According to Wave7 research, Cricket dealer Sun Com has purchased Optimal Wireless.  According to the Sun Com Mobile LinkedIn post:  “We are proud to announce that Sun Com Mobile is now the largest Cricket Wireless Authorized Retailer!”  The post says Sun Com now has over 600 locations nationwide. The acquisition was also noted in a LinkedIn post Read more…

Verizon has secured a major victory at the FCC, as the WTB officially granted the carrier’s request to waive the 60-day handset unlocking requirement. While Verizon celebrates what it calls a blow to international criminal gangs, consumer advocates are sounding the alarm, calling the move “profoundly anti-consumer.” The 60-day rule, which dates back to Verizon’s 2007 acquisition Read more…

NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today.   Announcing IMEI Reports – Generate a comprehensive device report for any phone.  Click to join our the IMEI Reports DISCORD Server Click here for news like this delivered to your inbox? Click to Read more…

NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today.   Announcing IMEI Reports – Generate a comprehensive device report for any phone.  Click to join our the IMEI Reports DISCORD Server Click here for news like this delivered to your inbox? Click to Read more…

NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today.   Announcing IMEI Reports – Generate a comprehensive device report for any phone.  Click to join our the IMEI Reports DISCORD Server Click here for news like this delivered to your inbox? Click to Read more…

Adam Wolf from NWIDA talks with Tom Salvato – Chief Business Development Officer at ABMNUS. Tom is an industry vet and we talk about how ABMNUS can help wireless shops with additional revenue opportunities.This is well worth the watch! NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we Read more…

NWIDA NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance. If you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today.   Announcing IMEI Reports – Generate a comprehensive device report for any phone.  Click to join our the IMEI Reports DISCORD Server Click here for news like this delivered to your inbox? Click to Read more…

PhoneArena is reporting what many in the channel have been whispering for months: T-Mobile is moving toward a version of itself that may be almost unrecognizable – and it’s not good news for the dealers. According to leaked internal discussions and employee reports: T-Mobile is starting to close more dealer locations. Corporate stores may stick around for Read more…

Verizon announced they are laying-off more than 13,000 employees, including some at the retail store level. In addition, NWIDA has learned Verizon would like to convert a number of corporate owned stores to dealer stores.  The cuts, which began yesterday, were detailed in an internal memo from new CEO Dan Schulman. Verizon ended last year with nearly Read more…

Echostar is at it again. They’re selling MORE spectrum – this time their AWS-3 licenses – to SpaceX. This sale nets them another $2.6B in SpaceX stock. So, combine this with the sale of spectrum that SpaceX bought in September, and we ask the question: Is SpaceX trying to be a mobile carrier? Industry analyst Roger Entner Read more…