Ina Fried in Mobile on September 21, 2011 at 10:07 pm PT
Cricket phones, including those with the company’s Muve Music subscription service, will hit Best Buy shelves this week, with additional national retailers to follow.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 20, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
Seattle-based Bobber Interactive is launching a social networking application that helps you manage your money and even earn cash rewards.
Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on September 13, 2011 at 1:02 pm PT
Verizon Wireless will introduce a new unlimited prepaid plan nationally this week, taking on rivals Sprint Nextel Corp. and MetroPCS Communications Inc. as they continue to add customers seeking contract-free service.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 28, 2011 at 6:35 am PT
Sprint on Thursday announced a long-anticipated pact with aspiring 4G wholesale network provider LightSquared. Shares tumbled more than 10 percent in premarket trading.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 19, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
T-Mobile introduces a series of “value” plans that offer lower-priced rate plans but require a customer to either have their own phone or pay the full, unsubsidized price of the phone.
Though counter to the way many people are used to buying phones in the U.S., the move has the potential to save folks hundreds of dollars over a couple years’ time.
Ina Fried in News on June 22, 2011 at 6:30 am PT
While unlimited plans are going away on many traditional carriers, price competition in the prepaid market means such plans are enjoying a renaissance.
AT&T is looking to get back in the game with a new $50 a month plan, though it is limited to feature phones, unlike some rivals which extend their cut-rate plans to smartphones.
Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 24, 2011 at 1:11 pm PT
Chinese smartphone makers are looking to move further into the U.S. market — aiming to supply low-cost phones to the top U.S. carriers.
Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. already sell mobile devices in the U.S., but many of them are basic flip phones and mobile modems or are only for smaller prepaid-phone companies. The companies want that to change.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 10, 2011 at 5:45 pm PT
How big is online or digital gaming becoming?
One indicator is the sales of prepaid gaming cards that are purchased at Walmart, Target, 7-11 and many other retailers.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 28, 2011 at 11:01 pm PT
EMoney took a side trip this morning from the massive crowds gathering at Moscone in downtown San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference to Japantown, where there was an equally vibrant, albeit slightly smaller, conference called the Future of Money.
John Paczkowski in News on February 10, 2011 at 6:45 am PT
Good news for long-suffering Sprint Nextel investors: Customer retention has finally improved to the point where the carrier is able to report actual gains in postpaid subscribers, rather than losses.
