Today, T-Mobile announced plans to acquire Mint Mobile. The deal is expected to close later this year. T-Mobile’s acquisition will involve the entirety of Mint’s parent company, Ka’ena Corporation. Ka’ena also owns the carrier Ultra Mobile and the cellular wholesaler Plum. The acquisition price isn’t set in stone, but it could be up to $1.35 […]
Starlink just announced it will adjust pricing for residential customers. Service will become cheaper in areas the company has extra capacity, and service will become more expensive in capacity-constrained areas. Here’s the key bit from the email I got last night: While it’s not great to see my bill increasing, I’m glad to see efforts […]
Starlink just announced that it will implement a Fair Use Policy for residential customers in the US and Canada sometime in December. Here’s the key bit from an email Starlink sent me: Under the Fair Use policy, all Residential customers will receive unlimited data, and will start each month with Priority Access, which means their […]
Last week, Verizon’s flanker brand, Visible, launched a major update. Previously, Visible offered only one plan. The plan included unlimited minutes, texts, and data. It had a base price of $40 per month, but the price dropped as low as $25 with Visible’s Party Pay program. With Visible’s latest update, the carrier is retiring Party […]
While convincing regulators to approve a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile, T-Mobile committed to allowing Dish to offload traffic to T-Mobile’s network for several years. Then, roughly a year ago, Dish announced that it formed a similar agreement allowing the company to piggyback on AT&T’s network. On Tuesday, Dish announced that it renegotiated the arrangement […]
Visible, Verizon’s low-cost flanker brand, has been making its connection with Verizon more explicit. Here’s how the Visible logo used to appear on the header of its website: Recently, the words “by Verizon” have been tacked on: The new branding suggests a change in strategy. Previously, Visible was coy about its relationship with Verizon. That […]
Today, Project Genesis, Dish’s 5G service powered by the company’s new network, allegedly went live in over 120 cities. Previously, the service was only officially available in Las Vegas. Here’s the tweet from Stephen Stokols, CEO of Boost Mobile (Boost is owned by Dish): Access to the most advanced 5G network in the world officially […]
Last week, US Mobile added Wi-Fi calling to its Super LTE (i.e., Verizon) service. I thought the lack of Wi-Fi calling on Verizon’s network was one of US Mobile’s biggest limitations, so I’m glad to see the new feature coming online. Subscribers on the Super LTE network with US Mobile’s Pooled Plans and Unlimited All […]
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Starlink just announced Starlink Premium. The new service will deliver faster speeds and use a different dish than the standard Starlink service. Starlink says the premium service may deliver download speeds between 150 and 500Mbps (roughly double the typical speeds with Starlink’s conventional service). Improvements in latency are not expected. While the standard Starlink service […]