“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. TextNow, a free text, voice and video calling app, is on track to hit $100 million in revenue this year, up from ...

SAN FRANCISCO & WATERLOO, Ontario, December 04, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TextNow, the leading ad-supported free phone service in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Casey Forbes as Senior Vice ...

When Derek Ting started brainstorming ideas about how to make wireless phone service affordable to everyone, he had no idea that his vision would lead to the creation of TextNow, let alone becoming a ...

When Derek Ting, founder and CEO of TextNow, was in the final year of his computer engineering degree at the University of Waterloo in 2008, starting a $130-million company wasn’t at the top of his ...

“Phone service” once meant owning a landline wired to the nearest telephone pole. Now it means being connected to the entire world through a handheld computer with more processing power than the one ...

It sounds too good to be true: a cellular phone plan that comes with a free phone number, free texting, and even free data to access essential apps. I’ve been testing the plan, which is called Free ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextNow, the leading mobile app offering free wireless and WiFi-enabled phone service in the U.S. and Canada, announced today that it has named Dave ...

San Francisco and Waterloo, ON, Nov. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TextNow, the leading mobile provider of free cellular and WiFi-enabled phone service in the U.S., today announced its Secret Santa ...

TextNow, the leading ad-supported free phone service in the U.S., today announced the appointment of Casey Forbes as Senior Vice President of Sales. Casey will lead the company’s growing sales ...