Google Fi customer arenot allow you to use Google Voice. While Google Fi and Google Voice numbers on the same account aren’t possible when using MVNO as your carrier, we have noe learned Google is taking the first steps towards making both these features available to its customers. Google announced that Fi will soon […]
Jan 17 2020 | Posted in
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Visible, the online-only MVNO backed by Verizon and operating on the Verizon network, just launched Party Pay. The new plan is a new kind of discount for families and groups that works more like a simple discount, ora referral program. Instead of groups sharing a joint account, each individual keeps their own account and pays their […]
Nov 1 2019 | Posted in
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Visible, the Verizon-backed MVNO (mobile virtual network operator), which launched in launched in May of last year as an invite-only service for people bringing their own compatible iPhone, is now is compatible with Android phones. Plus the firm is also selling new iPhone and Android phones. The initial Android selection is only the Samsung Galaxy S9 and […]
Jan 25 2019 | Posted in
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Unreal Mobile today announced the addition of a mobile hotspot to its low-cost service. The hotspot device costs $20 and the first year of service will run $8 per month thanks to a promotion. That $8 buys 2 GB of 4G LTE data and unlimited 2G service. After the first year, the price will go up […]
Aug 8 2018 | Posted in
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The Attorney General’s office from New York is investigating if and how T-Mobile‘s proposed merger with Sprint might impact the MVNO and prepaid markets. Sprint and T-Mobile separately serve the prepaid space via their own Boost Mobile and MetroPCS brands, respectively, as well as MVNOs, such as Google-run Project Fi. With reduced competition, the New […]
FreedomPop today announced the launch of Unreal Mobile, a new MVNO that it says will offer the most competitive unlimited plans available. The company is specifically targeting Sprint and T-Mobile customers ahead of the two corporations’ planned merger. “Unreal Mobile is able to provide consumers [with unlimited plans that start at just $15 per month] because […]
May 23 2018 | Posted in
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Comcast today revealed details of its forthcoming Xfinity Mobile phone service. The company will use Verizon’s 4G LTE network for the service, using an existing MVNO agreement. The service will also automatically, seamlessly leverage 16 million Xfinity wi-fi hotspots for free data, capacity, and coverage. The service will initially be available only to customers who […]
Apr 6 2017 | Posted in
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Comcast intends to sell wireless service alongside its internet, TV, and home phone offerings later this year. Comcast has not built its own wireless network; rather, it is making good on a reseller agreement it signed with Verizon Wireless back in 2012. Comcast will offer its own branded service and phones, but the service will […]
Apple has denied a report suggesting it plans to sell phones and wireless service directly to consumers. Apple doesn’t own any wireless spectrum, nor does it have any telecommunications infrastructure. The only way it could operate a wireless network would be as an MVNO, or by reselling access to the networks run by companies such […]
Aug 5 2015 | Posted in
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RingPlus has announced a new mobile phone service plan that is ad-supported, but completely free to the customer. The ads take the form of ringback tones, which RingPlus customers hear on outbound voice calls, after dialing but before the other party picks up. The free monthly plan includes 200 voice minutes, 50 text messages, and […]
Jun 11 2015 | Posted in
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