I spoke today with William Curry, the Chief Strategy Officer at Telrite, the company that purchased H20. I wanted to hear directly what their plans are for the indirect channel. William was personable, forthright and answered every question. So, here we go: Telrite already owns a Lifeline company, as well as PureTalk USA – an MVNO which Read more…
According to a story in Ars Technica (link below), Five US Senators warned that the T-Mobile US/Sprint merger could hurt consumers and urged the Senate Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on the deal. The letter was sent by Sens. Edward Markey (MA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Tom Udall (NM), Tammy Baldwin (WI), and Richard Blumenthal (CT). They also Read more…
(Link to PR below) Telrite Holdings has announced an agreement to purchase Locus Telecommunications and H20 Wireless. Pending regulatory approval, the acquisition positions the company as one of the largest MVNO in pre-paid. H20 operates as an MVNO on the AT&T network. “The acquisition of H2O Wireless enables us to expand our footprint and ability to serve Read more…
As mentioned in a previous post, we’re asking other Sprint MVNOs if they have the same “drop-dead” date for 3G device activations as Boost does (April, 30, 2019.) On this page, we’ll keep an updated “scorecard” of what they answered: MVNO Notes/Comments Expo / Ignition Wireless Same date – 4/30/19 Red Pocket No word from Sprint yet Read more…
Per an article in FierceWireless (link below), While T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint is currently going nowhere due to the nation’s longest government shutdown, other issues are coming up that could complicate what previously appeared to be a likely positive outcome for the companies. An investigation by The Washington Post found that high-ranking T-Mobile executives stayed at Read more…
Microsoft has announced that they will end support for Windows 10 Mobile devices by December. This appears to be the “final blow” since in 2017 the company stopped developing new hardware or features for Windows 10 Mobile. Microsoft will no longer release any security updates as of December 10, 2019. Devices that will continue to operate after Read more…
Last May, “Verizon” launched Visible – a new prepaid MVNO. At launch, you had to have an invite code to join. Then, in September, they removed the invite code and opened Visible to all. Well, all who had an iPhone. However, earlier this month, Visible sent out a tweet saying it will be available to Android devices. Read more…
It’s a great question – and one asked to me by a member of the NWIDA Board of Directors – Do the other MVNOs have the same “drop dead” date for activating 3G devices. So we asked them. We emailed a number of Sprint MVNOs and asked if they received the same date from Sprint. So far Read more…
BBC Report – ‘Right to repair’ gathers force in EU and USA According to a report from the BBC (link below), “help is at hand” as citizens in the EU and parts of the USA will soon get a “right to repair” – of sorts. It consists of a series of proposals from European environment ministers to force Read more…
Recently, a Boost Mobile customer shared a message he received from the MVNO that shows that the network will no longer support 3G devices after April 30, 2019. After this date, Boost Mobile will no longer reactivate service on any 3G device. Boost stated that customers who are still using 3G devices will endure “possible interruptions” in their Read more…