Verizon Communications said Monday that it has agreed to purchase prepaid wireless giant Tracfone for $6.25 billion in cash and stock. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

On Monday Verizon, Yahoo Finance’s parent company, announced it is acquiring Tracfone, the leading pre-paid and value mobile provider in the U.S. for $6.25 billion in cash and stock. Ronan Dunne, ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon (NYSE: VZ) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with America Movil to acquire Tracfone, the leading pre-paid and value mobile ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TracFone Wireless agreed to a $13.4 million settlement to resolve false claims allegations in connection with the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) low-income subsidy ...

The mobile operator Tracfone isn’t exactly a household name, but it does have about 21 million customers in the US. Soon, those customers will fall under the Verizon umbrella, as Verizon just ...

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NEW YORK – Verizon (NYSE: VZ) – Today Verizon Communications (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of TracFone Wireless, Inc. and TracFone’s family of ...

Verizon is buying Tracfone, the oldest and largest virtual wireless carrier in the US, in a $6.9 billion deal that the companies say will probably close in the second half of 2021. Tracfone has been ...

Verizon today announced it has struck a deal to buy TracFone in a further consolidation of the US cellular industry. Verizon is one of three major carriers that operate nationwide wireless networks, ...

When Verizon refused to unlock an iPhone purchased by Kansas resident Patrick Roach, he had no intention of giving up without ...