Dish chairman Charlie Ergen is reportedly in talks with U.S. regulators and T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom (DT) about a deal that would see Dish become a competitive fourth U.S. wireless carrier. According to CNBC, the talks revolve around Dish using the “new T-Mobile”’s network to host its spectrum until they can complete their own network. The Read more…
According to Bloomberg, a judge is going to decide whether to delay a trial pitting 13 states and Washington DC against the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. The plaintiffs are arguing that they quickly need details of any deal the companies reach with the Justice Dept. to prepare for a planned Oct. 7 trial. They are saying Read more…
In portions of eastern Montana, already-spotty cellphone coverage has gotten even harder to find. AT&T began killing off mobile coverage for residents in the area this month. Aaron Heath, an auto parts salesman based in Wolf Point, said the news that his cellphone was getting cut off came as a shock. He got home after work last Read more…
We wanted to know about the Dish plans for the Boost Dealers, should the be the “winner” in the “spin-off sweepstakes.” So NWIDA reached out to Dish, and their CEO W. Erik Carlson, last week to talk about their “interest” in Boost Mobile, and more importantly, their plans for the dealers, should they be successful. Today, we Read more…
Recently, NWIDA President Adam Wolf was interviewed by The Prepaid Press regarding IoT – the Internet of Things. Here’s what Wolf said: There is more to IoT apps than the technical details. Unless there is a revenue stream for distributors and retailers, they will not be motivated to offer them. And, right now, it is unclear how Read more…
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…
