News & notes

News and Notes

T-Mobile’s Sievert Retiring

Mike Sievert has notified the board of directors of T-Mobile US, that he will resign from the board and its Transaction Committee, effective November…

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Noble Mobile Buys SmartLess Mobile

Noble Mobile, founded by former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, has acquired SmartLess Mobile. It is the 2nd acquisition by Noble, having already purchased Helium…

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MVNO Nation Europe Show Calendar is up

My show calendar for MVNO Europe is now up! If you’re headed to Alicante in the first week of November, let’s meet up! You…

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2 MVNOs fined $10 MILLION for Lifeline Violations

The FCC announced a fine of over $10 million against HTH Communications – operating under the brands TAG Mobile and Airvoice Wireless. The fine…

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Trump Mobile Hacked – Customer Data Released

A newly established ransomware group appears to have hacked Trump Mobile, exposing personal data on 3,615 customers, according to a report by Straight Arrow…

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Did Ya Notice?

We re-did our website! Notice anything different? Of course you do! We have completed the long-overdue redesign of our website! Not only that, but…

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Verizon Value is serious about dealers

Verizon Value is serious about dealers

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T-Mobile to shut more stores and eliminate more staff

T-Mobile is continuing to reduce its retail footprint as it shifts more customer activity to digital channels and the T-Life app. According to a…

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Boost and Gen Cut Staff

NWIDA has learned that Gen Mobile and Boost have begun a round of employee layoffs. Boost is re-organizing from 6 regions to 4, eliminating…

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Charlie Ergen Buys Controlling Interest in MobileX

According to an exclusive report in the Wall Street Journal, Charlie Ergen – Chairman of Echostar/Boost has purchased a controlling interest in MobileX via…

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