Prepaid Wireless News
By Joe Paonessa • 08/16/18
Best Buy announced that it has acquired GreatCall Inc for $800 million. The move was made to help expand Best Buy’s reach into the growing health space. The deal comes hot o...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/15/18
Some US Cellular unlimited plan subscribers will soon have a higher monthly phone bill. On August 23 the company will be raising the prices of their unlimited plans. The unl...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/13/18
MetroPCS officially launched the Alcatel 7 today. The listed retail price of the device is $179.99, however customers who port-in and subscribe to an unlimited data plan can...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/10/18
Consumer Cellular has expanded its in store availability. According to a report from Wave7 Research, the MVNO launched at 200 Best Buy locations on 7/6/18. By 2019 it is exp...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/10/18
Tello announced today a couple of phone and plan bundles and new discounts on several phones. The deals are being marketed by Tello as a back to school sale. There are two bu...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/08/18
EBay periodically offers coupon codes. Today, 8/8/18 only, there is a new coupon code available. Shoppers can save 15% on nearly all items listed on eBay priced $25 or highe...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/08/18
UNREAL Mobile announced the addition of mobile hotspot plans to its lineup. The new plans start at $8/month and require the purchase of a $20 mobile hotspot device. UNREAL Mo...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/06/18
Ting Mobile has announced a new promotion. The promotion is being marketed as a “back to school sale.” Customers that purchase a Moto G6 in the Ting store will receive $100...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/06/18
Total Wireless is offering bonus data to new subscribers. The Verizon MVNO is giving away 5GB of free data to each new line ported in. The data will carryover from month to...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/06/18
Boost Mobile recently launched some new in store only promotions. Perhaps the most interesting is an offer for the iPhone 6 for just $29.99 to those who make switch to the Sp...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/03/18
Several days ago ROK Mobile abruptly ended service on the Verizon network. Consequently subscribers were left scrambling for a new service provider. ROK Mobile publicly stat...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/03/18
T-Mobile has announced several promotions for its prepaid brand MetroPCS. New subscribers who port their number in can get an iPhone 6s for just $49.99. This is just one of...
By Joe Paonessa • 08/01/18
NET10 Wireless is currently running a promotion that offers new subscribers 50% more data on select plans. Subscribers who signup for those plans will get the extra data allo...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/31/18
ROK Mobile has had a rocky year. The MVNO repeatedly changed its phone plan lineup around. It had Sprint based plans that got discontinued and brought back at a later date. ...
By Joe Paonessa • 07/31/18
Mint Mobile is celebrating two years in business. The Ultra Mobile powered T-Mobile MVNO launched in the summer of 2016. To mark the two year anniversary, Mint Mobile has an...