Boost Mobile is offering a new unlimited voice, text and data plan — and it will cost you just $25 a month if you prepay for a year, the carrier said Thursday. According to Boost, this could save customers up to $400 a year when switching from the bigger carriers. “Boost’s Carrier Crusher plans offer Americans …
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Prepaid mobile provider Boost Mobile on Thursday released the first of several new plans that will debut this holiday season under the name Carrier Crusher. The plans are aimed at people currently paying for more data than they use. Boost is offering two plans that require a yearly payment: unlimited talk and text with 1GB of data a month for …
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T-Mobile continues to update its network to 5G, but subsidiary Sprint’s 3G network has a few more months before it’s taken offline. The carrier originally planned to shut down its antiquated network on Jan. 1, but as part of an ongoing dispute and an escalating war of words with rival Dish it has delayed those plans. The 3G network will stay …
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The $160 Moto G Pure is the lowest-priced phone I tested in 2021. I wasn’t sure what to expect. It lacks support for 5G, has a 6.5-inch screen with just a 720p resolution and has a MediaTek Helio G25 processor which in our benchmark performance tests received the lowest score of any phone I tested. But after a few days …
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Boost Mobile’s newest phone, the Celero5G, is launching for $279 — and it will include unlimited talk, text and data for 12 months, if you preorder it by the end of October. The phone will be available this fall. This phone comes after Dish Network purchased Boost Mobile — a prepaid phone provider — from T-Mobile last year, while the …
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Dish’s wireless ambitions took another step toward some fruition on Monday, with the satellite provider announcing a new network sharing deal with AT&T. The deal, which runs 10 years, will see Dish pay AT&T “at least $5 billion” according to an 8K filed by the company. Under the agreement, Dish will be able to have its customers use AT&T’s 5G …
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Motorola’s Moto G Stylus 5G is coming, and at $400 (converts roughly to £290, AU$520) it will be the company’s most affordable 5G phone in the US. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because the Moto G Stylus debuted last year with a follow-up version released in January 2021. But this isn’t just the 2021 Moto G Stylus with 5G …
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Dish’s wireless network has long been a question mark to watchers of the telecom industry. While the company has spent billions of dollars in recent years acquiring valuable wireless airwaves, it has yet to turn on a network for consumers. That seems set to change this year, with the company taking another (small) step on Tuesday with the launch of …
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Wireless plans often come with perks: AT&T offers HBO Max. Verizon has a bevy of options including Disney Plus. T-Mobile offers Netflix. For its new addition, Dish-owned Boost Mobile isn’t going with a traditional streaming video service; on Wednesday it announced a new deal with sports betting and fantasy sports provider DraftKings. As part of the deal, Boost Mobile customers …
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T-Mobile topped analyst estimates for the first quarter of 2021, as the company continues to add subscribers and build out its 5G network. On Tuesday the nation’s second-largest carrier reported earnings per share of 74 cents on revenue of nearly $19.8 billion. Analysts, as polled by Yahoo Finance, were expecting earnings per share of 57 cents and revenue of $18.9 …
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