Derek Ting – Old GigaOm

No 2G required: TextNow launches the U.S.’s first VoIP-only mobile phone

on August 6, 2013

Startup TextNow has pulled off a feat no other mobile company has accomplished: a mobile service built entirely around IP communications. It’s selling voice and data plans on a pair of Samsungs for $19 a month.

Messaging app TextNow is morphing into an all-IP mobile operator

on June 13, 2013

TextNow today may be an also-ran in the crowded over-the-top communications market, but it plans to set itself apart by becoming a full-fledged carrier. It wants to be the first all-IP carrier in the U.S.