BBC Report – ‘Right to repair’ gathers force in EU and USA According to a report from the BBC (link below), “help is at hand” as citizens in the EU and parts of the USA will soon get a “right to repair” – of sorts. It consists of a series of proposals from European environment ministers to force Read more…
Recently, a Boost Mobile customer shared a message he received from the MVNO that shows that the network will no longer support 3G devices after April 30, 2019. After this date, Boost Mobile will no longer reactivate service on any 3G device. Boost stated that customers who are still using 3G devices will endure “possible interruptions” in their Read more…
Huawei Technologies’ exports back to China from a Silicon Valley unit are now being blocked, according to a story in The Wall Street Journal. Citing anonymous sources, the WSJ said the U.S. Commerce Department barred Futurewei from sending back high-speed data-transfer technologies, a move that the Chinese telecommunications giant is contesting. Its imports to the U.S. have already Read more…
News regarding Verizon 3G activations. Once again, Verizon has apparently extended the 3G Activation “kill date.” Originally scheduled for June 30, 2018, Verizon extended it to December 31, 2018. Now it appears it’s been extended again – to April 30, 2019. Prepaid Phone News (link below) reports the news from a Verizon Prepaid Master as well as Read more…
In a statement to attendees, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) confirmed that its annual summit of the industry will face some effects of the U.S. government shutdown. Because of the shutdown, a number of government officials who were scheduled to speak and be involved with different panel discussions at CES 2019 have informed the association they’ve had Read more…
According to an article in theverge.com (link below), the FCC has wound down most of its operations. Should its lapsed funding not be restored, the commission says “all FCC activities will cease” as of mid-day Thursday, January 3rd, “other than those immediately necessary for the protection of life or property, performing other excepted activities, or those funded Read more…
NWIDA, the National Wireless Independent Dealer Association, and WiBOC, The Wireless Business Owners Consortium, has announced they will be hosting an Executive Briefing during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January in Las Vegas. Titled Details & Decisions: What Does the Future Have in Store for Boost / Sprint Dealers? the briefing will be held on Wednesday, January Read more…
According to an article in bestmvno.com (link below), Selectel is apparently moving their customers to Selectel. According to Joe Paonessa, the author, he was contacted by a person whose husband is a subscriber to Expo Mobile. Her husband started receiving text messages from the company asking him to call Selectel. When he did, he was informed that Read more…
According to an article in androidcentral.com (link below), The Sprint/T-Mobile merger is apparently getting closer to approval. AndroidCentral quotes a report from Reuters, saying the merger could be approved by the U.S. government as soon as next week. However, as with most things, there is a catch. If T-Mobile wants the deal to go through, its parent company Read more…
According to an article in bizjournals.com (link below), Verizon is killing off 10,400 jobs, as part as a “voluntary buyout.” The employees are mainly U.S.-based and exclude Verizon’s Oath media business, but will include wireless. Those accepting the buyout will get up to 60 weeks of salary, bonus and benefits, depending on length of service. The goal is Read more…
