The long-in-the-works T-Mobile / Sprint merger got a huge boost today when FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he now plans to recommend approval of the merger, subject to some commitments and concessions being made by T-Mobile around deploying 5G technology. From his statement: “The companies have committed to deploying a 5G network that would […]
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Ting Mobile Announces 30GB Hotspot Plan for $25
Ting Mobile provides basic, low-cost and flexible smartphone plans using the Sprint network. Until now, they have not been of much interest to the nomad community as the company has not offered attractive data options for RVers, cruisers, and mobile internet users. But in a blog post yesterday, Ting announced they are taking pre-orders for […]
T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Clock Stopped – For the Moment
Reuters is reporting that after T-Mobile and Sprint filed significant additional information on their network integration plans for 2019-2021, the FCC put a stay on the 180 day review clock for their pending merger. The FCC typically allows for additional public input after “substantial new submissions” by merger applicants. As such, the FCC said it […]
Sprint: No More 3G Device Activations Starting April 30 2019
With the coming of 5G, and following on the recent news of AT&T’s announced shutdown of its 3G network, Sprint quietly let customers with legacy devices know that it will cease activating 3G-only devices beginning April 30th, 2019. Although activations of older devices will end on April 30th (The full list of impacted devices), those with already […]
2018 Mobile Internet Year in Review & Looking Forward Into 2019
2018 has been yet another wild ride in the world of mobile internet! The undeniable biggest story of the year was the surprise release of an actual (mostly) unlimited mobile hotspot data plan from Verizon, once again making Verizon an obvious Top Pick for anyone with serious mobile data needs. But there were plenty of […]
Two Networks, One Pocket – Carriers Are Finally Starting to Provision Smartphone eSIMs
One of the headline features of this year’s crop of new iPhone models (our story) was support for having two cellular plans active at once – on one device. Apple has enabled this feature by pioneering eSIM (embedded SIM) technology that allows you to use one traditional physical SIM card, and one virtual SIM installed […]
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