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Verizon Purchases BlueGrass Cellular

Verizon today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Bluegrass Cellular, a rural wireless operator serving central Kentucky. Bluegrass…

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VERIZON TO BUY TRACFONE

From the Verizon Press Release:   Verizon announced today that it has entered into an agreement with America Movil to acquire Tracfone, the leading…

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T-Mobile Says it will buy Wireless from Shentel

Shentel (Shenandoah Telecommunications Company) is a Sprint affiliate and operates wireless and wireline networks in rural Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  However, you…

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Dish Buys Ting

DISH Network today announced that it has chosen Tucows as a technology partner for its retail wireless business – and has part of the…

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Sprint Survives?

Huh? Is it possible? Can you really get SPRINT service after August 2nd? To quote Bugs Bunny… “Could be….” There are reports that Best Buy…

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What’s New, Boost?

Well – glad you asked. In addition to the new logo we told you about yesterday (see left), the “new” Boost (owned by Dish)…

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Dish Officially Officially Owns Boost

Dish has (finally!!!) taken control of Boost and started its journey to become the 4th largest wireless carrier in the US. “Today, we are…

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T-Mobile asking California for some breaks

According to an article on TMoNews (link below) T-Mobile sent a letter to the CPUC asking it to relax three of the conditions tied…

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Is Dish Looking For a Partner

According to an article on Prepaid Phone News (link below) – Dish may be looking for some help to build it’s network, and they…

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Dish Will Close on Boost on July 1

Bloomberg is reporting (link below) that Dish will close on Boost by July 1, Dish reported this in a regulatory filing, without providing terms.…

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