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Happy Thanksgiving

From everyone at NWIDA, we want to wish you and your friends and family a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We are incredibly grateful to have…

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Verizon NOT Culling Brands???

Back a few weeks ago (see here) we wrote about a post we saw on line that Verizon (now owner of TracFone) was starting…

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MobileX Starts Commercial Beta

Peter Adderton announced yesterday that MobileX, his new MVNO, has launched “commerical beta” status and was open for those who …previously registered interest with…

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Peter Adderton Wants Boost Back – Again

According to a tweet from Peter Adderton himself, and an article in Bloomberg, Peter Adderton wants to buy Boost Mobile – again. Peter Adderton…

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GenMobile Updates Plans

Yesterday, NWIDA had the pleasure of attending the GenMobile dealer event in New York. These events are great for dealers, and distributors to network,…

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FCC Targeting Spam Texts

The FCC has proposed new rules to prevent spam text messages, including a requirement for operators to block them at network level and to…

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Apple Care Updated to Unlimited

“unlimited incidents of accidental damage protection” Each repair will be subject to service fees: • Screen or back glass damage — $29 fee, •…

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Apple Outdoes T-Mobile

Last week, T-Mobile announced a partnership with SpaceX that would allow T-Mobile customers to “roam” on the satellite network – at least as far…

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GenMobile Changes Rate Plans

GenMobile has introduced new rate plans: To go with the Unlimited Talk & Text, you get: 3GB for $207GB for $3016GB for $40and “unlimited”…

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What Does the T-Mobile / Starlink Deal Mean

Short answer – not too much – right now. Longer answer: Well, what IS the deal. It’s a “roaming”(??) agreement between T-Mobile and Starlink,…

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