17 OCT 2022
Verizon made a propulsion into the prepaid net market, teaming with retailer Walmart to administer a fixed wireless entree (FWA) merchandise done its Straight Talk brand.
The contract-free work is priced astatine $45 per month, with a router costing $99. Verizon stated consumers tin bid nonstop from astir 2,000 Walmart stores and the retailer’s website.
Straight Talk Home Internet offers uncapped 5G and 4G access, with information rates of up to 100Mb/s and 50Mb/s, respectively.
Verizon emphasised the work does not necessitate inheritance checks and claimed it provides more outgo options, including cash, than different tariffs.
Recon Analytics expert Roger Entner dubbed Straight Talk the operator’s “grab-and-go” brand, noting differences to the income person-led attack of Total by Verizon, different prepaid location broadband work which it launched past month.
There is increasing contention successful the US FWA market, with T-Mobile US deploying a service successful March and AT&T launching an connection nether the Cricket Wireless moniker successful 2021.
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Mike Robuck
Mike Robuck is the U.S. Editor astatine Mobile World Live. He joined the Mobile World Live unit successful February of 2022. Prior to joining GSMA, helium was exertion of FierceTelecom and of Light Reading’s Telco Transformation microsite. He has a...
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