NWIDA’S OFFICIAL POSITION ON THE FCC ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE SPRINT/T-MOBILE MERGER NWIDA was pleased with today’s announcement by FCC Chairman Pai regarding his backing of the Sprint / T-Mobile merger – as it relates to the news that Boost Mobile will be spun off. It has always been NWIDA’s position that it would be difficult, if not Read more…
**Update 5/20 2:30pm** Boost will be divested within 120 days of the merger closing. ———————————————— Here are selections of the statement from Ajit Pai of the FCC. (link to full statement below): CHAIRMAN PAI STATEMENT ON T-MOBILE/SPRINT TRANSACTION WASHINGTON, May 20, 2019—Today, T-Mobile US, Inc. and Sprint Corporation committed to the Federal Communications Commission that they would Read more…
Due to the recent ban by the current administration, Google has suspended business operations with Huawei effectively immediately. A move that will have a dramatic impact on Huawei devices across the globe. With this move, Huawei has lost access to the Android OS and Google. In addition, Intel and Qualcomm joined Google in cutting off business with Huawei. Read more…
UPDATED – 5/20 – 10:31 – The divestiture has been confirmed by the FCC UPDATE -5/20 10:08 am – NWIDA has heard from a Sprint employee that they have been told Boost is being spun off. We are trying to get a copy of the memo. ************************** According to a Bloomberg report (link below) T-Mobile and Sprint are planning Read more…
Officials at the FCC met Thursday to discuss possible conditions for the merger. This may indicate that discussions with the government have reached a critical stage, according to a report from FOX Business (link below) The meeting was “hours-long” and was held at FCC headquarters in Washington. It looks like this may be “progress” and a “somewhat Read more…
In honor of Military Appreciation Month, but any wireless store/repair shop, owned by active military or a veteran, will have their membership extended by 6 months. This offer is valid through June 15, 2019 Join for 6 months, get a year. Join for a year, get 18 months. Simply contact us for your special discount code. Read more…
According to a report on BestMVNO (link below), Boost Mobile has suffered a data breach involving their customer account info. Boost stated that on March 14th hackers gained access to an unknown number of its customer accounts. Customer accounts were breached through Boostmobile.com and hackers gained access to customer accounts through the use of their phone number Read more…
We now have the more detailed report from Bloomberg (link below) As we stated in the first post, among the options being discussed is the separation and potential sale of the prepaid businesses. Other options — such as selling airwave licenses or setting up a new fourth carrier through a network-leasing arrangement — are being discussed but Read more…
Per a report on TheFly, T-Mobile and Sprint are considering different concessions in order to save the merger, including a sale of their prepaid businesses. While the report (link below) is just a snippet at this point, the way it’s worded could mean one prepaid business (Boost?) or multiple, if not all of them. We’ll update as Read more…
The Sprint earnings call took place late yesterday and we have the facts and figures Sprint reported a net loss of $2.2 billion and operating loss of $1.7 billion in its fourth quarter, which ended March 31. The company ended the 2018 fiscal year with a net loss of $1.9 billion and operating income of $397 million. Read more…