What’s the status of Boost Mobile cell phone service?

What’s the status of the Boost Mobile cell phone service now that Dish Wireless and Dish DBS filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection? In a few words: It’s business as usual, as EchoStar pointed out in its press release. Same goes for Gen Mobile, the lesser-known prepaid brand owned by EchoStar. It’s not just EchoStar saying that. Jeff Moore, principal of Wave7 Research that closely tracks the prepaid and postpaid cellular industries, said his sources confirmed it’s “business as usual.” Boost Mobile has struggled since it came under Dish and then EchoStar management after the T-Mobile-Sprint merger in 2020, but it remains a highly valued cell phone brand, he said. Boost Mobile operates more than 3,000 stores and Wave7’s checks show they’ve been operating “very normal,” he said.