PlatinumTel Launches T-Mobile-Powered GSM Service, Rebrands as PTEL
Long-time Sprint MVNO PlatinumTel begins its transition to becoming a T-Mobile-powered GSM MVNO
Walmart Carves a Prepaid Broadband Niche with New 4 GB Data Plan
Walmart makes an old plan relevant, by turning a bad deal into a good niche offering.
Boost Mobile Announces Unlimited Talk & Text Plan, with Shrinkage, alongside LG Rumor Reflex
New plan lacks data, but shrinks to as low as $30 per month.
Simplexity and Sprint Reach Wholesale Agreement
Simplexity, best known for providing the infrastructure necessary to enable virtual operators has announced that it has reached an agreement with Sprint to resell the entire line of services with the goal of serving as the back end for new virtual operators wishing to launch branded services using Sprint’s network. The multi-year agreement spans Sprint’s [...]
Verizon Adds Catch to iPhone on MVNOs
Page Plus Cellular today confirmed an additional step needed to activate an iPhone on Page Plus Cellular. As we reported in our last article, yesterday, Verizon has not commented at all on the iPhone blockade situation, and has not offered any specifics, instead leaving all comments to the MVNOs themselves. To activate an iPhone 4 [...]
TruConnect Debuts New Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Option
A new MVNO by the name of TruConnect has signed an agreement with Sprint to offer a novel mobile broadband service option for those that use less than 5GB in a given month, but need more than the typical low bucket offerings by carriers. TruConnect is offering a flat 3.9 cent per megabyte rate for [...]
Sprint Now Offering Mobile Broadband on Demand for Wholesale/MVNO Partners
Sprint has announced that it has opened up wholesale aircard offerings for its virtual operator and wholesale partners following the success of its Broadband2Go offering currently available on Virgin Mobile via the Mobile Broadband on Demand service powered by turnkey service management solutions provider TeleSpree. The service will allow wholesale partners and virtual operators on [...]
Simple Mobile Announces New Service Plans
Following up on the introduction of the service last November, MVNO Simple Mobile has announced a new selection of service plans for its prepaid flat-rate service while touting the opportunity to use any unlocked GSM phone. Simple Mobile is now offering its Unlimited National Talk & Text plan for $40, Unlimited National Talk, Text & [...]
New GSM MVNO Simple Mobile Announces Service Launch
A new MVNO in Simple Mobile is aiming to enter the ultra competitive flat-rate wireless market by offering what it believes are three key advantages in no contracts, the ability to bring unlocked GSM phones to the provider for use on its service and its trump card in unlimited nationwide GSM voice service for $40, [...]
Cox to Launch MVNO with Sprint and 3G Network in 2009
Cox has announced in a press release (PDF)Â that it will launch its own wireless service in 2009, first utilizing Sprint’s network to bundle branded services together in a quadruple-play package similar to the failed Pivot initiative launched in 2005 and subsequent collapse in 2007 with the provider winning 700Mhz spectrum in last year’s FCC auction. [...]
