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Dish closes Boost Mobile purchase, following T-Mobile/Sprint merger
T-Mobile today announced that it has closed a deal that divests Sprint’s pre-paid businesses, including Boost and Virgin Mobile. The news finds Dish entering the wireless carrier game in earnest, co
Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
Boost Mobile, a virtual mobile network owned by Sprint, has confirmed hackers have broken into an unknown number of customer accounts. The company quietly posted a notification of its data breach almo
Sprint Wants To Revive Nextel As A Business Brand, Merge Boost + Virgin Mobile Into ‘Sprint Freedom’
It was only <a target="_blank" href="http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/iden-nextel-national-network-on-schedule-to-shut-down-june-30.htm">six months ago</a> that Sprint decommissioned and shut
Boost Mobile Gives Customers A New Way To Add Credit: Facebook
In the few months I lived across the pond (where prepaid phone plans are more popular than contracts, go figure), I learned something important about adding credit to your plan, or "topping up" as the
Monday Morning Marketing Quarterback: Which Superbowl Ads Scored On The Web?
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With the Super Bowl yesterday came the time-honored Super Bowl commercials, each costing $2.5 million for a 30-sec
Boost Mobile unveils $50 Monthly Unlimited plan
Starting January 22, Boost Mobile (Sprint Nextel’s prepaid brand) will offer a $50 all-you-can-talk/text/web-browse plan in an effort to better compete with other smaller, regional niche carrier
Boost Mobile Subscribers Get Crushed or Flushed
Boost Mobile’s 4.5 million subscribers will be happy to learn today that Crush or Flush is available to them for the low price of 69 cents a day. If you are over 25 you may not know what Crush or Fl
Trilibis Mobile Unveils Peepsnation 4.0, Mobile Social Network
Today Trilibis Mobile announced the availability of Peepsnation 4.0, the newest version of its mobile social network, which launches on Virgin Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and Boost Mobile. This new networ
Loopt Service Coming To Sprint
Loopt has announced their partnership with Sprint to bring the first social mapping service to the US of A. For those unfamiliar with Loopt you need only to look at Boost Mobile and their “Where you
The Futurist: Your Friendar is Broken… or How MVNOs Can Succeed
It’s nigh impossible to open a magazine these days without finding a four-page ad spread telling you that Helio is not just a phone. Nope, its a “Friendar” too! And, even better, it gives yo
Boost Mobile, Motorola "Female-Friendly" Phones
Boost Mobile, that “youth lifestyle-based telecommunications brand,” has announced the exclusive availability of the Motorola i835 handset, a mobile phone designed for the ladies. Availabl
Boost Adds Hybrid Prepaid Plans
Boost Mobile, the hip-hop MVNO, is moving into the popular hybrid plan market with three new plans for those who don’t qualify for (or want) the credit-munching post-paid plans most of us use, b
Boost Asks "Where You at?" Loopt Answers
Boost Mobile, the hip-hop-themed pre-paid service from Sprint Nextel, has the tagline “Where you at?” This grammatically frightening phrase now has meaning, as Boost has partnered with Loo