It’s not duck season… it’s not wabbit season… it’s RUMOR season!* According to a report on Yahoo Finance (link below) Bloomberg is reporting that Dish may soon close on a deal for Boost and some spectrum – for $6,000,000,000 (that’s $6 billion) Per the report Dish could announce a deal as soon as this week for assets Read more…
According to an article on CNN Business (link below) the DoJ is ready to approve the merger within days. Presuming the parties agree on the concessions, the Justice Department will approve the merger by the end of this week or beginning of next week, according to a person familiar with the matter. Negotiations are still ongoing and Read more…
Below, please find the audio (and “video”) of the Conference Call on the Sprint / T-Mobile Merger held on June 12. The participants include Adam Wolf of NWIDA and Mark Landiak of WiBOC / Corporate Dynamics. The direct link to the video is here — NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if Read more…
According to an article on TheStreet (link below) there may be a short list of buyers for Boost Mobile – that has been sent to the DoJ. A new report suggests that T-Mobile has lined up buyers for assets that would help win approval. Dish Network Corp., Altice USA, and Charter Communications have apparently made the short Read more…
** Updated 6/14/19 12:00pm** – Statement from Red Pocket on Howard Forums is here. ————————————————– In a forum post on their website, FreedomPop has “cleared up” what their former customers should expect, now that they are part of the Red Pocket family. The post specificially refers to the GSM customers: We’ve worked over the last 8 years Read more…
Attorneys General Preparing Merger Lawsuit **Update 6/11/19 1:40pm** Link to AG Press Release —————————— According to a report at TheStreet (link below) a group of 10 U.S. state attorneys general will file a lawsuit to prevent the Sprint / T-Mobile merger. Reuters reported the plans, which could come as early as today, amid an ongoing probe by Read more…
Republic Wireless recently laid off what could be a significant portion of its staff. While the company did not disclose how many employees were let go, sources it was close to 20% of their workforce. The layoffs were announced at the end of May. Chris Chuang, Republic Wireless’s CEO and co-founder said that the layoffs were part Read more…
Recently, Google has begun blocking/stopping ads for 3rd party repair facilities – especially in the wireless device world. We have reached out to Google in order for them to clarify their position and see if we can assist the repair shops in a mutually beneficial solution. At this time, we have not heard back but we are Read more…
STS Media, the company that owns Freedom Pop has sold the brand and the customers, in order to free up cash for a run at Boost Mobile. According to an SEC filing Freedom Pop sold it’s 150,000 Sprint network customers to Ting for approximately $3.6 million, however, according to a report on BestMVNO, the brand has been Read more…
Repair.org reports there is now matching bills in the NY State Senate (S.6309) and Assembly (A.8416-A) This will allow Right to Repair to move to a vote — provided that leadership wants to schedule a vote. The more phone calls and messages we can put into legislators, the better the odds. The following are the 3 things Read more…