Mint Mobile, the MVNO owned by Ultra, has released their first unlimited data rate plan. The rate plan is $30 per month, which is listed as an “intro price” and is a 3 month plan – so your initial outlay is $90 The plan includes: Unlimited Nationwide Talk & Text Unlimited Data 3-in-1 SIM Card Kit FREE Read more…
Today on Twitter, @YemPatriotism posted the following screen shot You can click on the image to enlarge it but you can clearly see that “You now qualify” for certain benefits “WHEN YOU SWITCH TO T-MOBILE” So, the question is, why would T-Mobile – who owns Metro – be actively trying to switch customers from one brand to Read more…
If you’re a regular reader here (and, of course you are!) you know Google has banned all ads from repair shops, and we’ve been trying to get that changed (see here and here.) But we haven’t been working alone. Our friends at Repair.org and PIRG have also been working tirelessly on this issue – and Google has Read more…
When we started NWIDA, we decided we wanted something for the entire wireless community, whether someone joined us with a membership or not. So, we created THE LIST – based on those websites where you can find, and read reviews on things like plumbers, painters and electricians. But instead of those trades, our categories became handsets, repair Read more…
Verizon and Dish Network won the lion’s share of the new 3.5GHz licenses in the latest federal auction and is expected to be used to grow their 5G coverage. The FCC revealed Verizon spent $1.9 billion on 557 licenses, while Dish Network (participating as Wetterhorn Wireless) shelled out $912.9 million for 5,492. Three cable companies rounded out Read more…
A Master Agent for T-Mobile, specializing in data plans, providing service for thousands of rural home users is losing their dealership – and maybe their customers who rely on T-Mobile for their internet access. Last week, a rural, mid-west dealers received word that T-Mobile said there was too much data being used, and that they were told Read more…
Some of our Metro by T-Mobile dealers have been in touch with us regarding the compensation and procedural changes that are scheduled to come about October 1. We’ve written to Metro executives, including Jon Freier, and have heard back and began a dialog with them. We’re impressing upon them how these changes will impact the dealers business Read more…
Shentel (Shenandoah Telecommunications Company) is a Sprint affiliate and operates wireless and wireline networks in rural Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. However, you may have heard, Sprint doesn’t exist anymore – it’s been purchased by T-Mobile. What Shentel would do for wireless has been up for discussion since the merger, and it’s been long rumored that Read more…
Today, we’re starting a new series of articles, focusing on our partners. You can find these on LinkedIn but we’ll also post them here. So let’s start: Each post will highlight one of our partners, what they do, and how they help us assist the independent wireless dealer. Today, we’re talking about Eternity Wireless. Eternity Wireless is a Read more…
Since retiring the Sprint brand this month, T-Mobile now has the most retail stores of any postpaid carrier, beating AT&T by more than 2,000 stores based on Wave7 Research counts. T-Mobile now has more than 7,500 retail stores. By Wave7 estimates, T-Mobile also has hundreds of more stores than Verizon, which previously had the largest postpaid retail Read more…