FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed new rules requiring operators to unlock customers’ phones within 60 days of activation, aiming to facilitate easier switching between providers. Currently, mobile phones are typically locked to service providers’ networks until subscribers complete their contracts or pay off the device costs. Rosenworcel emphasized that the new rules would “establish a clear Read more…
Lycamobile has filed with the FCC (link at bottom) to block the Ultra/Mint/Plum (Ka’ena) merger. The London-based MVNO has accused T-Mobile of a variety of anti-competitive practices, including withholding key technologies from its US subsidiary. As NWIDA reported LYCA has sued T-Mobile and rumors floated they were actively looking for a new carrier. Now, LYCA has filed Read more…
NWIDA has sent the following letter to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the funding of the ACP program. NWIDA Announcing IMEI Reports – generate a comprehensive device report for any phone. NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we invite Read more…
The US Congress has yet to pass a spending bill regarding the ACP program and as such, last week the program stopped accepting new enrollments. The Feb. 8 enrollment freeze is the next step in the FCC’s ACP wind-down plan. A few weeks ago, the customers on ACP (almost 23 million households) were told that the program Read more…
Apparently, the DoJ is preparing an antitrust case against Apple and may file it as soon as March – according to Bloomberg. DOJ and Apple attorneys have met multiple times over a potential suit, citing people familiar with the matter. The case would focus on software and hardware limitations on iPhones and iPads that impede competitive services. Read more…
As we mentioned a while back a company called RetroBrands started using the Nextel name and brand, claiming it was abandoned by T-Mobile after they bought Sprint. T-Mobile disagreed – and filed suit. In 2022 a Florida jury awarded T-Mobile $9.7 million. Retrobrands appealed and yesterday, the case was in court again. Dorothy Easley, an attorney for Retrobrands, Read more…
The FCC has announced that new “nutrition labels” (sample to the left) must be displayed by April 10, 2024. The majority of providers must display at the point of sale clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost and performance of broadband services; providers with 100,000 or fewer subscriber lines must do so by October 10, 2024. Those Read more…
The class action lawsuit between dealers (attorney Hermina Law Group) and T-Mobile (and Master Dealer Arch Telecom) will continue. Mediation failed between the two parties as they were unable to come to a settlement agreement – according to a US District Judge. T-Mobile has now asked for it’s motion to dismiss, while the dealers have asked for Read more…
Suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York by multiple T-Mobile dealers against the carrier and a number of Master Agents. The dealers are suing for damages of $100 million, plus punitive damages of $1 billion. The lawsuit alleges the carrier unlawfully misled the government and minority-owned retailers by Read more…
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