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==Xfinity Mobile{{anchor|Xfinity Mobile}}==<!-- Other articles link here. -->
{{Infobox company
| logo = Xfinity Mobile.svg
| name = Xfinity Mobile
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.xfinity.com/mobile/}}
| founded = April 6, 2017
| industry = Telecommunications
| key_people = Greg Butz (President)
}}

On April 6, 2017, Comcast launched '''Xfinity Mobile''', a [[mobile virtual network operator]] ([[MVNO]]) on the [[Verizon Wireless|Verizon mobile network]].<ref name="fw-xfinitymobile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/comcast-xfinity-mobile-a-no-frills-mvno-service-primarily-designed-to-prevent-churn|title=Editor's Corner—Comcast Xfinity Mobile is a no-frills MVNO service primarily designed to prevent churn|website=FierceWireless|language=en|access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref>

Xfinity Mobile provides [[Prepaid mobile phone|prepaid]] (with users able to purchase data in 1&nbsp;GB bundles) and monthly unlimited plans, with the latter throttled after 20&nbsp;GB of use. The service is sold exclusively to Comcast internet subscribers, and includes access to Xfinity WiFi.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/04/06/comcast-wants-be-your-new-cellphone-carrier-heres-everything-you-need-to-know/ | title=Comcast wants to be your new cellphone carrier. Here's everything you need to know.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=April 6, 2017|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="fw-xfinitymobile" />

Analysts perceived Xfinity Mobile as being a response to AT&T's acquisition of [[DirecTV]], which added the national satellite provider alongside its existing [[AT&T U-verse|wireline]] and [[AT&T Mobility|wireless]] services, and an increased push towards [[mobile television]].<ref name="phillycom-xfinitymobile">{{cite web|title=Comcast plunges again into cell phone service. Can it overcome past failures?|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/comcast-nation/Comcast-to-launch-Xfinity-Mobile-by-mid-year-making-it-part-of-the-Internet-TV-bundle.html|website=Philly.com|access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> In the third quarter of 2018, Xfinity Mobile surpassed 1 million subscribers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lightreading.com/earnings-reports/comcast-surpasses-1m-xfinity-mobile-lines/d/d-id/747091|title=Comcast Surpasses 1M Xfinity Mobile Lines|website=Light Reading|language=en|access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> On May 18, 2020, Xfinity Mobile announced plans with [[5G]] data.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Comcast is launching 5G plans for Xfinity Mobile customers|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262142/comcast-5g-xfinity-mobile-plans|last=Lyons|first=Kim|date=May 18, 2020|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>