I-New York
CNN
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URyan Reynolds usezoba nosuku oluhle lokuhola.
I-T-Mobile kumenyezelwe NgoLwesithathu ithenga umhlinzeki we-wireless we-Mint Mobile ngemali enkulu efinyelela ku-$1.35 billion. Ukuthengwa komzali we-Mint Mobile u-Ka’ena Corporation kuzophinde kuhlanganise ne-Ultra Mobile, insizakalo yokushaya ucingo yamazwe ngamazwe, kanye nomdayisi ongenazintambo uPlum.
Reynolds, owathenga idlanzana isigxobo sobunikazi kuMint Mobile ngo-2019, uzoqhubeka “endimeni yakhe yokudala esikhundleni sikaMint,” lapho esebenza khona njengomkhulumeli, ngokusho kwesitatimende sabezindaba esimemezela isivumelwano.
“Angikaze ngiphuphe ukuthi ngizoba nenkampani engenazintambo futhi angikaze ngiphuphe ukuthi ngizoyidayisela i-T-Mobile,” kubhala uReynolds. ku-Twitter ULwesithathu. “Impilo ayijwayelekile futhi ngiyaziqhenya futhi ngiyabonga.”
Lapho uReynolds ethenga isigxobo kwaMint, wabiza lesi sinqumo ngokuthi “asivamile” esitatimendeni ngaleso sikhathi. “Osaziwayo bavamise ukutshala imali emikhiqizweni esezingeni eliphezulu njengemikhiqizo ye-skincare noma izinkampani eziphuzwayo ze-gin,” esho.
I-Mint Mobile yasungulwa ngo-2016 ngenhloso yokuletha insizakalo “engabizi kakhulu, engenantambo ye-premium” eqondiswe kubathengi, ngokusho iwebhusayithi yayo. Esitatimendeni sakhe sango-2019, uReynolds uthe “ujabule kakhulu ngokulwela indlela esebenzayo yobuchwepheshe obubaluleke kakhulu.”
I-T-Mobile inethemba lokuthuthukisa izinsiza zayo ezikhokhelwa ngaphambili ngokutholwa kwe-Mint Mobile. I-CEO uMike Sievert uqinisekise amakhasimende ukuthi uhlelo lwentengo luka-Mint luka-$15 ngenyanga luzohlala endaweni. Ividiyo ye-YouTube NgoLwesithathu kufakwe u-Reynolds. Abasunguli bomkhiqizo ababili bazoqhubeka nokuphatha lokho “okuzosebenza njengeyunithi yebhizinisi ehlukile,” ngokusho kokukhishwa.
“Esikhathini eside, sizophinde sihlomule ngokusebenzisa ifomula yokumaketha i-Mint isidume ezingxenyeni eziningi ze-T-Mobile.” wabhala uSievert.
Isivumelwano kulindeleke ukuthi sivalwe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, kanti inani lokugcina lincike ekusebenzeni kukaKa’ena.