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América Móvil's U.S. TracFone unit reported stronger subscriber growth and gains in average revenue per user in the first quarter. Though the parent company did not mention it, TracFone's Straight Talk launched support for Apple's iPhone in January, which likely helped boost its first quarter numbers.
The U.S. Senate voted against a proposal that would have cut cell phones out of the FCC's Lifeline program. The vote, largely along party lines, likely will generate a sigh of relief among the likes of TracFone, AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel and other wireless carriers that receive Lifeline funds in order to provide wireless service to low-income Americans.
América Móvil's U.S. MVNO, TracFone Wireless, posted net subscriber gains of 753,000 customers in the fourth quarter, much higher than the year-ago period and better than its net subscriber additions in the first three quarters of 2012. It is unclear if the company was affected earlier this year by regulatory changes to the FCC's Lifeline program, in which TracFone is a key player.
Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile reduced the number of its Lifeline subscribers by almost half, according to the results of a Wall Street Journal investigation into changes in the FCC's Lifeline program. Although Virgin shed the largest number of subscribers, the carrier wasn't alone: According to the WSJ , AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and others also reduced the number of subscribers eligible for Lifeline money.
América Móvil's U.S. MVNO, TracFone, offered additional details on its pilot program to deliver mobile broadband to low-income Americans as part of the FCC's Lifeline initiative. The action was a response to criticism that TracFone called in political favors in order to participate in the program, and that the program itself is not effective.
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It is an MVNO of all of the major nationwide wireless carriers, as well as some regional carriers. It offers a full range of products, from super low-cost voice phones to full-featured Android smartphones. It's available almost everywhere, from Walmart to Target to RadioShack. It has been guided by the same executive since it was founded almost two decades ago. With 21.3 million subscribers, it's the nation's fifth largest wireless provider, though it spends virtually nothing on advertising. It's TracFone Wireless, and analysts generally agree it's one of the smartest wireless players in the market.
During Cricket provider Leap Wireless' ( NASDAQ:LEAP ) first quarter earnings conference call, Leap CEO Doug Hutcheson announced the carrier will refresh its service pricing plans and its device
The FCC voted to reform its Lifeline phone subsidy program and to stamp out waste and fraud by limiting people in the program from claiming subsidized handsets from multiple wireless carriers. In a
Sprint Nextel ( NYSE:S ), which has made no secret about its desire to add postpaid subscribers and paid $15.5 billion over four years to sell Apple's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) iPhone to get them, is also relying
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