SouthernLINC Wireless Partnering with The Money Tree

Jul 20, 2007 10:38 AM

SouthernLINC Wireless announced on July 12th that they are going to partner with The Money Tree, a major retial financial services provider, to offer prepaid phones at 70 Money Tree locations throughout Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. “SouthernLINC Wireless is always seeking new and convenient ways for customers to buy our Prepaid products and replenish Prepaid accounts,” said Julie Pigott, vice president of marketing and customer support for SouthernLINC Wireless.

Amp'd Mobile suspending service on July 24th, port your number now

Jul 23, 2007 11:05 AM

The struggling Amp'd mobile has reported on its website that it will be suspending cell phone service on July 24th. Amp'd filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, but on July 20th they requested they be able to sell their assets at an auction. They reportedly sent a text message to their customers over the weekend to tell them the bad news.

Cricket expands in Colorado, plans to enter new markets

Jul 24, 2007 11:11 AM

Cricket, part of Leap Wireless International, has doubled its workforce in Denver, Colorado to 200 employees. The company has also placed one of its top executives, Al Moschner, in the Denver office. Cricket hopes that creating the business hub in Colorado will help them expand to other markets such as Chicago, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis.

Virgin Mobile Ranks Highest in JD Power Survey

Aug 23, 2007 04:28 PM

Customer satisfaction with prepaid service has risen across the board according to the latest JD Powers survey. The area that saw the biggest increase this year was the "cost of service category". Users are finding the cost of prepaid phones to be more and more attractive. Out of all the providers involved, Virgin Mobile ended up on top, especially in areas of cost of service, account management, initial activation and service plan options.

AT&T No Longer Claims to Have the "Fewest Dropped Calls"

Aug 24, 2007 11:39 AM

Following numerous investigations, studies, and even lawsuits, AT&T has decided to stop using the slogan "Fewest Dropped Calls". AT&T started using the claim based on a report by Telephia, even though the report didn't explicitly state that they were the most reliable. The report even said that AT&T did not have the fewest dropped calls in many areas such as New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.

MetroPCS Proposes Merger With Leap Wireless

Sep 4, 2007 04:44 PM

MetroPCS today announced that it had proposed a merger with Leap Wireless, aiming to create what it says would be the fifth major cellular provider in the US after AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile. The “merger” would include a stock deal where each share in Leap would be swapped for 2.75 shares of MetroPCS worth roughly $5 billion. Let’s be clear, however. MetroPCS is proposing that it would retain majority ownership at 65% of the new company. One only has to look back at a few recent similarly structured “mergers” to understand that the executives from Leap would not necessarily have equal say in the deal.

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