mobi, Inc. is a wireless carrier founded in 2004 and based in Honolulu , Hawaiʻi . The company provides service on each of the major islands of Hawaiʻi, as well as on the mainland United States through roaming agreements with other carriers.
20-558: Mobi or MOBI may refer to: Companies [ edit ] Mobi (company) , an American wireless provider Computing [ edit ] .mobi , internet top domain name .mobi, a file extension of the deprecated Mobipocket e-book format People [ edit ] Mobi Fehr (born 1994), American soccer player Mobi Okoli (born 1987), Nigerian football player Mobi Oparaku (born 1976), Nigerian former football player Other uses [ edit ] Mobi (bike share) ,
40-581: A Canadian bicycle-sharing system Fiat Mobi , a 2016–present Brazilian-Italian city car See also [ edit ] Moby (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mobi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mobi&oldid=1223467362 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
60-668: A dynamic eSIM profile, in real-time, at the time of activation, for each wireless subscription. The two companies demonstrated the technology at the AWS re:Invent conference that year, with RiPSIM launching it commercially in 2024. In 2022, its frontline and digital workers in Hawaiʻi, on the mainland United States, in Canada, and in México unionized with the Communications Workers of America , which
80-426: A network sharing agreement with Verizon Wireless in 2015, with Sprint in 2019, and later announced a nationwide 5G partnership with T-Mobile in 2023, allowing it to continue to operate as an mobile network operator in Hawaiʻi but as a "full" mobile virtual network operator outside of its own footprint. In late 2022, mobi became one of the first wireless carriers in the world to migrate its mobile core to
100-505: A phone-in show titled Tech & Talk . Their content was believed to be stereotypical and offensive. Following the T-Mobile merger, MetroPCS introduced a campaign to highlight its inclusion of all related taxes and fees in advertised prices. The campaign was ridiculed by many people who interpreted an unintended double meaning in the slogan "Period Power", referring to the menstrual cycle . Metro ranked first in customer experience among
120-537: A series of armed robberies in Metro stores which was attributed to low security measures. In the same year, T-Mobile and Metro became some of the earliest companies to offer unlimited data plans. On September 24, 2018, T-Mobile announced that it would relaunch the brand as Metro by T-Mobile (a move that would take effect two weeks later), introducing new unlimited plans offering bundled features such as Amazon Prime subscriptions and Google One storage, and announcing that
140-539: A small network of partner locations. To support customers digitally and outside of Hawaiʻi, mobi was the first wireless carrier in the United States to support mobile recurring payments and eSIM activation through its apps for iPhone with Apple Pay and Google Pay (payment method) for Android . In 2023, the company adopted technology from startup RiPSIM, enabling mobi to become the first carrier to fully automate its end-to-end eSIM activation process, generating
160-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mobi (company) mobi is an operator member of the GSMA , the Competitive Carriers Association (the CCA), the CTIA , and the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC). Since 2022, workers at the company are represented by and members of the Communications Workers of America (the CWA). The company reached
180-491: The public cloud , through a partnership with AWS and startup WG2 (since acquired by Cisco). The following year, the carrier launched a CBRS network using technologies from Federated Wireless . mobi acquired wireless spectrum in the PCS band in 2004 and launched service covering Hawaiʻi in 2005. Doing business as mobiPCS , the company and MetroPCS were both backed by venture capital firm M/C Partners , with each disrupting
200-403: The brand aims to be the first prepaid mobile carrier to offer 5G in 2019. T-Mobile stated that these changes would help to reduce the negative stigmas associated with MetroPCS's prepaid services, by aligning them with other well-known brands as value-added services, and placing a larger emphasis on its use of T-Mobile's network. The renamed carrier launched in early October 2018. At the time of
220-613: The company announced a new long-term advertising campaign featuring Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo . The launch of MetroPCS's LTE network was met with mixed reviews. In November 2010, Gigaom 's Kevin Tofel noted that although the LTE network was based on 4G technology, "the infrastructure MetroPCS is using keeps speeds in the range of older 3G networks". Tofel measured data speeds "far slower than T-Mobile's HSPA+ network" but considered that users with only basic data requirements would find
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#1733085530304240-408: The company voluntarily recognized despite the common trend of union busting in its industry. This article about wireless technology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . MetroPCS Metro by T-Mobile, formerly known as MetroPCS , and simply known as Metro , is an American prepaid wireless service provider and brand owned by T-Mobile US . It previously operated
260-465: The deal closed on May 1, 2013. The combined company, now known as T-Mobile US , began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. On June 21, 2015, the legacy MetroPCS CDMA network was decommissioned, and customers were migrated to the company's LTE network. At the time of the merger, T-Mobile had about 32 million subscribers, to which MetroPCS added around 9 million. In 2012, there was
280-412: The fifth largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States using code-division multiple access (CDMA). In 2013, the carrier engaged in a reverse merger with T-Mobile US; post-merger, its services were merged under T-Mobile's UMTS and LTE network. Metro by T-Mobile competes primarily against AT&T 's Cricket Wireless , EchoStar 's Boost Mobile and Verizon 's Visible as part of
300-617: The market in their respective regions by offering no contract, no credit check, unlimited wireless service before those became widespread options in the wireless industry. By 2008, mobi had opened eleven retail and seventy dealer locations throughout Hawaiʻi. While the company launched with CDMA service (along with other members of the Associated Carrier Group ) and had a roaming partnership with Sprint , it later transitioned to offering LTE and 5G wireless services. The carrier operates its own retail stores in Hawaiʻi, and also has
320-545: The name change, T-Mobile's subscriber number had increased to around 75 million and Metro's had doubled to around 18 million users and had increased their nationwide market reach from around 12 to 100 markets. Metro is T-Mobile US 's branch of prepaid services, currently offering a large variety of smartphones and four data plans as of March 18, 2019. Metro conducts its operations on their physical store locations only, in contrast with other prepaid brands that offer services on physical locations and online. In February 2019,
340-493: The no-contract deal "refreshing." Referencing Tofel's review, Laptop Mag's Corvida Raven concluded that MetroPCS "probably isn't using the best LTE technology." Slate 's Farhad Manjoo panned the service by suggesting that MetroPCS was able to roll out 4G coverage sooner and cheaper than its competitors by offering only the Samsung Craft, a feature phone with sub-standard internet capabilities, as its launch device. Due to
360-530: The quality of the device (described as being "designed not just to frustrate users but to get us to swear off ever using any phone again"), the network, and MetroPCS's decision to block video streaming services aside from YouTube under its "unlimited web" plan, Manjoo considered it a device designed to disappoint users excited for 4G. MetroPCS attracted criticism in 2010 for an advertising campaign featuring two Indian characters, Ranjit and Chad (the former being played by veteran Indian actor Anjul Nigam ), hosting
380-613: The time, the company operated through 21 licenses in Greater Miami , Tampa , Sarasota , New York City , San Francisco , Atlanta and Sacramento . The company expanded to the Dallas and Detroit areas later that year. On April 19, 2007, MetroPCS made its stock market debut. Its 50 million share IPO closed at $ 27.40, for a market cap of $ 8 billion. In October 2012, the company, known then as MetroPCS, reached an agreement to merge with T-Mobile USA . A reverse merger for MetroPCS,
400-400: The wireless service provider brands. Metro by T-Mobile has twenty million subscribers as of 2021. Metro was established in 1994 as General Wireless, Inc., by Roger Linquist and Malcolm Lorang. PCS referred to the industry term, Personal Communications Service . Its service was first launched in 2002. As of February 2005, MetroPCS had about 1.5 million subscribers in the country. At
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