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  • AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile Could Face Disruption From Unlikely Competitors

    From Bill Horne@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 5 19:24:11 2023
    by Anusuya Lahiri

    • A handful of upstart wireless providers like MobileX and DISH
    Network Corp's DISH-0.69%+ Free Alerts

    • Boost Infinite failed to gain traction despite offering monthly
    service plans at less than half the average cost of the major
    national networks.

    • Each of these challengers is reselling service provided by one of
    the big three carriers AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, or
    T-Mobile US Inc through wholesale agreements known as mobile virtual
    network operators or MVNOs, Bloomberg reports.

    https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/04/31683203/at-t-verizon-t-mobile-could-face-disruption-from-unlikely-competitors-smaller-mobile-providers-resel

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Bill Horne on Wed Apr 5 23:23:04 2023
    On 4/5/2023 15:24, Bill Horne wrote:

    • Each of these challengers is reselling service provided by one of
    the big three carriers AT&T Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, or
    T-Mobile US Inc through wholesale agreements known as mobile virtual
    network operators or MVNOs, Bloomberg reports.

    I find it unlikely that MVNO's will take a substantial chunk of the big
    3's customers. Either way, the big 3 are being paid for the bandwidth
    that the MVNO's are using, and they could just as easily up their rates
    if they become a threat, since the MVNO's don't have their own equipment.

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