AT&T and Cricket (see below) have announced the shutdown schedule of their 3G network: Starting January 19, 2021 activations of non HD (non-VoLTE) devices will be blocked. Devices currently on-line will work until February 2022 Customers using non-HD devices will be “encouraged” to upgrade. On January 12, they will begin to receive text messages Includes Cricket BYOD Read more…

MobileWorld Live reported (link below) that T-Mobile has agreed to buy assets from former Sprint affiliate Brookings Municipal Utilities (BMU), in a bid to strengthen its coverage and distribution in parts of two states. The acquisition includes BMU’s network assets, retail stores and spectrum, which currently serve approximately 14,000 customers in South Dakota and Iowa. T-Mobile said Read more…