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News and Notes

Mississippi AG Drops T-Mo/Sprint Suit

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced that his office recently reached an agreement with T-Mobile, resulting in the state dropping its opposition to the…

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AT&T Leaves Puerto Rico and USVI

According to an article on SDX Central, AT&T will leave Puerto Rico and the USVI and sell its network. Both wireless and wireline networks,…

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Merger Gets Majority Support from FCC

According to a story in Bloomberg (link below), the Sprint / T-Mobile merger has received a third “yes” vote at the FCC, moving the…

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Cricket Announces End of Life for 3G

AT&T’s prepaid brand, Cricket Wireless, posted some news on its 3G network shut down – they will be ending service on 3G (UMTS) wireless…

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Should the FCC Pause Merger Review?

As posted earlier (link) Sprint took millions of dollars meant to subsidize phone and internet service for low-income consumer. In light of this, FCC…

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Sprint under Investigation for LifeLine Abuse

Sprint took millions of dollars meant to subsidize phone and internet service for low-income consumers, even while those consumers were not using the service…

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StraightTalk Customers Get Email About CDMA Extension

NWIDA has received a copy of an email StraightTalk has sent out, stating that they’ve negotiated an extension of the CDMA end-of-life to the…

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Dealer Compensation Survey

If you’re a US Wireless Dealer (and if you’re reading this, you probably are) the MVNOs want to hear from YOU! Please take 2…

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18.. and Counting

Pennsylvania has joined 17 other states, and the District of Columbia, in the lawsuit to stop the T-Mobile/Sprint Merger. Attorney General Josh Shapiro is…

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DOJ Official says Merger would be a “big win” for rural consumers

According to Makan Delrahim, Ass’t AG for the DOJ, the $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint would increase competition and benefit consumers. During…

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