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In August 2020, Dish Network acquired key Ting Mobile assets. As part of the agreement, Tucows will serve as the provider of backend services for Dish Network's wireless businesses.
In August 2020, Dish Network acquired key Ting Mobile assets. As part of the agreement, Tucows will serve as the provider of backend services for Dish Network's wireless businesses.

As of June 2022, the Better Business Bureau's rating of Ting Mobile was A+<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ting Mobile {{!}} Better Business Bureau® Profile |url=https://www.bbb.org/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=www.bbb.org |language=en}}</ref>


== Business model ==
== Business model ==

Revision as of 00:10, 21 October 2022

Ting Mobile.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryWireless communications
FoundedFebruary 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)
Headquarters
Englewood, Colorado, U.S.
ParentDish Wireless
Websitetingmobile.com

Ting Mobile is an American mobile virtual network operator owned by Dish Wireless. Originally established in February 2012 by Tucows, Ting provides cellular service in the United States using the T-Mobile network, while some grandfathered accounts use the Verizon network. The service is sold off-contract with billing that adjusts the cost of service based on actual customer usage (usage-based billing).[1]

In August 2020, Dish Network acquired key Ting Mobile assets. As part of the agreement, Tucows will serve as the provider of backend services for Dish Network's wireless businesses.

Business model

Ting's cellular business model does not subsidize phone sales or require contracts beyond month-to-month. Pricing is in separate data tiers, all of which deliver tiered voice and text.[2]

Ting supports devices that run on T-Mobile's (GSM) and Verizon's (CDMA) cellular networks depending on the frequencies of the device. Devices can be purchased through Ting's website or other sellers. The customer then enters the device's electronic serial number on Ting's website to activate the device. Ting provides a device checker to advise what level of compatibility the device will have on their CDMA and GSM networks.

History

The company first announced support for devices that functioned on Sprint or its subsidiaries.[3] A public beta was then launched on December 6, 2011, offering official support for seven Sprint-branded smartphones; the announcement also included links to a substantial list of other compatible devices and a new discussion area for users attempting to activate them.[4] Ting Mobile officially launched in February 2012.[5]

On December 9, 2014, Ting Mobile announced GSM services going live in February 2015 using "a major US network provider", being the T-Mobile network. Ting customers can have phones on either network within the same account.[6] The GSM service allows the majority of US cellphones to be brought to Ting. On February 24, 2015, Ting Mobile offered public beta access to their GSM network[7] with the official product launched a few months later. As of March 2017, the service has approximately 250,000 subscribers.[8]

On July 10, 2019, Ting Mobile announced that it will not renew its network agreement with T-Mobile after December 19, 2019, citing uncertainties over its proposed merger with Sprint and will partner with Verizon. Ting has renewed its network agreement with Sprint for an additional year until September 2020.[9] Ting later announced that they had reached an agreement that would allow them to continue to offer T-Mobile service for at least three years after December 2019.[10]

On August 3, 2020, key Ting Mobile assets were acquired by Dish Network Corporation, which is in the process of launching a national wireless carrier. This carrier will use prepaid assets (including Boost Mobile) sold by Sprint as a condition of their 2020 merger with T-Mobile (which also includes an agreement for use of their network for seven years). As part of the agreement, Dish will also subcontract backend services (including provision and billing) for its wireless business to Tucows.[11] The sale does not include the Ting branding or Ting Internet division; Dish will receive a two-year transitional license to the Ting branding, but will have the option to acquire it at a later date.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tucows Launches Contract-Free Mobile Provider Ting". PCMAG. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  2. ^ "Ting Mobile: Choose a smarter mobile plan". ting.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. ^ "Tucows launches Ting, a contract-free mobile service on Sprint's network". Engadget. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. ^ "Bring a Sprint device to Ting. You know you wanna". Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  5. ^ "A look back at eight years of Ting Mobile". Ting.com. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  6. ^ "Ting to Add Service on a GSM Network". tucows.com.
  7. ^ "Ting on a GSM network: Open beta is, well, open. - Ting.com". ting.com.
  8. ^ News, Bloomberg (15 March 2017). "Tucows emerges from decade-long slumber in deepening effort to win disgruntled U.S. mobile customers". Financial Post. Retrieved 2017-04-06. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "MVNO Ting Mobile ends pact with T-Mobile in favor of Verizon, citing merger uncertainty". FierceWireless. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  10. ^ "Tucows Q3 2019 Q&A Transcript" (PDF). Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  11. ^ Kastrenakes, Jacob (2020-08-03). "Dish's next step into wireless service is buying another small provider". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  12. ^ "Tucows sells Ting Mobile assets to DISH, changes mobile strategy". Domain Name Wire. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
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