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News and Notes

UPDATE – Google Ads for Repair Stores

As you know, being a regular reader here, we’ve been trying to get Google to reverse their ban on 3rd party repair shops from…

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New Video Series – Quick Hits

We’re launching a new video series, called Quick Hits. Most will be under a minute with breaking wireless news. You can see the first one…

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Consumer Cellular SOLD

While we’ve heard rumors on the street previously, we couldn’t really confirm it. But today it’s official! Consumer Cellular has been sold to a…

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More Prepaid Brands Leaving Major Retail

Wave 7 Research is reporting that some prepaid brands have started to leave major retailers, including Verizon Prepaid, Cricket Wireless, and AT&T Prepaid. Verizon Prepaid was…

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Is T-Mobile Getting Ready to Close 1000+ Metro Stores?

Sure seems like it. T-Mobile has made massive changes in the compensation structure to Metro by T-Mobile dealers. Despite vocal opposition, directly to senior…

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Poll for Metro Dealers

Metro by T-Mobile Dealers! We want to know what YOU think the worst part of the new dealer compensation plan is. Take 30 seconds…

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Verizon Purchases BlueGrass Cellular

Verizon today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire certain assets of Bluegrass Cellular, a rural wireless operator serving central Kentucky. Bluegrass…

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Apple Releases Repair Costs for iPhone 12

Apple has released (link below) the repair prices for the iPhone 12: The repair pricing in this chart applies only to screen damage. If…

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Sprint MVNO Conversion Timeline

Tello Mobile, a Sprint network MVNO, has released their “conversion” timeline – a necessity as T-Mobile begins the shut-down of the CDMA network. Tello…

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AT&T to close 320 Stores

According to an article on Fierce Wireless (link below), AT&T is closing 320 company-owned AT&T Mobility retail stores in November and December, affecting more than…

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