Prepaid Wireless News

By Joe Paonessa • 07/11/24

Total by Verizon has relaunched and rebranded today back to Total Wireless complete with a new logo. The name change comes less than two years after T...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/21/24

US Mobile has once again made major changes to its platform. The multi-network MVNO has altered its “unlimited plans” to match and undercut Visible by...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/20/24

Google Fi has withdrawn from both Best Buy and Target stores as confirmed in the latest prepaid report from Wave7 Research. The firm noted Google Fi d...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/24

Consumer Cellular is offering new customers two months of free service when they purchase any phone and activate an account by July 31, 2024, on appro...

By Jon Horovitz • 06/14/24

Welcome to Almost Summer! In today’s column, I’d like to talk about one of the biggest money-makers and high-margin products that a wireless dealer se...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/10/24

Unreal Mobile has just been relaunched with the help of rapper and model Iggy Azalea. It’s unclear if the star bought an ownership stake in the brand...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/31/24

Thanks to a reader tip, BestMVNO has learned that Boss Wireless is shutting down. There’s a banner on the provider’s homepage that reads: We regret to...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/30/24

Total by Verizon is offering bring-your-own phone customers 50% off any truly unlimited plan for at least 12 months. The provider has two unlimited pl...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/29/24

While browsing Reddit I was struck by an ad from Mint Mobile that specifically pits itself against Verizon Prepaid. The ad compares Mint Mobile’s “unl...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/15/24

A source confirmed to BestMVNO that the Boost Mobile dealer channel is undergoing some changes. Dealers can now provide customers the ability to mix a...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/14/24

John Freier, the President of T-Mobile’s U.S. Consumer Group, released a video today claiming to be “changing wireless for good” by offering Metro by...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/13/24

On 4/23/24, T-Mobile informed the FCC that if it were allowed to acquire Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile it would immediately change the device unlock po...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/09/24

H2O Wireless, a sister brand to PureTalk, has launched a new offer targeting prospective multi-line customers. Through 8/31/24, new customers who acti...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/08/24

TextNow has updated its free unlimited talk and text phone plan to include what it is calling “Free Essential Data.” Free Essential Data is free data...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/06/24

US Mobile has launched a new manual network switching tool. The company is tentatively calling it TelePortal. The tool is currently in beta testing, a...