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 venture” coming. Reported by TMonews (link below), John Legere and COO Mike Sievert sent out the memo that included the following information: Jon Freier is getting the expanded role of Executive Vice President, Read more…
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 Sprint announced a deadline extension for the $26.5 billion merger in a filing with the SEC. The two companies now have until July 29 to convince the FCC and DOJ to approve the Read more…
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 in Minnesota — please encourage them to call or email their representatives asking them to vote for HF 1138 when it comes to the floor. This will be our first ever vote in Read more…
Sprint has set the End of Life for CDMA (for MVNOs too) NWIDA has been able to confirm with numerous Sprint MVNOs, that MAY 1 is the end of life date for all CDMA activations. Verizon declared their date months ago (story here) but this is the first time we’ve been able to confirm with multiple MVNOs. Of course, Read more…
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 settled this matter,” said an AT&T spokesperson. Anonymous sources have said that AT&T would keep using “5G E” in its marketing material. AT&T and Sprint also confirmed its statement to The Verge. Both companies Read more…
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). Adonis Hoffman, the author states: the “very rationale for the merger has come under scrutiny. Arguments suggesting a loss of jobs have been picked up by labor groups.” Questions surrounding high-speed rural access Read more…
(Link below) – There are some new merger documents on FCC website, including a letter to the FCC from Sprint that has some quite interesting information in it. Including: The message was clear: achieving such assumptions were not realistic and Sprint’s turnaround efforts were failing” but in 2015 Sprint extended CEO Marcelo Claure’s contract until 2019, and Read more…
A report in the Wall Street Journal, said the Justice Department is unlikely to approve a planned $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, under its current structure. Reuters later confirmed the report with one person familiar with the matter, who cautioned that a final decision has not been made. Shares of Sprint plunged as much as Read more…
H20, recently purchased by Telrite, has announced they will now no longer include taxes and fees in their rate plans, and will be passing these charges down to the customer. First seen on Howard Forums, the change will start being implemented on May 1st.
Selectel has announced end-of-life for CDMA handsets. This, of course, comes as no surprise as Verizon announced it months ago (see NWIDA story here.) CDMA DECOMMISSION INFORMATION Beginning May 1st, 2019: Only HD Voice Capable Devices and 4G LTE data only certified devices may be activated on our network Only HD Voice Capable Devices and 4G LTE Read more…
