Cell Phones

Mint Mobile Corporate Office

Mint Mobile is an offshoot of Ultra Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator. The company sells discount prepaid SIM cards and mobile phone service that works on T-Mobile’s network.

Ultra Mobile kicked off Mint Mobile in August of 2016. The company offers vastly reduced rates for service for customers who are willing to pay in advance of at least 3 months duration, rather than month to month.

Originally limited to Android phones, the company now offers service to iPhone users as well. The base rate at Mint is $15 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data, as well as 2 GB of high-speed (4 LTE) service. That is roughly half the price of the lowest competitor, MetroPCS.

In a review dated January of 2018, Forbes listed this service as a top provider which can save consumers hundreds of dollars in cell phone bills.

In 2019, actor Ryan Reynolds purchased an ownership stake in Mint Mobile.

Reynolds tweeted in April 2021 that he had plans to bring Mint Mobile to Canada but Canada says that probably will not happen.

In January 2022, the company was listed as the Most Versatile Cell Phone Plan by USNews.

In November 2023, the company offered a 6-month plan for the price of 3 months for its Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.

Company co-headquarters are currently located in Costa Mesa, California, with an additional office in New York.

Mint Mobile

Mint Mobile is an offshoot of Ultra Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator. The company sells discount prepaid SIM cards and mobile phone service that works on T-Mobile’s network.

History

In a review dated January of 2018, Forbes listed this service as a top provider which can save consumers hundreds of dollars in cell phone bills.

In 2019, actor Ryan Reynolds purchased an ownership stake in Mint Mobile.

Reynolds tweeted in April 2021 that he had plans to bring Mint Mobile to Canada but Canada says that probably will not happen.

In January 2022, the company was listed as the Most Versatile Cell Phone Plan by USNews.

In November 2023, the company offered a 6-month plan for the price of 3 months for its Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale.

Company co-headquarters are currently located in Costa Mesa, California, with an additional office in New York.

Boost Mobile Corporate Office

Boost Mobile was founded in 2000 in Australia by Pete Bourke. The company operates a mobile phone service. The company began doing business in the US in 2001 as a joint venture with Nextel, who was purchased by Sprint in 2006.

The company began by offering rates for their “push to talk” service for $1 a day, at a time when cell phone service was fairly expensive. Today, the company still offers a two-rate plan, with no contracts, similar to Metro PCS, with service when traveling to Mexico for an additional $5 more per month.

Boost Mobile introduced the NETGEAR Fuse along with no-contract Wi-Fi Hotspot plans in July of 2015.

T-Mobile has offered to acquire Sprint, but at this time, it appears that Sprint is not interested in the deal. In mid-2018, former CEO of Boost Mobile, Peter Bourke, says that a merger of Sprint, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, and Virgin Mobile would result in substantially higher prices for consumers.

In May 2021, Boost Mobile launched its Emergency Broadband Benefit program, which provides qualifying customers with free high-speed internet service.

Company headquarters are located in Overland Park, Kansas.

Boost Mobile

History

Boost Mobile introduced the NETGEAR Fuse along with no-contract Wi-Fi Hotspot plans in July of 2015.

In May 2021, Boost Mobile launched its Emergency Broadband Benefit program, which provides qualifying customers with free high-speed internet service.

Company headquarters are located in Overland Park, Kansas.

Consumer Cellular Corporate Office

Consumer Cellular was founded in 1995 in Tigard, Oregon, by current CEO John Marick and Greg Pryor. The company operates a non-subscription/non-contract cellular phone service.

The company is best known for having no contracts. The main focus is on retirees and others with a fixed income. In 2008, the company began working with the AARP to enlarge their subscriber base. As of 2016, the company has more than 2 million regular subscribers. In 2012, the company began using SIM cards in order to add iPhones to their service. In 2015, the company exceeded $1 billion in revenue and announced in mid-2018, that they would reach 3 million customers by the end of the year. This new increase in business has caused the company to hire an additional 500 employees at their call center in Arizona.

Consumer Cellular has received numerous awards over the years, including the highest score in J.D. Power 2016 Wireless Customer Care Full Service Study, as well as the highest score in 2016 in PC Magazine’s 29th annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey. Company headquarters are located in Portland, Oregon.

Consumer Cellular

Consumer Cellular was founded in 1995 in Tigard, Oregon, by current CEO John Marick and Greg Pryor. The company operates a non-subscription/non-contract cellular phone service.

History

Speck Products Corporate Offie

Speck Products was founded in 2001 in San Mateo, California, by Ryan Mongan, David Law and Tony Lillios. The company was an offshoot of Speck Designs. Irene Baran joined as CEO in 2006.

The company designs, manufactures, and sells covers or cases for a wide variety of personal electronic devices, including MAC Books, iPhones, Android phones, laptops, and tablets. All products are designed in house. The company has several patents for their products, including their Candy Shell Hard Cases and Smartflex Card. Speck Products are sold in Apple stores around the globe.

Speck Products was acquired by Samsonite in May of 2014 for $85 million. As of this writing, the company maintains headquarters in San Mateo, California.

Speck Products

Speck Products was founded in 2001 in San Mateo, California, by Ryan Mongan, David Law and Tony Lillios. The company was an offshoot of Speck Designs. Irene Baran joined as CEO in 2006.

Speck Products was acquired by Samsonite in May of 2014 for $85 million. As of this writing, the company maintains headquarters in San Mateo, California.

History

Sprint Corporate Office

Sprint Corporation, known to most as simply Sprint, was founded in 1899 as Brown Telephone Company by Jacob and Cleyson Brown. By 1925, the company merged with United Telephone and Electric.

Today, Sprint is a wireless telecommunications company that also provides internet service. The company operates in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. In addition to Sprint, the company also operates under the names Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless. Sprint is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: S. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $32.18 billion and employed approximately 30,000 people.

Sprint operates as a subsidiary of Softbank Group Corporation after Softbank acquired a majority share in 2013. In 2006, Sprint spun off their landline phones into a company named Embarq, which was later acquired by CenturyLink.

The company announced in July 2019 that hackers accessed customer accounts after gaining access through Samsung‘s website.

Sprint is attempting to merge with T-Mobile and began laying off employees in July 2019 in preparation. The merger is opposed by many and involves multiple lawsuits in 13 states and the District of Columbia.

Sprint

Sprint Corporation, known to most as simply Sprint, was founded in 1899 as Brown Telephone Company by Jacob and Cleyson Brown. By 1925, the company merged with United Telephone and Electric.

History

The company announced in July 2019 that hackers accessed customer accounts after gaining access through Samsung‘s website.