<P> Boost Mobile regularly sponsors sports teams and sporting events . Boost Mobile have sponsored the RockCorps since 2005, have been marquee sponsor of the WNBA, sponsored the surfing event ASP World Tour until 2008, and sponsored the show Hot Import Nights . </P> <P> Athletes sponsored by Boost include Kelly Slater, Makua Rothman, Jamie O'Brien, Dane Reynolds, Kolohe Andino, Sunny Garcia, Paul "P - Rod" Rodriguez, Josh Hansen, Keir Dillon, Danny Kass, Pierre - Luc Gagnon, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Danica Patrick and Travis Pastrana . </P> <P> As of November 2016, Boost Mobile, like its sister company Virgin Mobile, allows customers to bring their own device if it supports Sprint's CDMA / LTE networks (aside from Pixel / Nexus devices). SIM cards for BYOD devices can be ordered free of charge from Boost Mobile customer service or can be purchased from most Boost Mobile locations . </P> <P> After failed mergers in past years, the Sprint Corporation and T - Mobile USA have once again agreed to another merger of the two entities . As a result, customers under both companies prepaid brands (Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and MetroPCS) have feared that they will not be considered if the merger were to go through . In Mid-Late 2018, T - Mobile and Sprint announced that prepaid brands will not be discontinued whatsoever if and when the merger goes through . The two companies plan to permanently discontinue Sprint's old and outdated CDMA 1x and CDMA 3G networks in order to make sure that the two networks could be compatible with each other . According to T - Mobile, over 20 million Sprint Customers will already be compatible with T - Mobile's 4G LTE network . The goal of the merger is to create and be able to deploy a fast and nationwide 5G network so they can properly challenge Verizon's and AT&T's moves into the 5G space . As of September 2018, the merger still has to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). </P>

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