We’re working on news from US Cellular. Word is they’re looking to make a “big splash” in Prepaid this year. We’ve heard from a reliable source that their Dealer program is positioned to expand and could offer the best dealer value proposition in the business. We are working to get more details. Stay tuned for more on this story. Read more…
Mike Dano write in LightReading (link below) that Verizon has once again, moved it’s 3G shutdown date. Verizon spokesperson Kevin King said “our 3G network is operational and we don’t have a plan to shut it down at this time. We’ll work with customers to move them to newer technology.” King clarified that Verizon is working to shutter Read more…
AT&T and Cricket (see below) have announced the shutdown schedule of their 3G network: Starting January 19, 2021 activations of non HD (non-VoLTE) devices will be blocked. Devices currently on-line will work until February 2022 Customers using non-HD devices will be “encouraged” to upgrade. On January 12, they will begin to receive text messages Includes Cricket BYOD Read more…
MobileWorld Live reported (link below) that T-Mobile has agreed to buy assets from former Sprint affiliate Brookings Municipal Utilities (BMU), in a bid to strengthen its coverage and distribution in parts of two states. The acquisition includes BMU’s network assets, retail stores and spectrum, which currently serve approximately 14,000 customers in South Dakota and Iowa. T-Mobile said Read more…
According to a report on the T-Mo Report (link below) Metro by T-Mobile services could soon be sold at T-Mobile branded stores. This would “fall in line” with our previous reports of T-Mobile lowering revenue opportunities and closing Metro stores. The report says that a “recent email sent to employees seems to suggest that their “Metro by Read more…
Metro by T-Mobile has added a device trade-in program allowing dealers will be able to accept customer devices as a credit towards a new device. According to, well themselves, Metro sells between 15 and 16 million devices each year and they estimate 30% of their customers plan on selling or trading a device in when they upgrade. In Read more…
T-Mobile has started sending out notices to its business customers, which states the company will fully shut down Sprint’s CDMA network “on or around January 1, 2022.” Devices that support Sprint’s LTE connectivity will continue to work after that date, but CDMA-only phones won’t be able to connect. We already announced that T-Mobile will no longer activate Read more…
Android Police (link below) has posted a list of devices that will stop working on the T-Mobile network next month, as the “new monolith” continues its network upgrades. The article lists over a dozen devices that will not work past January 29, 2021. Affected customers will be notified by SMS beginning on December 28, 2020 Most of Read more…
To say 2020 was “challenging” may be the understatement of all time. It has challenged us in ways we never expected, it has also proven that the wireless world is an unstoppable force. Providing critical communications – not only between businesses, but to help keep our sanity by allowing us to keep in contact with each other. Read more…
Once again, due to COVID-19 concerns, Apple is closing some stores. Apple was in the process of reopening their doors around the world, but a recent rise in Covid-19 cases has forced Apple to close several locations. They’ve closed nearly 100 of its stores during the holiday season, which leaves 401 Apple Stores open out of the Read more…