The most recent FCC spectrum auction has ended – the “C-Band” and the results are in. In the C band auction, about 280 MhZ of spectrum was reallocated to cellular companies. The spectrum is in the frequency range 3.7-3.98GHz. 57 qualified companies entered the bidding, which added over $81 Billion in revenue, and here are the big Read more…
Lycamobile, the world’s largest MVNO announced three senior appointments at the Corporate level and 2 new people on the USA Management Team. At corporate, Brigadier Anil Tandan was named Chief Technology Officer, Mikah Martin-Cruz is the new Group Chief Marketing and Digital Officer and Karl Booth is the Chief Commercial Officer. In the US, Jim Robertiello, formally Read more…
Lifeline is a government subsidy program that subsidizes phone and broadband service for families that qualify. The government pays the provider approximately $9.25 a month per user. TracFone currently has roughly 1.7 million Lifeline customers and, as we know, could soon be part of Verizon – pending government approvals. And, while Verizon has said it will continue Read more…
NWIDA is here to save our members money and increase revenue and to that, we’re pleased to announce Action Card joins NWIDA as our latest Vendor Partner, saving our members 25% on their services. Action Card provides easy automation and definable actions to store owners with multiple locations. In wireless retail, the store visit process is crucial Read more…
Back in August, 2019, Asurion insurance purchased the UBreakIFix franchise. Now it seems their doing some rebranding. For the first time, the Asurion name is appearing on the UBIF store fronts. This was image was posted by Daniel Hiatt (H/T to Tyler D. Childress) : As we know from the Metro-by-TMobile name change, “Hard” signs are expensive Read more…
The FCC has filed a Public Notice (see below) requesting an additional 90 days to review the potential Verizon / Tracfone merger. The FCC has not yet issued an order acting on this application for international section 214 authority because it raises issues of extraordinary complexity and thus an additional 90 day period for review is needed. Read more…
** Updated news HERE** New York Legislators Senator Breslin and Assemblywoman Lupardo have re-filed Digital Fair Repair for new bill numbers. We, along with Repair.org, urge you to contact your legislators and support this bill. Additional details can be found here — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet a Read more…
According to Fierce Wireless (link below), Verizon is making changes in its corporate-owned store strategy. Several corporate owned stores are closing permanently and related employees are being let go. The changes are occurring nationwide. Through the course of re-examining the retail side of its business, Verizon gave some employees the option of applying for other roles within Read more…
According to Fierce Wireless (link below), the Attorneys General from 16 states and Washington, DC have sent a letter to the FCC urging the agency to request additional information from Verizon about its planned TracFone* acquisition. TracFone is one of the largest providers of Lifeline, while Verizon curently only offers its services to Lifeline customers in parts Read more…
According to a report on AndroidPolice (link below) T-Mobile may be pushing their End of Life date on 3G. In fact, T-Mobile hasn’t/won’t make its plans to kill off its (and Sprint’s) 3G networks exactly known. Over the past several months, T-Mobile for Business customers have been receiving letters about the details for the device requirements as Read more…