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T-Mobile Won the 5G Race. Now It Has to Outrun Its Own Success
The magenta insurgent grew up, absorbed Sprint and built a 5G lead. Its harder assignment now is to become a broader broadband company without turning into the kind of carrier it taught customers to distrust.
TextNow
TextNow is a Waterloo-born wireless company that gives people phone service for free by letting advertisers, not subscribers, foot the bill. Started in 2009 as a way to dodge texting fees, it has grown into the largest provider of free mobile phone service in the United States, offering unlimited talk, text, and free essential data over a nationwide 5G network through its app-based MVNO. With roughly 10 million monthly active users and revenue north of $100 million, TextNow built a real telecom business on a simple bet: communication should be a right, paid for by ads rather than by the people who can least afford a phone bill.