North Region 

“AT&T Prepaid has gotten additional signage placed for their double data promotion on their $50 per month plan. The plan usually comes with 8GB of data, but with the promotion, it now gives customers 16GB of data at LTE speeds. With the AutoPay discount in place, this brings the price of the plan down to $40. This promotion is available at AT&T stores and Walmart until July 11th.” 

“The Samsung S10 5G phone is now officially available to purchase through Verizon. It will eventually roll out to other carriers in the near future. Its starting price is $1,300 for the 256GB model or $54.16 per month for 24 months. Verizon has mentioned that their 5G network is currently only available in Chicago and Minneapolis and 5G network access is limited to customers who are on its two top tier unlimited plans, Above Unlimited and Beyond Unlimited.” 

“Sprint announced that it will begin offering its first 5G phones by the end of May. They will begin selling the LG V50 ThinQ5G and HTC 5G Hub devices to consumers by May 31st. Sprint mentioned it will make the phones available in its first four 5G markets; Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Kansas City. “ 

East Region 

“In Atlantic Coast district, WAL 1XXX, management is very excited about our Full-Time trial at location, they have verbalized loving our approach to business, how we have partnered together and how we ask permission to do events and partner with Walmart.” 

“Colton from Wal5XX in Atlanta North reported that had some language barrier issues with customers and used google translate to help customers to close sales when language was a problem.” 

“Atlanta North also had a few stores with low inventory and a remodel that affected sales this week.” 

“Verizon Pre-Pay has new Rollback pricing: Moto E5 $59.00, Moto E5 Go $39.88, Moto G6 $109.00” 

South Region 

“Sprint reps are frequenting stores more often to drive their latest promos and plans. Table events have become more common in the Florida District.“ 

“ATT is offering a “Double the Data” to their 8GB $50-dollar plan. Customers must activate new lines of service and sign up for AutoPay discount to qualify for their 16GB’s. “

Source: Business Insider

• US carriers T-Mobile and Sprint are considering possible concessions, specifically the separation and potential sale of their prepaid businesses, in order to get their proposed $26.5 billion merger approved, according to Bloomberg.

• Critics have argued that consolidation would result in less competition, negatively impacting end consumers who would end up with fewer choices and, as a result, more expensive services.

• And while the two companies dispute this, arguing that their new company would actually bring stronger competition to powerhouses
Verizon and AT&T, this doesn’t appear to stand up when it comes to the prepaid industry.

• A merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would end up with the new company owning a significant portion of the US prepaid market: T-Mobile’s Metro brand along with Sprint’s Boost and Virgin Mobile brands account for about 42% of the market.

• It’s important to note that while these concessions may not be enough on their own to get the merger approved, they may alleviate enough concerns to keep the conversation going and the deal alive.