Boost Mobile (U.S.)
E385105
Boost Mobile (U.S.) is a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States known for offering no-contract mobile phone plans, historically associated with Sprint’s network.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | 3 |
| Boost Mobile (U.S.) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3741331 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boost Mobile (U.S.) Context triple: [Sprint Corporation, operatedBrand, Boost Mobile (U.S.)]
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A.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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B.
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
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C.
Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
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D.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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E.
Alltel
Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boost Mobile (U.S.) Target entity description: Boost Mobile (U.S.) is a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States known for offering no-contract mobile phone plans, historically associated with Sprint’s network.
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A.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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B.
U.S. Cellular
U.S. Cellular is a regional American wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily in the Midwest and rural areas of the United States.
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C.
Freedom Mobile
Freedom Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services, primarily known for its budget-friendly plans in urban markets.
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D.
T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US is a major American wireless network operator known for its nationwide mobile phone services and aggressive “Un-carrier” marketing strategy.
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E.
Alltel
Alltel was a major American wireless telecommunications company that provided mobile phone services across numerous U.S. states before being largely acquired by Verizon Wireless.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mobile virtual network operator
ⓘ
prepaid wireless service brand ⓘ |
| acquiredFrom | Sprint Corporation ⓘ |
| acquisitionContext | divestiture required by U.S. Department of Justice ⓘ |
| billingModel | monthly prepaid billing ⓘ |
| brandOrigin | Boost Mobile brand created by Peter Adderton ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Dish Network ⓘ |
| brandPositioning | low‑cost wireless provider ⓘ |
| businessModel | prepaid ⓘ |
| contractRequirement | no annual service contract ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerNetwork | Sprint network ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany |
Nextel Communications
ⓘ
Sprint Corporation ⓘ Sprint Corporation ⓘ
surface form:
Sprint Nextel
|
| hasSisterBrand | Boost Mobile (Australia) and New Zealand ⓘ |
| industry |
telecommunications
ⓘ
wireless communications ⓘ |
| languageOfService |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| marketScope | nationwide U.S. wireless service ⓘ |
| networkType | cellular network ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
no credit check required for service
ⓘ
taxes and fees sometimes included in advertised price ⓘ |
| offers |
bring‑your‑own‑phone options
ⓘ
international calling add‑ons ⓘ mobile hotspot add‑ons ⓘ unlimited data plans ⓘ unlimited talk plans ⓘ unlimited text plans ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Dish Network
ⓘ
Dish Wireless ⓘ |
| regulatoryEvent | acquired from Sprint by Dish Network as part of T‑Mobile–Sprint merger conditions ⓘ |
| salesChannel |
authorized dealers
ⓘ
company‑branded retail stores ⓘ online sales ⓘ |
| serviceTechnology |
4G LTE
ⓘ
5G ⓘ |
| serviceType |
no‑contract mobile phone plans
ⓘ
prepaid mobile phone service ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceType |
feature phones
ⓘ
smartphones ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
prepaid wireless customers
ⓘ
value‑conscious consumers ⓘ |
| usesNetwork |
Dish Wireless 5G network
ⓘ
T‑Mobile US network ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Boost Mobile (U.S.) Description of subject: Boost Mobile (U.S.) is a prepaid wireless service provider in the United States known for offering no-contract mobile phone plans, historically associated with Sprint’s network.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sprint Corporation
this entity surface form:
Boost Mobile
this entity surface form:
Boost Mobile
subject surface form:
Sprint Corporation
this entity surface form:
Boost Mobile