** 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…
Back in August, we reported that T-Mobile US would purchase the wireless assets from Shentel. Back then the cost wasn’t known but today we find out that the new monolith has agreed to pay $1.95 billion for the mobile assets from the former Sprint partner. Shentel and T-Mobile had been “discussing” the value over for the assets. Read more…
If you’re looking to purchase a new store – or are looking to sell your current store – NWIDA wants to help you. We are expanding our database of stores for sale. Just complete the form below (or at https://link.nwida.org/buysell) and we will help put you in contact with the right people. Loading… — Read more…
Big Blue had a pretty decent quarter to close out 2020. AT&T Mobility added 1.2 million postpaid and 14 thousand prepaid connections. That’s quite an improvement over Q4 ‘ 19 when they added only 135,000 postpaid and 8,000 prepaid. The company now reports 183 million wireless connections, including 77 million postpaid, 18 million prepaid, 6.5 million reseller Read more…
Sometimes, you have to commend yourself (“toot your own horn” as it were.) Sometimes, very nice people say very nice things about you. “I have had the pleasure of working with Adam Wolf, President of NWIDA (National Wireless Independent Dealer Association) for several years now. Adam has been a real asset for our company and me; he Read more…
While in postpaid. Verizon’s Q4/2020 added 279,000 net customers – it wasn’t that way in Prepaid. Verizon lost 50,000 prepaid subscribers after showing positive numbers in Q2 and Q3. However, we think they’ll be OK on the prepaid side this year, most likely gaining a few million overall. — NWIDA members, contact us today if you Read more…
No. No they’re not. A rumor is floating around with the message (see below) that LG will be exiting the smartphone business on January 26. However, AndroidPolice reached out to LG’s global communicator for consumer tech, Ken Hong, to hear if there was anything to the supposed leak. His response was swift and specific: Completely false and without Read more…