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Pakistan war on terror; 100M mobile customers may lose service On Dec. 16, terror struck in Peshawar, Pakistan, when the Taliban targeted an army school. The terrorists massacred 145 people, …

T-Mobile US has laid claim to being the domestic market’s largest prepaid wireless provider, stating that during the second quarter it surpassed the prepaid customer bases of its larger rival …

Following up on its announcement earlier this month, Sprint today said it will tap into an agreement with ItsOn to offer “personalized services” through its Virgin Mobile USA prepaid division. …

Verizon Wireless has finally thrown its prepaid customers a bone, announcing that it would begin offering access to its LTE network for those subscribers not willing to sign a contract. …

AT&T solidified its no-contract ambitions, announcing the combination of its recently acquired Leap Wireless business with its Aio Wireless platform that will operate under the Cricket Wireless brand. The new …

Highlighting the increasingly competitive nature of the prepaid market, Sprint’s Boost Mobile division unveiled new rate plans dubbed “Monthly Unlimited Select” that do away with different pricing levels depending on …

Many Latin American operators have recently started offering free access or access without using data allowance for selected applications, generally to

In a move to bolster its presence in the white-hot prepaid space, Sprint today revamped its branded no-contract service with flat-rate plans that could step on the toes of its …

Perhaps sensing increased competition in a segment it has yet to aggressively target, Verizon Wireless bolstered its prepaid smartphone offering with more data capabilities, though the service remains 3G-only. Verizon …

AT&T Mobility’s Aio Wireless brand modified its offerings, providing more separation between recent changes to the mother ship’s rate plans and that of the prepaid-focused Aio plans. The new plans …

Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular announced that online retail giant Amazon.com would begin carrying prepaid devices compatible with the carrier’s network. The move comes just ahead of increasingly important holiday …

LTE control signalling vendor Diametriq announced today that its Diameter Interworking System now supports the ability for prepaid subscribers to roam between 3G and LTE networks. The addition of a …

Leap Wireless (LEAP) says its Cricket prepaid service lost 140,000 customers during the most recent quarter, while the company lost $83.4 million on revenue of $694 million. Average revenue per …

The vast majority of this growth and revenue has been, and will continue to be, concentrated among the big four mobile operators – AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US.

This week I felt it was necessary to look at the other extreme of this mimicking, specifically the way the nation’s two largest wireless operators – Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility – tackle the prepaid space.

AT&T Mobility is set to further enhance its Mobile Share plans, announcing it was set to unveil a 300 megabyte and two gigabyte option later this week. The carrier’s Mobile …

AT&T Mobility is set to join the growing move towards offering LTE services to no-contract customers, announcing that beginning June 21 it will open its growing next-generation network to its …

Republic Wireless has cut the price of its sole device offering designed to run across its flat-rate, unlimited plan, ratcheting up the competitive pressure in the no-contract wireless space. Customers …

Verizon Wireless continued to sweeten its prepaid offerings, announcing this week that it would double the amount of data available to customers selecting its $70 per month plan and quadruple …

Despite those hefty carrier subsidies that keep the iPhone affordable for smartphone buyers, many of those buyers are now choosing to pay full price for the iPhone and other top …

I don’t need to tell any of you, but dang, if that prepaid space is not getting more exciting by the day. I know carriers have been instigating pricing and marketing wars in the no-contract arena for years now,

Not wanting to let rivals get all the prepaid attention, Verizon Wireless this week launched a lower-priced offering designed to tempt those looking for a basic device that they do …

AT&T Mobility is reportedly set to increase its presence in the prepaid game with a new standalone offering designed to take on smaller rivals. According to Retail Results, AT&T Mobility …