As part of the agreement, Tucows will serve as the provider of backend services for Dish Network's wireless businesses.

[2] A public beta was then launched on December 6, 2011, 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.

On February 24, 2015, Ting Mobile offered public beta access to their GSM network[7] with the official product launched a few months later.

[8] Ting Mobile gained 19,000 new customers in the first half of 2017, a bump attributed to its rival RingPlus shutting down, in part.

[12] On August 3, 2020, key Ting Mobile assets were acquired by Dish Network, which was in the process of launching a national wireless carrier and using prepaid assets (including Boost Mobile) sold by Sprint as a condition of their 2020 merger with T-Mobile (which also includes an agreement for use of their network for seven years).

As part of the agreement, Dish agreed to subcontract backend services (including provision and billing) for its wireless business to Tucows.