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News and Notes

The Consolidation Has Begun

When Verizon announced the expected merger with Tracfone, it was presumed that Verizon would not continue to run the 8 or so brands that…

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More States Introduce Right to Repair Bills

Recently, 5 states introduced or continued their work on Right to Repair bills. If you live or work in Florida  Delaware Oklahoma South Carolina…

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News from US Cellular

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…

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Verizon (Again) Delays 3G Shutdown

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…

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AT&T 3G Shutdown

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…

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T-Mobile Expands with Assets from Sprint Affiliate

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…

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Metro to be Sold at T-Mo?

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…

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Metro Adds Trade-In Program

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. …

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T-Mobile CDMA Shut Down

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…

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These Devices Will Stop Working on T-Mobile Next Month

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”…

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