When Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump announced Trump Mobile earlier this week, they joined the ever-growing list of celebrities with mobile phone networks.
Over the past few years, an increasing number of these smaller, public figure-fronted networks have been cropping up. SmartLess Mobile, owned by actors and podcast hosts Will Arnett, Sean Hayes, and Jason Bateman, is a recent example, while Mint Mobile, which was partly owned by actor Ryan Reynolds before it was sold to T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) in 2024, is a more well-known example. A host of others have launched and folded over the years.
