The following was released today: NEO CELLULAR PARTS Joins the National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA) Parts Distributor becomes the first Vendor Partner for the Wireless Repair Stores, offering discounts to members. May 22, 2019 – West Orange, NJ – The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA), the only trade and advocacy group for the independent wireless Read more…
NWIDA’S OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE FCC ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE SPRINT/T-MOBILE MERGER NWIDA was pleased with today’s announcement by FCC Chairman Pai regarding his backing of the Sprint / T-Mobile merger – as it relates to the news that Boost Mobile will be spun off. It has always been NWIDA’s position that it would be difficult, if not Read more…
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, but any wireless store/repair shop, owned by active military or a veteran, will have their membership extended by 6 months. This offer is valid through June 15, 2019 Join for 6 months, get a year. Join for a year, get 18 months. Simply contact us for your special discount code. Read more…
According to a report on BestMVNO (link below), Boost Mobile has suffered a data breach involving their customer account info. Boost stated that on March 14th hackers gained access to an unknown number of its customer accounts. Customer accounts were breached through Boostmobile.com and hackers gained access to customer accounts through the use of their phone number Read more…
Sprint Corporation is expected* to report earnings later today (after market close.) The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Mar 2019. According to Zacks Investment Research, based on 14 analysts’ forecasts, the consensus EPS forecast for the quarter is $-0.02. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.02. — NWIDA members, contact Read more…
According to an article in the Kansas City Business Journal (link below). Sprint’s promotions including free cellphone lines and rewards for Sprint Corp.’s sales representatives boosted the image of the wireless carrier’s financial health, making it appear better than reality, The report quotes a report in the Wall Street Journal. Sprint sales representatives were paid commissions based Read more…
Per an article on PrepaidPhoneNews (link below) Boom! Mobile sent out an email to it’s Sprint based customers explaining the decision of the company and details of a Ting-exclusive offer that affected customers can opt for. All customers that use a Sprint (CDMA) device on Boom! Mobile will be moved to Ting Mobile, an industry-leading service provider Read more…
As previously reported Sprint (and it’s prepaid brands and MVNOs) can no longer activate, or make changes to, any CDMA only handsets. Almost. NWIDA has spoken to a few MVNOs who have “pre-activated” and “frozen” a limited number of CDMA handsets, and will continue to sell them until the current supply is exhausted. But, outside of that Read more…
Sprint has set the End of Life for CDMA (for MVNOs too) NWIDA has been able to confirm with numerous Sprint MVNOs, that MAY 1 is the end of life date for all CDMA activations. Verizon declared their date months ago (story here) but this is the first time we’ve been able to confirm with multiple MVNOs. Of course, Read more…
H20, recently purchased by Telrite, has announced they will now no longer include taxes and fees in their rate plans, and will be passing these charges down to the customer. First seen on Howard Forums, the change will start being implemented on May 1st.
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