Tracfone has doubled the data allowance on its Unlimited Talk & Text plans at no extra cost to customers. Hotspot functionality is now available on all UTT plans, previously limited to the $40 plan.

One of the biggest resellers of mobile service in the US is joining Verizon in a deal worth more than $6 billion. Carrie was a managing editor at CNET focused on breaking and trending news. She'd been ...

The mobile operator Tracfone isn’t exactly a household name, but it does have about 21 million customers in the US. Soon, those customers will fall under the Verizon umbrella, as Verizon just ...

TracFone has officially launched a new prepaid wireless service called Net 10. They have been advertising the Net 10 service for about a month now but officially publicized the launch today. TracFone ...

Verizon announced this week it has purchased TracFone Wireless, the Miami-based prepaid mobile phone distributor that owns the widely advertised Straight Talk Wireless brand. The price was $6.25 ...

Verizon Communications said Monday it will buy prepaid mobile phones provider Tracfone, a unit of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil, in a $6.25 billion cash and stock deal. Tracfone, which serves ...

Verizon today announced it has struck a deal to buy TracFone in a further consolidation of the US cellular industry. Verizon is one of three major carriers that operate nationwide wireless networks, ...

Two big wireless service companies have signed a nearly $7 billion deal. Verizon, the country’s biggest wireless provider, is acquiring TracFone, the country’s biggest cellphone service reseller. That ...

Verizon has entered into an agreement to acquire pre-paid mobile phone provider Tracfone in a deal worth more than $6.25 billion. The deal will include $3.125 billion in cash and $3.125 billion in ...