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…
According to a recent story, Amazon is interested in buying Boost Mobile (link below.) Reuters is reporting that Amazon is interested in buying prepaid wireless provider Boost from T-Mobile and Sprint, citing two sources. Amazon is considering buying Boost mainly in a “combo” deal that would also allow them not only to use T-Mobile’s wireless network for Read more…
The DoJ still hasn’t signed off on the Sprint / T-Mobile merger, and it’s now being reported that in addition to spinning off Boost Mobile, there may be another condition – release some spectrum and create a (new) 4th wireless network. According to a new report from Bloomberg, it seems the Justice Department might have one more Read more…
When we saw the article that Q-Link Wireless was going to bid for Boost Mobile, we had questions. Today we received our answers. First our questions: Would they keep the dealers? If so, would they grow the dealer network? Would they keep the brand? So we reached out to Issa Asad, founder and CEO of Florida-based Q-Link Read more…
NWIDA and WiBOC (the Wireless Business Owner’s Consortium) will be holding a conference call regarding the latest news on the Sprint / T-Mobile Merger. The call will take place June 12th. Entitled IMPORTANT INFO ON THE MERGER AND ITS IMPACT ON YOUR BUSINESS, this is the first in a series of calls on what the industry insiders are saying Read more…
We have the Boost COO’s Memo on spinoff And it’s right here. Click for the PDF…– NWIDA members, contact us today if you need our assistance and if you’re not yet a member, we invite you to join today. Want news like this delivered to your inbox? Click HERE Want news like this delivered to your Alexa Read more…