Prepaid Wireless News

By Joe Paonessa • 02/27/15

       Attention data hogs, regional carrier  iWireless might have the plan for you.  A peak at iWireless’s website shows that it has been updated to...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/24/15

         Today Ting Mobile announced that anyone who has or presumably purchases one of their GSM based SIM cards can now participate in their op...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15

UPDATE: 03/16/2015          Tracfone Wireless has quietly launched a new MVNO that operates on the Verizon network.  That MVNO is Total Wireless and t...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15

        Boost Mobile is now offering unlimited calling to Mexico and Canada as well as unlimited international text messaging for an additional $5/mon...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/21/15

         Come March 1st Verizon is said to be releasing a new prepaid wireless plan for $60.  The new plan will include unlimited talk and text,...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/20/15

Today Sprint announced a new deal involving its family share plans.  For $90/month customers can now get unlimited talk, text, and 12 GB of shared dat...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/20/15

Cellular Data Network Settings Disabled on iOS with ATT MVNO SIM Cards        I was recently contacted by a reader who is having a problem with gettin...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/18/15

         AT&T has announced that starting February 20th, users of the not so competitively priced service will get a free plan upgrade.  Those on...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/12/15

Updated: 02/17/2015         Well, it seems Lycamobile is no longer offering the great plans described earlier.  After a few short days on the market,...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/12/15

         A recent site reader, “salocin411” tried to purchase T-Mobile’s $30 prepaid wireless sim starter kit when he ran into a problem I had never s...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/11/15

        In accordance with CTIA regulatory policy,  Boost Mobile has announced its unlocking policy, and it is essentially the same as Virgin Mobile’s...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/10/15

          Cricket Wireless today announced that its $50 (Smart) and $60 (Pro and Advanced) plans will now include unlimited calling mobile to mobile a...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/08/15

        Jolt Mobile has been in business since 1995, and for many years it has also been an ATT MVNO.  Recently however, the prepaid wireless provider...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/08/15

        In a time when providers are starting to move beyond basic and expand upon LTE technology with services such as Sprint Spark and T-Mobile’s Wi...

By Joe Paonessa • 02/07/15

          Karma Mobility is a data only provider that operates on the Sprint network.  Recently they had a little fun mocking the T-Mobile commercial...