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News and Notes

Apple Officially Warns Users to Stop Putting Wet iPhones in Rice

A new post on Gizmodo (link below) states that Apple has officially told people to stop putting their wet iPhones in rice. While techs…

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MobileX Announces Dealer Program

Just after launching in over 3,700 Walmart stores MobileX has announced a new indirect dealer program.  “I have been fighting for dealers since the…

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NWIDA Open Letter to ACP Chair

NWIDA has sent the following letter to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation regarding the funding of the ACP…

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ACP Program “Ends” – Sort of

The US Congress has yet to pass a spending bill regarding the ACP program and as such, last week the program stopped accepting new…

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NWIDA Attending GRE 4.0

NWIDA is pleased to announce that we’ll be attending the Gadget Repair Expo 4.0 in Las Vegas this April. (we’ll be at booth #68!) …

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NY Looks to Beef Up R2R Law

NY Assemblymember Patricia Fahy introduced Assembly Bill 8955 on Jan. 30, which would amend New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act. The bill would modify…

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NWIDA Adds IMEI Report Service

Today, NWIDA is pleased to announce a new service for the wireless dealer and repair shop community. IMEIReports is a “CarFax” like report for wireless…

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Total by Verizon stores now offer Home Internet Service

Verizon has announced that their unlimited 5G Home Internet is now available at Total by Verizon stores.   The 5G Home Internet plan starts…

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PIRG Delivers over 56000 Petitions to FTC

On Thursday, US PIRG (led by NWIDA friend Nathan Proctor) delivered over 56,000 petition signatures to the FTC in Washington, DC. We want to…

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Vendor Partner of the Week – Protect My Phone

Each week, we’re going to highlight one of our fantastic partners who provide discounts and other added value to our retail members. We’ll post…

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