Yesterday, our President – Adam Wolf – was on “Virtual Talk Back Live” with Gene G. While the interview was livestreamed, you can catch our interview below. It runs for about 30 minutes, starting at 0:30 and we talk about the T-Mobile/Metro dealer changes and a few other wireless things. Enjoy! — NWIDA members, contact us Read more…
If you’re a regular reader here (and, of course you are!) you know Google has banned all ads from repair shops, and we’ve been trying to get that changed (see here and here.) But we haven’t been working alone. Our friends at Repair.org and PIRG have also been working tirelessly on this issue – and Google has Read more…
Today, we’re starting a new series of articles, focusing on our partners. You can find these on LinkedIn but we’ll also post them here. So let’s start: Each post will highlight one of our partners, what they do, and how they help us assist the independent wireless dealer. Today, we’re talking about Eternity Wireless. Eternity Wireless is a Read more…
T-Mobile has begun signing multi-year lease agreements with a number of 600 MHz spectrum holders. Specifically, T-Mobile entered into a 3-year lease agreement for 600 MHz spectrum with entities controlled by Columbia Capital. The agreement includes spectrum in 17 markets representing 100 million POPs, and includes markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. Not only does it Read more…
Atrium Unlimited is a trusted partner of NWIDA. That being said, they have access to cases of Hand Sanitizer, for use as either in your stores, or for sale in your locations. The details: Each bottle is 70% alcohol, 8 oz and costs you $4.95 (it’s selling in stores for $8.00+) These are being sold by the Read more…
We’ve started to compile a list of which states have designated wireless shops/repairs as “Essential” -but Repair.org beat us to it! Big thanks to Robert Reichner from RepairShopr for getting this started! You can see the list below or by clicking here. If you have an update to this list, please email us at info @ nwida.org Read more…
Per a memo from John Kampfe, Director – Consumer Industry Analyst Relations, AT&T will begin closing corporate stores, due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Retail: Today AT&T will begin closing 40% of our company owned retail stores nationwide. Closures will continue while we concentrate our resources on select stores to meet the immediate service needs of our customers, Read more…
NWIDA has received a copy of the memo sent by Jon Freier – EVP at T-Mobile – outlining the staff changes that affect Metro. We’ve linked to the memo below, but here is a summary: Jim Mickey is now head of Field Sales and Ops, with all area VPs, as well as head of National Accounts (Laura Read more…
The Sprint / T-Mobile merger faced another setback when a federal judge extended his Tunney Act review of the U.S. DoJ settlement into mid-February. We had initially expected this routine review to end in mid-November. Now it might not conclude until after Judge Victor Marrero’s decision in the State AG case, thereby delaying T-Mobile’s ability to close Read more…
H2O Wireless announced that Sam Hamdan has joined the company as the VP of sales, a newly created position for the company. In this role, he will lead sales for H2O Wireless with an initial focus on improving the performance of H2O’s existing dealers while also expanding H2O’s dealer footprint in strategic US markets. Leveraging a unique Read more…
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