Earlier this week, T-Mobile subscribers were affected by 12 hour long outage. Those affected had problems with texting and calling. T-Mobile explained that the outage was caused by a fiber failure. The backup redundancy also failed. After that, the network overloaded, which caused capacity issues. It was a leased fiber circuit failure from a third-party provider that Read more…
Or, why are we here? NWIDA was started by 4 wireless industry veterans because we saw the need for a stronger voice. Independent dealers – (no matter if you own a single kiosk in a mall or if you own 300 branded stores) For thousands of Sprint, Boost, Metro and T-Mobile Dealers, this is an uncertain time. Read more…
Take a look at the new Motorola Razr – Flip/Smartphone. Check it out below… paid ad: — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today. Want news like this delivered to your inbox? Click HERE Want news like this delivered to your Read more…
There’s a really good article on Fierce Wireless (link below), which we will summarize here. It focus’ on the Sprint and T-Mobile MVNOs. Combined, those two control the “network of choice” of the vast majority of US MVNOs. Of course, there are the carrier owned MVNOs (Virgin – which is migrating to Boost – Boost and Metro), Read more…
What – Spring 2020 Mobile Carriers Show by CCA When– NWIDA pre-show Dealer Event – March 29 Show Dates: March 30-April 1, 2020. Where – Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas, TX. Why – Over 60 carriers and their dealers. Special discounted booth space for NWIDA SP partners. Extras – NWIDA marketing campaign, pre and post show. The Sales Read more…
Happy Holidays from Buster! Starting today. NWIDA has implemented new (AND LOWER) pricing for 2020! Retail membership has dropped, on average, by 30%. Now it’s even more compelling to join! Even more than ever, NWIDA membership pays for itself! Purchase 2 devices (you save $15 on each one!) from The Mobility Marketplace and your membership is zero Read more…
Visible, the (are they/aren’t they) Verizon-owned MVNO has sent out an email to its customers notifying them of an urgent issue with Google Pixel phones: “Hi Mr So and So… – urgent update: If your Pixel prompts you to install an Android 10 security patch, don’t. The patch will sever your connection to the Visible network. We realize Read more…
Wow… Honestly, next year the show needs to be open longer. Larger than it has been in a few years, there were more booths, more attendees, more meetings and more people and products to see. It was exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. (Note to show producers: next year please put bigger signs by the coffee!) Read more…
To quote the great Howie Rose, put day one “in the books.”’ This year is All Wireless expo is larger than it has been in recent years and that’s a good thing. More booths and more people attending. The sessions that I went to, or were part of, we’re well attended and the audience was engaged. We Read more…
Last June, Ting Mobile and Red Pocket Mobile acquired FreedomPop. Since then, Ting has started to process the migration of the accounts to their network. News today shows that some former FreedomPop customers continue having migration troubles. In response to this, “Mitch” from Ting’s social media response team wrote a letter on Reddit to explain the situation Read more…
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