Venn Mobile, who launched in January 2020 had great rate plans – including their unlimited everything plan with 50GB of hotspot data for $30/month. It now looks like it was too good to be true. Venn Mobile, who is owned by T-Mobile business reseller Teltik, has stopped activating new lines of service and selling phones. At the Read more…
Cricket, AT&T, “Sprint”, Metro and T-Mobile have all recently terminated dealers. If you’ve recently received a termination letter and would like our assistance in finding an new brand to sell/service, we are compiling a list, including contact information, that we are happy to share with you. Please complete the form below and we will send you the Read more…
According to an article on TMoNews (link below) T-Mobile sent a letter to the CPUC asking it to relax three of the conditions tied to its merger approval, including the requirement that T-Mo provide 5G speeds of at least 300Mbps to 93 percent of California’s population by the end of 2024. T-Mobile wants that pushed back to 2026. T-Mobile Read more…
Apple has said it will close stores in four states due to an increase in Covid-19 cases. CNBC reported Apple will close a total of 11 stores starting June 20, including 6 in Arizona, 2 in Florida, 2 in North Carolina and 1 in South Carolina. Apple said the move was made out of “an abundance of Read more…
According to an article on Prepaid Phone News (link below) – Dish may be looking for some help to build it’s network, and they may be talking to Apple (??!!) The article says: Now, it looks like Dish needs to look for a willing partner with enough resources to help it establish a standalone 5G network. There Read more…
Earlier this week, T-Mobile subscribers were affected by 12 hour long outage. Those affected had problems with texting and calling. T-Mobile explained that the outage was caused by a fiber failure. The backup redundancy also failed. After that, the network overloaded, which caused capacity issues. It was a leased fiber circuit failure from a third-party provider that Read more…
Bloomberg is reporting (link below) that Dish will close on Boost by July 1, Dish reported this in a regulatory filing, without providing terms. Dish is expected to pay about $1.4 billion for Boost. The acquisition, which includes seven years of access to T-Mobile’s network, was coordinated by DoJ antitrust chief Makan Delrahim in order to help Read more…
According to an article on Mobile World Live (link below) T-Mobile doubled down on their promise to add 5,000 new jobs by May 2021 – just as it began laying off more employees. T-Mobile confirmed jobs were going, arguing in a statement the move was “essential” for it to “remain a fast-moving and competitive growth company” and would Read more…
According to an article in Axios (link below) AT&T has confirmed it is planning widespread job cuts that include managers and executives, in addition to 3,400 technician and clerical jobs. It will also close 250 retail stores, impacting 1,300 retail jobs. The stores facing closure are a mix of AT&T-branded locations and those of Cricket Wireless. AT&T Read more…
T-Mobile is pulling out of “Sprint”‘s National Retail locations and firing that staff. As far as National Retail, T-Mobile will only be in Costco – for now. The question that remains is will T-Mobile, under their brand, take over the space Sprint had in places like Best Buy, Sams Club and Walmart, or will they eliminate those Read more…