prepaid wireless services founded 2009 headquarters irvine california parent america m vil website simplemobile.com simple mobile stylized simple mobile is a prepaid mobile network operator headquartered in irvine california in the united states and became a subsidiary of america m vil parent of tracfone wireless inc. after it was acquired in june 2012 . simple mobile has activated more than 2.5 million subscribers since they opened in november of 2009 . they provide wireless voice messaging and data services in the united states as a t mobile us mvno . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition by am rica m vil 2 services and plans 3 limitations 4 references 5 external links history edit simple mobile is a t mobile mvno re seller founded in november 2009 . the initial plans offered prepaid month to month wireless services including unlimited texting voice and capped data . in june of 2010 the company began to advertise unlimited data on their prepaid monthly plans . 1 on february 16th of 2011 simple mobile celebrated their one millionth activation . 2 acquisition by am rica m vil edit on may 10 2012 mexican telecommunications company america movil said that its u.s. unit tracfone wireless has agreed to acquire simple mobile inc. 3 services and plans edit the company advertises unlimited talk text and international text starting at 25.00 . the company also features 4g plans using t mobile s hspa and lte network bands . simple mobile also offers international calling plans wireless broadband and service plans specifically for blackberry devices . the company has a bring your own phone model in which customers combine a simple mobile sim card and service plan with the user s own unlocked or t mobile gsm device . all of the unlimited plans feature unlimited international text messaging at no additional cost to the subscriber . simple mobile sim cards and service plans are sold through their website and via local dealers . limitations edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message according to simple mobile customer service representatives they are unable to submit imei numbers to the global stolen phones database or comply with law enforcement subpoenas to track stolen phones or those belonging to abduction victims missing persons at risk or dangerous fugitives . simple mobile is an mvno on t mobile s network . this means that all information is stored on t mobile s servers . a law enforcement professional would need to give the subpoena court order to the law enforcement relations group . they will be able to process the subpoena . this applies to all mvno s since their hosted carrier supports all the network and backend . simple mobile should refer the parties direct to their host entity t mobile us . references edit http www.mysimplemobile.com simple mobile media.aspx http www.mysimplemobile.com simple mobile media.aspx associated press may 10 2012 . mexico s america movil buys us firm simple mobile . retrieved july 4 2013 . external links edit official website simple mobile on facebook simple mobile on twitter v t e am rica m vil group claro branded argentina brazil fixed services brazil mobility services colombia chile dominican republic ecuador el salvador guatemala honduras jamaica nicaragua panama paraguay peru puerto rico uruguay telmex branded mexico usa telekom austria group austria belarus bulgaria croatia liechtenstein macedonia serbia slovenia other amx group brands brazil embratel net mexico telcel al usa net10 wireless simple mobile straight talk telcel america tracfone retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simple mobile & oldid 742534400 categories mobile virtual network operatorsam rica m vilhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 08 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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