Remember last year when we said Lyca had their T-Mobile contract extended for only 1 year? Time’s up. According to Lyca Master Agent AH, Lyca dealers received letters recently informing them of the end of their T-Mobile deal. And added dates: September 20, 2025: New activations of current Lyca Mobile SIM cards will end on Sept 20, 2025. After that date, Read more…
AT&T has reached an agreement to acquire a significant portion of wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for approximately $23 billion. EchoStar will retain ownership and operation of Boost, which will now operate on AT&T’s network. This acquisition will enhance AT&T’s spectrum portfolio by adding an average of 50 MHz of low-band and mid-band spectrum, covering nearly every Read more…
Today we’re proud to announce the appointment of Matt Zieminski to our Board of Directors. Zieminski will serve as the Legislative Strategy Lead, bringing his extensive expertise in policy advocacy and industry representation to advance NWIDA’s mission of protecting and empowering wireless dealers nationwide. In this role, Matt will spearhead NWIDA’s efforts to promote dealer-friendly legislation, ensuring Read more…
2 recent articles at Phone Arena (links at end of post) tell the story of issues at T-Mobile retail stores – and they reference both corporate stores and indirect/dealer stores owned by Arch Telecom. Arch Telecom, a T-Mobile Preferred Retailer, has faced criticism regarding its handling of employee and customer issues, despite promises to operate with integrity. Read more…
Thanks to E-Scrap News for covering our session at e-Summit. (Link to story) Author Colin Staub did a nice job summarizing our session, as we explored new ways for mobile repair shops to add income. If you missed the session in Austin, check out this summary. NWIDA Announcing IMEI Reports – Generate a comprehensive device report Read more…
As we recently reported – Dish is selling it’s TV business to Direct TV – and, in a new twist, AT&T is also selling their part. Private-equity firm TPG agreed to buy AT&T’s remaining stake in DirecTV and merge the satellite company with rival Dish. AT&T agreed to sell its remaining 70% share of DirecTV to TPG for Read more…
Bloomberg and other outlets are reporting that Dish and Direct TV are in advanced talks to merge their TV businesses. The deal would create the largest US pay-TV provider, with almost 20 million subscribers. Dish has almost $2 billion in debt due in November, and they currently do not have the means to pay it. In addition, Read more…
Remember this post about LYCA leaving T-Mobile? Well, NWIDA was told – at the recent All Wireless & Prepaid Expo – that we were correct! An anonymous source confirmed the following:• LYCA has signed a deal with AT&T• T-Mobile has extended their deal with LYCA – but for only 1 year! LYCA is one of the oldest Read more…
T-Mobile announced today that they are purchasing all of US Cellular’s wireless business for $4.4 billion. UScellular will retain ownership of its other spectrum as well as its towers, with T-Mobile entering into a long-term arrangement to lease space on at least 2,100 additional towers being retained. The sale of US Cellular has long been rumored and Read more…
Verizon Value – the division that encompasses all the prepaid brands (including the old Tracfone) brands has made changes in their upper management. Nancy Clark – President of the division announced on LinkedIn the new team: David Kim – formerly of Boost – is now Chief Revenue Officer Ken Lain is now SVP, Customer Operations & Experience, Read more…
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