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News and Notes

Dish Names new Boost Mobile Boss

DISH taps wireless innovator and FreedomPop founder Stephen Stokols to lead Boost Mobile DIsh announced today that Stephen Stokols will join its executive leadership…

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Softbank Selling Brightstar

SoftBank has announced plans to sell Brightstar for an undisclosed sum, as the company continues to divest of its telecoms properties. SoftBank said Brightstar…

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Helping Metro Dealers

Today, NWIDA released the following announcement. The PDF version can be found below: Helping Metro by T-Mobile Dealers The Trade & Advocacy Group is…

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Will AT&T Lower Cell Phone Plans by Including Ads?

AT&T is considering offering wireless phone plans partially subsidized by advertising as soon as a year from now, according to their Chief Executive John…

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VERIZON TO BUY TRACFONE

From the Verizon Press Release:   Verizon announced today that it has entered into an agreement with America Movil to acquire Tracfone, the leading…

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Thanks Gene for the Interview

Yesterday, our President – Adam Wolf – was on “Virtual Talk Back Live” with Gene G. While the interview was livestreamed, you can catch…

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Verizon Releases 5G Pricing Plans

Ronan Dunne, EVP and Group CEO at Verizon recently spoke at an investor conference and mentioned the carriers plans for pricing access to it’s…

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Pix Wireless Shutting Down VZW Silver Plans

Per a post on Howard Forums  – a Pix Wireless customer received an email informing them of the shutdown of their Pix Silver service:…

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Mint Mobile Adds Unlimited Plan

Mint Mobile, the MVNO owned by Ultra, has released their first unlimited data rate plan. The rate plan is $30 per month, which is…

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Is T-Mobile trying to get rid of Metro?

Today on Twitter, @YemPatriotism posted the following screen shot You can click on the image to enlarge it but you can clearly see that…

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