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News and Notes

Is Cricket Opening Up to Multi Carrier Stores?

Per a post on an industry Facebook group, AT&T may be opening up it’s Cricket Wireless products to multi-carrier stores, starting in February. Cricket…

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EU Wants Standard Charging – Pushes Apple to Ditch Lightning Port

The EU Wants Standard Charging on all mobile devices sold in Europe. And, the European Union authorities have threatened to outlaw its lightning cables.…

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Trac said to be working on Smart SIM

For a while now, Google Fi has worked on multiple networks – pulling in the strongest signal. Signal strength is key – right? It…

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Judge in Sprint Merger Extends Review

The Sprint / T-Mobile merger faced another setback when a federal judge extended his Tunney Act review of the U.S. DoJ settlement into mid-February.…

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Unremovable Malware Found on LifeLine Phones

Unremovable Malware Found on LifeLine Phones. The UMX U686CL, an Android phone provided in the Lifeline program, comes preinstalled with malware that can’t be…

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New MVNO – Boss Revolution Mobile

While Boss Revolution has long been in the prepaid telecom business, selling international calling cards – they’ve now become a full fledged MVNO, on…

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Will Virgin Mobile Comeback?

Yesterday, we reported that Sprint had announced they’ve killed off the Virgin Mobile brand, and will be moving all those customers to Boost. Today…

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H20 Names New VP of Sales

H2O Wireless announced that Sam Hamdan has joined the company as the VP of sales, a newly created position for the company. In this…

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Virgin Mobile to Cease Operations in US

According to a text message (see below) Virgin Mobile, currently owned by Sprint in the US market, is shutting down and all customers will…

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MVNO Mobile Nation to Cease Operations

  MVNO Mobile Nation, based in Tennessee, has posted that effective January 7, 2020 they will be “transitioning away from its facilities-based network that…

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