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News and Notes

It’s a Done Deal

Well – except for the 13 states suing to stop it. But other than that… Bloomberg is reporting that the DoJ has approved T-Mobile’s…

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We’re on it

Just letting you know – we’ve reached out to Erik Carlson – the CEO of Dish. We will let you know when we have…

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$5B

$5 Billion. Dish has reportedly agreed to a deal to buy assets from T-Mobile and Sprint. Bloomberg (link below) say that Dish will pay…

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Done Deal?

Is it true? Are we almost done? According to a report in FoxBusiness, the merger is “nearing completion.” Federal regulators have signaled to T-Mobile…

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DOJ May Sue to Block Merger

According to a Reuter’s report (link below) the U.S. Justice Department may sue to block the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint if the parties…

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Trac Loses Thousands of Customers in Q2 ’19

America Movil, the parent company of Tracfone and 9 other MVNO brands, lost a total of 164,000 lines in the 2nd quarter of 2019.…

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Boost Lays-off Marketing Team

As first noted by Peter Adderton, it appears Boost has fired most of it’s corporate marketing department. The Kansas City Business Journal reached out…

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Sprint / T-Mobile Merger Deadline Pushed Back – Again

Reuters (link below) has reported that the T-Mobile and Sprint are planning to extend the July 29 merger deadline. Discussions are continuing, and while…

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What’s Up With Ting?

**Updated 7/12/19 12:01PM** Ting has a new information page up. You can see it here. **Updated 7/11/19 – 7:41 AM** – Ting has posted…

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Ting Leaves Sprint – Forces FreedomPop Customers to Make Choice

**Updated 7/12/19 12:01PM – Ting has a new info page up. You can see it here. **Updated 7/11/19 – 7:41 AM** – Ting has…

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