George Thomas has used Tracfone for 20 years. It was his very first cell phone, recommended to him by someone he met during a pit stop at a hot dog stand during one of his beloved rides on his Harley.

Tracfone has doubled the data allowance on its Unlimited Talk & Text plans at no extra cost to customers. Hotspot functionality is now available on all UTT plans, previously limited to the $40 plan.

After a trial run, Wal-Mart is planning on selling Straight Talk Tracfone phones around the country. The prepaid phones do NOT have long-term contracts—no worries about about ETFs (early termination ...

Until those carriers increase the rates that the companies need to pay to access their networks. MVNO's have fewer sunk costs (and typically horrible customer service) than traditional carriers, ...