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Poll for Metro Dealers

Metro by T-Mobile Dealers! We want to know what YOU think the worst part of the new dealer compensation plan is. Take 30 seconds…

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Apple Releases Repair Costs for iPhone 12

Apple has released (link below) the repair prices for the iPhone 12: The repair pricing in this chart applies only to screen damage. If…

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First Dish Product Headed for Boost Stores

Boost Mobile dealers received word that the Sling Air TV Mini would soon be available for them to sell in their stores.  The device allows any…

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Metro by T-Mobile Introduces 5G Offers

Metro by T-Mobile has just revealed 2 new offers that promise to make 5G more affordable.  Offer 1 provides two lines of UNL talk, text,…

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Will AT&T Lower Cell Phone Plans by Including Ads?

AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, according to their Chief Executive John…

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Is T-Mobile trying to get rid of Metro?

Today on Twitter, @YemPatriotism posted the following screen shot You can click on the image to enlarge it but you can clearly see that…

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Wait… Carriers Don’t Drive Test Anymore?

Back in the days when I worked for a carrier (#MetroOne), we regularly sent out techs (and sometimes non-techs) to “drive test” our coverage…

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You should read this article about Boost and Dish

Monica Alleven has a great piece on FireceWireless (link below) on what Dish is “discovering” about the prepaid (and postpaid) wireless business in the…

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T-Mobile Explains Outage

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…

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Remove the FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)

Or, why are we here? NWIDA was started by 4 wireless industry veterans because we saw the need for a stronger voice. Independent dealers…

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