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News and Notes

AT&T confirms 250 store closings – Staff Firings

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…

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T-Mobile leaves “Sprint” National Retail – Fires More Staff

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…

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Sprint begins the T-Mobile Changeover

Sprint customers have begun receiving text messages that they can now roam on the T-Mobile network. This is the first step in decommissioning the…

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Boost Stores Short on Inventory

According to a report on FierceWireless (link below), Boost Mobile stores are reporting shortages of phone inventory. As part of the government’s conditional approval…

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Are you kidding me?

Reports are that the “done” “well, almost done” deal is “not done at all?” Apparently, T-Mobile is getting a bit tired of Charlie Ergen…

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Is Cricket Closing Stores

We’re hearing the Cricket – the prepaid brand of AT&T – may be shutting anywhere from 100-200 dealer stores. Cricket, like Boost and Metro,…

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Is Dish is looking for “More”?

The Dish / Boost deal is supposed to close by July 1, but Dish recently sent a memo to Boost employees stating: “T-Mobile has…

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Why Hasn’t Dish Closed on Boost?

According to an article in Fierce Wireless (link below) there are industry analysts that are asking “Why hasn’t Dish closed on Boost yet?” “We…

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More T-Mobile Firings Tomorrow

NWIDA has learned that T-Mobile will announce another round of staff firings tomorrow. The staff being terminated include director and manager level, and perhaps…

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T-Mobile to Close Company Stores on Thursday

NWIDA has learned that Jon Freier has announced (internally) that all T-Mobile Corporate owned stores (T-Mobile, Sprint and Metro) will be closed on Thursday…

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