronounced presence in the store. This change was first noted...

DataPass Has Quietly Shut Down

By Joe Paonessa • 03/22/19

DataPass was a multi-carrier partner MVNO. The company offered service plans on the T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon networks. The MVNO burst onto the scene in early 2018 by off...

Telrite Holdings INC Agrees To Buy Locus Telecommunications

H2O Wireless Bought Out By Pure TalkUSA’s Parent Company Telrite

By Joe Paonessa • 01/22/19

Telrite Holdings, Inc. announced today an agreement to purchase Locus Telecommunications pending regulatory approval. Telrite Holdings, Inc. is the company that owns Pure Tal...

BestMVNO Awards: Best Of 2018, Year In Review

By Joe Paonessa • 01/02/19

With the start of a new year, it’s time to look back on what happened to the MVNO and wireless world in 2018. This is the 4th annual BestMVNO.com end of the year MVNO and wire...

Expo Mobile Hands Off Customer Service To Selectel Wireless

Expo Mobile Migrating Customers To Selectel Wireless?

By Joe Paonessa • 12/19/18

I was recently contacted by a person whose husband is a subscriber to Expo Mobile. She said her husband started receiving text messages from the company asking him to call Se...

NTP Releases Study Of Health Effects Of Exposure To Cellular Radiation In Rodents

Consumer Advocate Group Calls For Moratorium On Roll Out Of 5G Due To Concern It May Cause Cancer

By Joe Paonessa • 11/01/18

The US Brain Tumor Association, sent out a press release today in regards to a recently completed study by the the US National Toxicology Program (NTP). The study found evid...