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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tracfone Wireless, a leading prepaid, no contract mobile service provider and part of the value brand portfolio of Verizon Communications Inc., is bringing back flip phones for ...

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 ...

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 is buying Tracfone, the oldest and largest virtual wireless carrier in the US, in a $6.9 billion deal that the companies say will probably close in the second half of 2021. Tracfone has been ...

Verizon is spending $3.1 billion in cash and $3.1 billion in stock to acquire TracFone. In addition, Verizon will pay additional $650 million to America Movil, depending on the performance of TracFone ...

TracFone customers are eligible for $40 million in refunds in a data-throttling settlement with the Federal Trace Commission. Customers who purchased prepaid “unlimited” cellular service from Straight ...