Sources: Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, Dish Network, and AT&T for wholesale prices to offer low-cost or free mobile service to US Prime subscribers
here's what we know [Update] Kishalaya Kundu / XDA Developers : Amazon may provide free cellular service to Prime members Usman Qureshi / iPhone in Canada Blog : Amazon to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime Members: Bloomberg PYMNTS.com : Amazon in Talks with Wireless Carriers to Offer Low-Cost Mobile Phone Service to Prime Members Richard Sachek / SlashGear : Amazon Reportedly In Talks With Carriers To Add Mobile Service To Prime Joe Wituschek / BGR : Amazon denies reports of a Prime wireless plan, but I hope it happens Michael Kan / PCMag : Your Next Amazon Prime Perk: Cheap or Even Free Cell Phone Plans? Monica Alleven / Fierce Wireless : Amazon reportedly in talks to sell phone service as part of Prime Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Amazon in talks to add low-cost or free 5G wireless service to Prime Reuters : US telecom companies say not in talks with Amazon for wireless services Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading : Amazon talking to carriers about cheap (or free) mobile service for Prime subs report Andrew Grush / Android Authority : Amazon might be getting into the phone service game, but is it a good idea? Theo Wayt / The Information : Amazon in Talks to Offer Cheap or Free Mobile Plans to Prime Members Annie Palmer / CNBC : Telecom stocks fall on report Amazon considers launching mobile service for Prime members Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily : Amazon: No Wireless Plans ‘At This Time’; Telecom Stocks Close Down Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Report: Amazon Prime Member Might Get Free Mobile Phone Service Steven Tweedie / Insider : Your Amazon Prime plan might soon cut your cellphone bill down to around $10 — or even make it free Laurent Giret / Thurrott : Report: Amazon Wants to Give Cheap or Free Phone Plans to US Prime Members John Callaham / Neowin : Amazon is reportedly in talks to provide cheap or free unlimited mobile phone service Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News : Amazon Wants to Offer Unlimited Wireless Phone Plans For FREE From Verizon, T-Mobile, & Dish - Yes For Free! LinkedIn: Benoit Felten : Consider my comment as little more than a Friday afternoon musing, but if Amazon does start offering mobile connectivity directly, I suspect a damn will have burst. … Mastodon: @PhilGastwirth@worldkey.io : @Techmeme — How so subscribers have stalled and Amazon is worried about Walmarts subscription and I guess this is the only thing Amazon can think of to try to get more subscribers. Tweets: Andy Mukherjee / @andymukherjee70 : Here's a non-US perspective: It's been nearly 7 years since I began to look at Ambani's strategy as 3C — a mix of carriage, content and commerce. It hasn't worked out for him *yet*. Will be interesting to see how it pans out for Amazon, his No. 1 rival, on its home turf. https://twitter.com/... Chetan Sharma / @chetansharma : Just the talk of Amazon getting into wireless sank operator stocks while Dish saw the biggest boost in two decades. Verizon's stock sinks to 12-year low while Dish's shares soar after report Amazon is in talks to offer mobile plans for Prime members https://www.marketwatch.com/ ... @modestproposal1 : my conspiracy theory is t-mobile leaked news Amazon was calling around so that they could immediately reject it, letting dumb & dumber know they would not be playing ball and you two idiots shouldn't either [image] Sam Korus / @skorusark : Like 1.5 million employees? A number of Amazon's moves have been for internal cost cutting then opened to customers. Is this something like that? https://twitter.com/... Steven Dennis / @steventdennis : Amazon in talks to add *wireless* to Amazon Prime. Big carrier stocks dropped on fears their customers could flee to no- or low-cost competition https://www.bloomberg.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : All theories of disruption by MNVOs (a 20+ year old idea) need to start by understanding that 1: they depend on the wholesale deal the carrier chooses to give them and 2: carriers have marginal cost. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : Occasionally someone with the ability to acquire customers at a lower customer acquisition cost (CAC) via cross selling can create a successful MVNO. Cable does that. TracFone showed one key was multiple suppliers to deal with wholesale transfer pricing. https://www.bloomberg.com/... RR Edmonds / @rr_edmonds : The company is negotiating with Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile US Inc. and Dish Network Corp. to get the lowest possible wholesale prices. That would let it offer Prime members wireless plans for $10 a month or possibly for free and bolster loyalty https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tim McDonald / @trmcdonald : The telecom industry is restructuring The vertically integrated carriers are no longer the big dogs It's now the cloud operators Value will align around the new ecosystem, starting with the cloud “Your margin is my opportunity” Jeff Bezos https://www.bloomberg.com/... @ryanfoxeth : There's two ways to make money online: Bundling and Unbundling https://twitter.com/...