​Trump Mobile is just one in the crowd of conservative carriers 

​Trump Mobile is just one in the crowd of conservative carriers 

Trump Mobile SIM kit next to a phone showing Trump wireless network indicator in top corner of screen

Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. This week, I wanted to see how Trump Mobile stacks up to its conservative carrier competition.

Trump Mobile isn’t unique. I mean, it is in some pretty specific senses – it’s not every day the president’s family launches a phone company while he’s in office – but it’s far from the first company to offer a mobile carrier targeted at the conservative crowd.

In fact, there’s a rich history of smaller networks trying to make their money from patriots, Christians, and Republican voters. Like Trump Mobile, they’re all MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators), carriers that …

Read the full story at The Verge.

 

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