Mint no longer works independently in applying pricing pressure. The pressure that made T-mobile even buy Mint (however little pressure) is now gone.
New MVNOs will launch, others will fail. The only thing I've learned from this is to try and invest in anything Ryan Reynolds is selling.
MVNOs mostly just exist to re-sell existing services that are provided by existing cellular networks.
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That only works in the real world if there is zero competition.
But there is competition. There are over 100 MVNOs operating in the US -- with dozens of them using T-Mobile's network.
This becomes virtually true regionally I think. I believe you that there are 100s of MVNOs, but I only saw Boost and Mint within my area physically. Now one is gone.
I’m still in an area where I have two options for Internet, one of which is on top of the other’s infrastructure. There are hundreds of ISPs nationwide, I’m sure, but not in my area.
Buying out under-cutters and re-listing the service at the price you prefer is a crude and simple strategy and can only really be done by the largest players.
It is completely dissimilar from the hardwired ISP market, wherein: With MVNOs, choice absolutely abounds, and there is competition a'plenty.
It isn't regional.