News & notes

News and Notes

Phone Issues at Cricket?

We’re starting to hear from numerous dealers about Samsung phones that are no longer working, nor can be activated on Cricket. These ARE VoLTE…

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More Lyca Changes Management Team

Just a couple of weeks ago, we reported on changes at Lyca , including a new global CTO, CMO and CCO – as well…

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It’s All About Spectrum

The most recent FCC spectrum auction has ended – the “C-Band” and the results are in. In the C band auction, about 280 MhZ…

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Lyca Changes Management Team

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,…

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Will Verizon End Tracphone LifeLine Program?

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…

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Action Card Joins NWIDA as Latest Vendor Partner

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…

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UBIF Rebranding has Begun

Back in August, 2019, Asurion insurance purchased the UBreakIFix franchise. Now it seems their doing some rebranding. For the first time, the Asurion name…

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FCC Asks for More Time re: Verizon Trac Merger

The FCC has filed a Public Notice (see below) requesting an additional 90 days to review the potential Verizon / Tracfone merger. The FCC…

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Right to Repair – NY

** Updated news HERE** New York Legislators Senator Breslin and Assemblywoman Lupardo have re-filed Digital Fair Repair for new bill numbers.  We, along with…

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Verizon Wireless Closing Some Retail – Layoffs Happening

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…

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