Last March, T-Mobile announced it was set to acquire Mint Mobile, owned by Canadian Ryan Reynolds.
At the time, it likely signalled the end of Reynolds’ attempts to bring the MVNO to Canada. As of today, T-Mobile has completed its acquisition of Mint Mobile.
“This combination is a win-win all around – a perfect pairing of highly complementary brands coming together on our industry-best 5G network to continue shaking things up for the benefit of customers,” said Mike Katz, President of Marketing, Strategy and Products at T-Mobile, in a statement. “We are excited to maintain the unique style and entrepreneurial spirit that make Mint and Ultra truly special, while also finding ways to supercharge their growth and leverage some of the secrets of that success into other areas of our business.”
The completed acquisition will retain Mint Mobile’s $15/month plan, while customers will also get a screener for scam calls.
Not only that, Mint Mobile customers will get free unlimited talk, text and 3GB of data roaming when they are visiting Canada. “Not for extended international use; service may be terminated or restricted for excessive roaming. Coverage not available in some areas,” says the fine print.
T-Mobile says “in the coming weeks”, Ultra Mobile customers will get a data roaming option for Mexico.
Ka’ena Corporation is now under T-Mobile’s ownership, with the company consisting of Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile and Plum.
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How does this “news” benefit Canadians?
It doesn’t directly, but if it becomes a trend for even discount brands to offer included roaming, that is moving in the right direction.
That’s mixing apples and oranges —completely different market. Just like in the EU, roaming is included with all mobile plans at ridiculously inexpensive rates and has been for a very long time.
One would think any tech related information could be a benefit to anyone and/or everyone.
At the very least, there might actually be one Canadian that can utilize this “news”. Or does there need to be a minimum number of (certified by you) beneficiaries before something can be posted on this blog?
Common sense wins again!
he wanted to bring Mint Mobile to Canada, but our government didn’t allow it. Mint Mobile sold. we are finishing up his Mint Mobile chapter. Canadian expats in the US signing up for Mint Mobile could have free roaming when coming home to visit.
My wife and I have permanent MINT plans now as we spend a fair amount of time in Florida and we visit US at other times once or twice per year. Canadian cell providers are total rip-offs when it comes to adding on US service. This is a great service for me as I can swap in my MINT SIM when at home and want to call someone in the US. (I would have switched to US cell provider years ago if I cared whether family, contacts and businesses would have to call me on a US number).
I’m an American citizen living in Detroit and I visit my girlfriend across the river in Windsor Ontario pretty much every weekend. Their pre-paid roaming plan is one of the most expensive I have ever seen, and in dire need of change. If it had not changed I definitely would have switched services. They still have not given any indication as to “when” this is supposed to happen.