Carriers are increasingly putting the new coronavirus front-and-center in their latest advertising messages.

Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies

March 31, 2020

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'In times like these': Carriers debut COVID-19 ad campaigns

As if heeding Winston Churchill's suggestion to "never let a good crisis go to waste," some of the nation's biggest telecom providers are putting the coronavirus front and center in their latest advertising efforts.

Replete with phrases such as "in times like these" and "now more than ever," the ads almost universally combine images of stuck-at-home students and office workers with narration about the importance of staying connected, girded by an uplifting piano track.

The ads, issued during the past week or so from providers including T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, Cox Business and C Spire, have been aired thousands of times around the country, according to data from TV-advertisement tracking company iSpot. Wave7 Research – which closely monitors the US wireless industry – first reported on the trend.

Here's a selection of some of the most prominent ads:

Like virtually every other aspect of American society and culture, the spread of COVID-19 is having a major effect on the telecom industry that stretches from employees to networks to financials.

Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading | @mikeddano

About the Author(s)

Mike Dano

Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading

Mike Dano is Light Reading's Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies. Mike can be reached at [email protected], @mikeddano or on LinkedIn.

Based in Denver, Mike has covered the wireless industry as a journalist for almost two decades, first at RCR Wireless News and then at FierceWireless and recalls once writing a story about the transition from black and white to color screens on cell phones.

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