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.
Selectel has announced end-of-life for CDMA handsets. This, of course, comes as no surprise as Verizon announced it months ago (see NWIDA story here.) CDMA DECOMMISSION INFORMATION Beginning May 1st, 2019: Only HD Voice Capable Devices and 4G LTE data only certified devices may be activated on our network Only HD Voice Capable Devices and 4G LTE Read more…
According to Prepaid Phone News (link below) – the activation error affecting some MVNOs has now been resolved. Some users were reportedly trying to reactivate or activate for the first time when they encountered the error. Fortunately, these were the only issues that seemed to be affected by the issue. It did not take long for the Read more…
According to an article on Android Central (link below) some T-Mobile MVNOs are experiencing activation issues – beginning on April 9. First reported by several users on-line, issues either activating or reactivating a line were experienced on Google Fi, Mint and Republic Wireless. Mint sent out the following tweet: At the time of the report, no date/time Read more…
The following are the latest Boost Mobile Promos (beginning April 16): • LG Tribute Dynasty New Add-A-Line Promo for $10 (still continues) • LG K30 New Add-A-Line for $20 • Get an Upgrade and get select Add-A-Line phones for free (As an existing customer gets an upgrade, a new line activation can get a new phone on Read more…