Carriers / MVNO Info

Firefly Mobile made the Firefly, a kids’ phone with no number keypad, launched in 2005 and sold with its own wireless service. Wikipedia’s carrier list shows the service ended in 2012.

7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless was a prepaid service sold in US 7-Eleven stores on Cingular’s network. It stopped operating in the US in 2010; the brand continues in Canada.

Zact was a customizable prepaid service on Sprint’s network that launched in 2013. It stopped sign-ups on July 4, 2014 and shut down in August 2014.

XE Mobile was a prepaid cell service for college students on AT&T’s network. It shut down entirely on December 31, 2007, and all accounts were canceled.

Voce was a luxury concierge cell phone service from Beverly Hills that launched in 2006. It shut down abruptly, without warning, around February 1, 2008.

Venn Mobile was a $30 unlimited plan on Sprint’s network that launched in January 2020. Sprint turned off its lines on June 26, 2020.

Qwest Wireless shut down on October 31, 2009. Qwest moved most customers to Verizon Wireless first and waived early termination fees for the rest.

Next G Mobile was a small prepaid-style reseller on the Verizon network. It went offline and out of business as of December 31, 2013.

Millenicom was a mobile internet provider that resold Verizon Wireless service. It ended its Verizon plans and its operations as a provider on October 31, 2014, and customers had to deal directly with Verizon.

Jump Mobile was Leap Wireless’s per-minute prepaid brand on the Cricket network. Leap replaced it with Cricket PayGo from October 2008 and retired the brand on February 26, 2010.