We’re happy to announce the return of the NWIDA news and notes to Amazon Alexa Flash Briefing. While we had to remove this option to get the latest NWIDA news temporarily, we’re thrilled to have it available again. To add our daily news and notes to your flash briefing, click here. — Read more…
Dish Network has announced the sale of its spectrum and about 120,000 Boost Mobile customers in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America. Dish has roughly $21 billion in debt and the sale is seen as a way to free up some capital. The price was $256 million. Dish also reported a loss Read more…
As we’ve discussed before, T-Mobile terminated the vast majority of their dealer network and now we’re hearing their not paying the final commission amounts. Numerous former dealers have told NWIDA that their final commission payments were as much as 50% below what they should be. In addition, when pressed about the discrepancy, dealers were told they would Read more…
10/16/23 17:15We heard directly from LYCA this afternoon, who is denying our report. They acknowledged that LYCA has filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile but said they have not received any notice from T-Mobile regarding their MVNO agreement. For now, it’s business as usual for LYCA and T-Mobile. Lyca did not address the report they are looking at Read more…
T-Mobile “promised” they won’t raise your rates. Instead, they’re forcing people into new rate plans… and guess what – they’re more expensive. T-Mobile is forcing users on its older unlimited plans to move to some of its latest options. The carrier confirmed that starting next week, notices will be sent out to T-Mobile users on its older Read more…
Starting today, Walmart+ memberships will be included with all new Straight Talk Wireless Gold and Platinum plans. Normally, membership is $98/year. Walmart is the exclusive distribution for the Verizon owned brand Straight Talk and this announcement comes days after a distribution deal announcement with Verizon network MVNO MobileX, created by Peter Adderton. Walmart+ benefits include: • Free delivery from Read more…
TELL YOUR CUSTOMERS! FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will be conducting a NATIONWIDE TEST of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The national test is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The WEA portion of the test will be directed to all consumer cell phones. The test message will display in Read more…
The FCC has set the next target for Dish Wireless to achieve in their deployment of their 5G network. Earlier this week, Dish and the FCC confirmed Dish had met a pair of initial commitments – coverage of 70%+ of the US Population and passing the “drive test” process to prove compliance. The FCC found that “Dish Read more…
The link to the original story on ABC6 is below. Located on Ogontz Avenue in Philadelphia, the Boost Mobile store is open, but the doors stay locked. At least until a customer approach the store. It’s the latest security measure since the store was robbed three days in a row. Ankit Tiwari owns multiple Boost stores. He Read more…
9 to 5 Mac is reporting (link below) that, once again, T-Mobile has had a security breach. In this one, customers are saying they are seeing the personal data of other users when logged into their accounts. The data includes information like credit card details, home address, purchase history, and current credit balance. Customers have been describing Read more…
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