Prepaid Wireless News
By Joe Paonessa • 04/02/23
On April 14, Mint Mobile will be updating all of its wireless plans to include more data. Pricing for each plan will remain the same. Here’s how each...
By Jon Horovitz • 03/31/23
MWC Barcelona We all got back from MWC and are still following up on the meetings we had, sending reminders, and actioning what we agreed on with our...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/30/23
As the tax season heads down the final stretch, Red Pocket Mobile is making one last marketing push to try and sell you a plan. The provider is offeri...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/30/23
Boost Mobile is quietly running a deal for a hotspot/tablet plan. It’s not really being marketed anywhere and isn’t featured on Boost Mobile’s website...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/30/23
Xfinity Mobile is currently running a small number of deals. One offer is for a free Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2022). Other limited-time offers inclu...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/28/23
Simple Mobile has won the Wave7 Research 1st quarter 2023 independent multi-carrier prepaid dealer survey. The provider has won every single quarterly...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/27/23
Consumer Cellular has recently eliminated some plans from its online offerings. A total of three plans are now available for purchase, down from six....
By Joe Paonessa • 03/27/23
Over the last several months LycaMobile has been running some pretty aggressive promos including deeply discounted phone plans and buy three months ge...
By Jon Horovitz • 03/24/23
Mobile carriers operate ever-changing networks in their management of protocols such as 5G and 6G. This impacts billions of devices operating on those...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/21/23
Today, Stetson Doggett of BestPhonePlans.net launched a new crowd-sourced cellular coverage mapping tool in conjunction with SpeedSmart. The new tool...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/21/23
In August 2020, DISH and Tucows jointly announced that DISH had acquired some Ting Mobile assets from Tucows. However, DISH did not buy the Ting Mobil...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/16/23
Tello Mobile has just launched a flash sale. The prepaid provider is offering new customers and new lines 50% off for their first month of service. Th...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/16/23
Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that it reached a deal, pending regulatory approval, to purchase Ka’ena Corporation including all of its subsidiaries an...
By Jon Horovitz • 03/10/23
There is an ongoing discussion on what would you rather lose, your wallet or your cellphone? My unscientific research tells me that the 50+ age group...
By Joe Paonessa • 03/08/23
Several weeks ago, DISH began sending out “rainbow SIMs” to dealers. Rainbow SIMs allow dealers to activate service on the AT&T, T-Mobile, and DIS...