New Provider

By Joe Paonessa • 06/19/25

Klarna, the Swedish fintech giant known for its buy now, pay later services, is entering the wireless industry. Powered by the Gigs platform, Klarna will offer a truly unlimit...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/16/25

The Trump family has entered the wireless market with the launch of Trump Mobile, a new phone service announced via press release on Trump.com. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump...

By Joe Paonessa • 06/10/25

Actors and podcast co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett have launched SmartLess Mobile, a new wireless service that operates on the T-Mobile network. The trio,...

By Joe Paonessa • 03/12/25

New York Mobile, a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), formally launched yesterday, following months of preparation dating back to late 2023. The provider announced it...

By Joe Paonessa • 01/20/25

According to Wave7 Research’s latest prepaid wireless report, new MVNOs are springing up left and right, each attempting to stand out in a crowded market. Many are catering to...

By Joe Paonessa • 04/22/24

SurgePays, Inc (SURG), a publicly traded company is set to launch a new wireless MVNO service, Linkup Mobile, according to the latest prepaid report from Wave7 Research sent t...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/29/19

Reach Mobile is an MVNO that launched in the latter half of 2018.  The company does not publicly disclose on its website what network or networks that it operates on.  However...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/26/19

i3 Mobile is one of the newest MVNOs to enter the American MVNO marketplace.  I added the qualifier there because i3 Mobile also operates in the U.K.   Service in the USA was...

By Joe Paonessa • 08/09/19

Hello Mobile officially launched in April of 2019 as a rebranding of Q-Link Mobile which launched in 2018.  The company also powers Q Link Wireless, the 3rd largest Lifeline p...

By Joe Paonessa • 09/13/18

Gen Mobile is a new wireless provider on the Sprint network.  The business was co-founded in February of 2018 by Michael Yap, his brother Robert Yap and several others with ex...

By Joe Paonessa • 07/02/18

Charter’s Spectrum Mobile officially launched over the weekend as an MVNO on the Verizon network.  News of its impending launch came in early June when By the Gig pricing was...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/23/18

FreedomPop announced today that it will be firing up a new MVNO brand called Unreal Mobile.  The idea behind Unreal Mobile is to give FreedomPop a premium brand that can compe...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/16/18

The list of MVNO and prepaid wireless providers has been expanding over the past couple of months.  DataPass is another new comer that soft launched just a few months ago.  It...

By Joe Paonessa • 05/11/18

It looks like Verizon Wireless may finally have a low cost brand to compete with the likes of AT&T’s Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile’s MetroPCS and Sprint’s Boost Mobile and Vi...

By Joe Paonessa • 04/24/18

FreeUP Mobile has been beta testing service the past few weeks on what it calls the nation’s largest 4G LTE GSM network. The use of that slogan coupled with the coverage map s...