If you buy an iPhone from a carrier with an active plan, you don’t really own the iPhone. The carrier partially owns the iPhone. This means the iPhone on your hand is locked to the carrier or a locked ...

TracFone Wireless has launched a government-supported program to provide free mobile telephone service to low income households throughout Pennsylvania. Individuals qualifying for TracFone’s SafeLink ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Miami company that wants to bring free cellphones to needy Coloradans has scuttled its plan and blames county emergency-service officials for insisting ...

CLEVELAND -- Some low-income Ohioans may soon receive free cell phone service, thanks to one wireless company's new use of a longstanding federal subsidy program. The catch: Only the first 68 minutes ...

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Samuel has spent years writing about mobile carriers and their networks following a stint working as a technician in a carrier phone store. Whether it's helping people avoid 36-month payment plans, or ...

Free cell phones and service for nearly 13,000 impoverished Monroe County residents could be available in the coming days or weeks — or never. The free phone program is mired in disputes with ...

Just a few months after T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint closed, Verizon has a big announcement of its own. Verizon, the nation’s largest carrier, today announced that it would acquire the largest MVNO ...