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Ting is a wireless service provider launched in February 2012 by Tucows. Ting provides service in the United States using Sprint's CDMA, EV-DO 3G, 4G WiMAX, and 4G LTE nationwide network as well as GSM service via the T-Mobile network. Ting's business model does not subsidize phone sales, or require contracts beyond month-to-month. Pricing is in separate tiers for voice minutes, text messages, and data, each of which is adjusted month-to-month to match actual usage. There are no "regulatory recapture" fees added to bills, in contrast to the practice of some of the large mobile companies. Ting also relies on referrals to gain customers, along with making less money for each customer in order to create loyal relationships with their consumers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://ting.com/why-ting/ )〕 For Ting smartphones which have hotspot capabilities, there are no tethering charges to share the connection with laptops or other Wi-Fi capable devices, since users pay for their service based on their actual usage of data. == Supported devices == Ting supports devices that run on Sprint (CDMA), AT&T (GSM), T-Mobile (GSM) and Verizon's (CDMA) cellular networks. Devices (can be purchased ) through Ting's website (some devices listed are sold through the company's third party sales partner Glyde) or other sellers. The customer then enters the device's electronic serial number on Ting's website to activate the device. Ting provides a list of officially supported devices on its website. The company first announced support for devices that functioned on Sprint or its MVNOs (with the exception of Boost Mobile or Virgin Mobile) in August 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://ting.com/blog/byod-coming-soon-to-ting/ )〕 A public beta was then launched on December 6, offering official support for seven Sprint-branded smartphones; the announcement also included links to a substantial list of other compatible devices and a new discussion area for users attempting to activate them.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://ting.com/blog/bring-a-sprint-device-to-ting-you-know-you-wanna/ )〕 On November 20, 2012, Ting announced a new service called ''Home Phone Connect 2''. It allows for a traditional home phone to work on Ting's cellular network. The device to enable the service will cost $100, with the actual service costing 6USD monthly (plus charges for actual usage), as any device is charged on Ting.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://ting.com/blog/device-update-whats-coming-through-the-end-of-2012/ )〕 Ting now has a limited ability to use Windows Phone 8 devices. At one time, Ting offered the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV for purchase. They are not available at this time (May 2014) and are not on the "Bring Your Own Sprint Device" list. Those devices that were previously purchased still work. As of Dec 9th, 2014, Ting has announced that they will be offering GSM services in February 2015 to Ting customers that works within the same accounts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ting to Add Service on a GSM Network )〕 The new GSM service will allow many more devices to be brought to Ting. According to FierceWireless, the GSM provider is rumored to be T-Mobile.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sprint MVNO Ting adds support for GSM service, likely with T-Mobile )〕 As of February 24th, 2015, Ting has started to offer public beta access to their GSM network. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ting on a GSM network: Open beta is, well, open. - Ting.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ting Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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