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T-Mobile Shuts Down Sprint’s 5G Network

Now that T-Mobile has completed its merger with Sprint, T-Mobile has started the process of combining their networks. To that, T-Mobile has now shut…

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Verizon 5G and Walmart

The Wall St. Journal is reporting that Verizon and some 5G services will be available, at least as a trial, in Walmart. Apparently, the…

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AG Barr: The US Should Buy Nokia or Ericsson

According to an article in LightReading (link below) US Attorney General William Barr has suggested the US purchases a controlling stake in either Nokia…

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Cricket Announces End of Life for 3G

AT&T’s prepaid brand, Cricket Wireless, posted some news on its 3G network shut down – they will be ending service on 3G (UMTS) wireless…

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Apple Special Event – Tomorrow (Sep. 10)

Apple’s next special event is tomorrow (Sept. 10) and the next generation of iPhone (iPhone 11) is expected to be announced. You can watch…

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Illinois Becomes 17th State to Join AG Lawsuit

Today, Illinois became the 17th State to Join AG Lawsuit, to stop the Sprint/T-Mobile merger. Over 50% of the population is now in states…

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IoT Offers New Opportunities for Prepaid & Wireless Services

Recently, NWIDA President Adam Wolf was interviewed by The Prepaid Press regarding IoT – the Internet of Things. Here’s what Wolf said: There is…

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Huawei Loses Access of Android OS

Due to the recent ban by the current administration, Google has suspended business operations with Huawei effectively immediately. A move that will have a dramatic…

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MERGER UPDATE – CONCESSIONS BEING PLANNED -*UPDATED*

UPDATED – 5/20 – 10:31 – The divestiture has been confirmed by the FCC UPDATE -5/20 10:08 am – NWIDA has heard from a Sprint employee…

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Happy May – Goodbye CDMA

As previously reported Sprint (and it’s prepaid brands and MVNOs) can no longer activate, or make changes to, any CDMA only handsets. Almost. NWIDA…

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