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. […]
cool.Prepaid & XE Mobile To Cease Operations
Virtual network operator XE Mobile has begun to notify customers that they will be shutting down operations at the end of the year. The carrier was and is a MVNO operating on AT&T’s GSM network. XE Mobile attempted to target a small niche; college students that want prepaid. The carrier launched last year and attempted […]
ESPN Mobile To Shut Down MVNO Service
ESPN Mobile today announced that they will be shutting down their virtual network operation at the end of this year. The struggling MVNO managed to subscribe less than 100,000 users since its launch in 2005. The MVNO as of today has released all subscribers from their two-year contracts, and is allowing them to port out […]
Starr’s ROCKITtalk Rocks Customers
Starr Wireless has had a very checkered past. From starting as being the only carrier with an online customer service page that contained the actual social security numbers of their customers (back when they were a Sprint MVNO) to their latest reincarnation of ROCKITtalk. ROCKITtalk was initially a TDMA/GSM MVNO using AT&T/Cingular wireless and Starr’s […]
STi Mobile Releases LG 225
STi Mobile has released the LG 225 Picture Phone. This is the first MVNO release by a Sprint MVNO that is not owned by Sprint that supports Vision services. STi still has not defined what it will cost to use the services as of the reporting of this article. However, the phone pricing is clearly […]
Sprint PR Slip Reveals… New RAZRs? (Updated)
Update: Many readers are pointing out that the device appears to be a CDMA version of the Motorola V690, a Chinese mid-to-high end phone that preceeded the RAZR (but was the basis for RAZR designs), however was aimed at a lower price-point than the RAZR’s intended market. It is unlikely that the feature sets between […]
CTIA: ESPN Mobile Takes The Wraps Off Sanyo 9000 (Updated)
Update: ESPN Mobile will call the Sanyo 9000 the “MVP”, and it will be fully customized with ESPN branding in-software. ESPN Mobile today announced their first phone, an EV-DO Sanyo unit which appears to be the Sanyo 9000. Multiple sources are reporting that this will be the same coloring and shell as the Sprint-branded version […]