Prepaid
Wireless Tracker - April 2010 Issue
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MetroPCS
to Launch Prepaid LTE and
Avoid Subsidies
FierceBroadbandWireless
One of the first prepaid providers to commit to 4G service. It’s only a matter of time
before postpaid
wireless penetration crashes in favor of no contract service.
Alaska
Airlines Seals In-Flight
Wi-Fi Deal
By
admin
Alaska Airlines to offer GoGo service in its flights by the end of the
year.
Is
Growth Over for Wireless
Operators?
ConnectedPlanet
Wireless penetration has increased to the point now where it’s more
about
stealing from other providers than growing the overall space. Prepaid is definitely
stealing a lot of
subscribers as customers find value in no contract wireless offerings.
Virgin
Mobile Finally Hanging Up on Helio
Customers
PC
Magazine
Virgin Mobile is
forcing its legacy Helio postpaid customers to move to
Sprint
postpaid or lose their service. It’s
definitely about time, and is in line with streamlining their business.
MetroPCS,
Leap Wireless Merger Not
Likely Until Second Half Of 2011
Trading
Markets (press release)
A merger would seem to be the most logical strategic move; however,
with Leap’s
recent announcement regarding free nationwide roaming on Sprint and
Verizon,
one could argue that a merger is not immediately crucial. Though sharing the cost of
building an LTE network
could have some interesting cost benefits.
Again, only time will tell!
Virgin
Mobile USA Launches New Broadband2Go
Plans
Trading
Markets (press release)
Virgin’s
new pricing certainly sweetens the deal, however, there’s
still no pay
per use option that customers have been asking for.
Page
Plus Adds New Cell Phones to Handset Offering
TMC
Net
Page Plus adds the Kyocera Mako S4000 to its lineup for $99.95. We can also look forward
to QWERTY handsets
coming soon.
Kajeet
Cell Phones for Kids Wins Mom’s
Choice Award
Congratulations to kajeet for being recognized for
its parental control
and family friendly features!
Sprint
Nextel Lets Wholesale Partners Sell Prepaid
Wireless Data
Kansas
City Business Journal
Via Telespree Communications car rental
companies, hotels, and airport kiosks will be able to offer pay by the
day, week
or month broadband service under their own brands running on the Sprint
network.
Public
Mobile Announced – Yet Another
Carrier in Canada
Into
Mobile
Public Mobile finally arrives in
Canada. While their
coverage is limited,
for people living in their coverage areas, it’s a great no fuss option
to
consider.
Leap
Wireless Takes Services
Nationwide
Reuters
Leap announces free roaming on Sprint and Verizon networks resulting in
nationwide coverage for the formerly regional carrier.
This is huge news, and should result in
tremendous growth for Cricket in 2010.
Leap To
Offer Kyocera's First Android Phone
Twice
Cricket to offer the country’s truly
worthy prepaid Android phone. The
upcoming Boost iDEN Android phone will surely pale in comparison as it
will be
riding on an archaic iDEN data network compared to Cricket’s 3G network. Can’t wait to get my hands
on one of
these!
Cricket is
also expected to
launch a prepaid BlackBerry this year as well, rumored to be the 8530.
What's New at
Prepaid-Wireless-Guide.com?
- Added
Boost BlackBerry Curve 8330 to Prepaid
Mobile Email
- Updated
Other
Wireless Providers to remove link to
Zer01
website and reflect that their website appears to be down, however,
their
service is said to still be available
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