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News and Notes

Bernie Sanders Calls for National Right to Repair Law

Per an article in Motherboard/Vice (link below), Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is calling for a national Right to Repair Law. While the article concentrated…

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Boom! Mobile ends Sprint based service

Per an article on PrepaidPhoneNews (link below) Boom! Mobile sent out an email to it’s Sprint based customers explaining the decision of the company…

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Happy May – Goodbye CDMA

As previously reported Sprint (and it’s prepaid brands and MVNOs) can no longer activate, or make changes to, any CDMA only handsets. Almost. NWIDA…

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T-Mobile Memo Leaks Info on Executive Moves and New Initiative

According to a leaked internal memo, some of T-Mobile’s executives have new positions, some are leaving the company and there is a mysterious “brand-new…

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Merger Deadline Extended – Again

According to an article (link below) in The Verge, Sprint and T-Mobile have opted to extend the merger deadline an extra month. T-Mobile and…

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Minnesota May Vote by May 1 on Right to Repair

From our friends at Repair.org Minnesota is preparing to vote on Right to Repair, HF 1138, possibly this coming week. If you know anyone…

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Sprint Sets End of Life for CDMA (for MVNOs too)

Sprint has set the End of Life for CDMA (for MVNOs too) NWIDA has been able to confirm with numerous Sprint MVNOs, that MAY…

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Sprint & AT&T Settle Lawsuit over 5G E Logo

According to an article in The Verge (link below), Sprint & AT&T have settled their lawsuit over AT&T’s “5G E” Logo. We have amicably…

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T-Mobile Merger Poses More Questions than Answers

Has the very rationale for the T-Mobile merger has come under scrutiny? Well, yes, according to an opinion piece on The Hill (link below).…

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New Merger Documents on FCC Website

(Link below) – There are some new merger documents on FCC website, including a letter to the FCC from Sprint that has some quite…

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