MEXICO CITY-Prepaid wireless reseller Tracfone Wireless Inc., which is owned by America Movil S.A. de C.V., said it added 551,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter of last year and 1.4 million subscribers for the full year, bringing its subscriber base to 4.4 million at...
MEXICO CITY-America Movil S.A. de C.V.'s newly released quarterly results for its U.S.-based Tracfone subsidiary reflect subscriber trends in addition to financial results.The company said the prepaid carrier's subscriber base now totals 3.8 million, with 283,000 new customers added during the third quarter and...
Once viewed as a haven for technology nerds, RadioShack Corp. has quickly become one of the most prominent retail locations for wireless products, services and accessories. Analysts have reported that the retailer accounts for as much as one-fourth of all gross customer additions for...
MIAMI-Wireless prepaid provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it will begin offering its customers extended warranty protection for handsets through an agreement with Asurion. The insurance will cost a one-time fee of $20 for a one-year extension on top of the manufacturer's standard one-year warranty...
MIAMI-Election Protection, a Florida voter information advocacy group, said it has partnered with TracFone Wireless Inc. to provide poll monitors with prepaid wireless phones.Poll monitors will be able to use the phones to report and solve problems during Florida's primary today . TracFone also...
The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia wireless services using a yet-to-be named wireless operator's network. Unlike a number of companies...
MEXICO CITY-Mexican carrier America Movil this week released first-quarter 2004 financial results for its U.S.-based prepaid subsidiary Tracfone Wireless Inc.During the quarter, Tracfone gained 395,000 new subscribers, bringing its total subscriber base to 3.3 million customers. Revenue was $174 million, up 55.7 percent from...
ATLANTA-CTIA's Wireless Foundation will partner with prepaid wireless service provider TracFone Wireless to distribute wireless phones to domestic violence victims. The phones and associated airtime will be donated to domestic violence shelters as part of the Foundation's Call to Protect program, which has provided...
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it added 374,000 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 and passed the 3-million-customer mark.As part of those price improvements, TracFone also announced lower airtime rates and added a $150 Double Minute Prepaid Plan card that...
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it added 374,000 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 and passed the 3-million-customer mark less than one year after surpassing the 2-million-customer milestone. "Achieving 3 million active subscribers clearly reflects the significance customers place on...
WASHINGTON-Universal service was a hot topic in Washington last week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign by TracFone Wireless. "The Federal Communications Commission's proposed change would impact every landline and cell phone, charging the user $1 or...
WASHINGTON-Universal service is a hot topic in Washington this week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign launched Tuesday by TracFone Wireless."The Federal Communications Commission's proposed change would impact every landline and cell phone, charging the user $1...
NEW ORLEANS-Tracfone Wireless Inc., a nationwide prepaid wireless service provider, added the Motorola v120 Series handset to its current offerings. The new handset will incorproate TracFone's debit technology software that allows customers to view their airtime balance display.
MIAMI-Prepaid wireless service provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it has reached a company milestone in having served more than 2 million customers nationwide. "This rapid growth is evidence that our prepaid wireless service fills an important need in the marketplace," said FJ Pollak, chief...
