Full transcript: Here’s what T-Mobile’s John Legere told Sprint’s town hall meeting Sprint recently held a town-hall meeting – and T-Mobile head John Legere was there. FierceWireless has the entire transcript (link below) but here are some tidbits… My main ask to John when we did this merger was that we are going to choose the best Read more…
We already mentioned that #REPAIRDAY is coming! But! Did you know there is a new TV series – Consumer Reports TV will have a feature on repairing cell-phone glass? It airs on Repair Day (October 20) on NBC. Click HERE for more details: Host Jack Rico is on a mission to rid microscopic pollutants from the air in homes; he Read more…
#REPAIRDAY is coming! NWIDA is a supporter of Repair.org and they have reminded us that National Repair Day is this Saturday – October 20! We ask that all our repair shop members (and even those not yet a NWIDA member, post pictures and tag them! Post your shop, your setup, what you’re working on and tag them with Read more…
According to a report in the Kansas City Business Journal (link below) the Sprint / T-Mobile merger has gotten some interesting news recently… Some is potentially good, and some is potentially bad. First, the good news. The FCC is examining the details of cable companies’ wireless offerings, a move that could ease regulators’ concerns about antitrust and Read more…
Can we save you $6000 a year? NWIDA is working hard and adding new member benefits all the time. Recently, we’ve added the following ways to put more money into your pockets: • 20% savings on AT&T Prepaid SIMs AND a $50 Bonus credit from EMIDA – it’s time to start making REAL money on refills! • Read more…
According to a report on Yahoo Finance (link below), Sprint says its customers are “fleeing.” Sprint offers a poor network experience that is sending customers fleeing at an increasing rate, the carrier told the FCC on Sept. 21, according to a filing posted Wednesday on the agency’s website. The company’s revenue is dropping, it can’t do much more cost Read more…
Dow Draper’s presentation to the FCC on September 21 is now available to the public (link below.) While parts are redacted, there are some interesting sections still there – including the trashing of Sprint by it’s top employees, including a slide called Network Shortcomings Limit Our Ability to Attract and Retain Subscribers and the one below called Sprint Faces Substantial Read more…
Visible by Verizon, according to a recent report (link below) is now available to anyone – no invite code needed. The Verizon owned MVNO, was only available by invite code at launch, and could only be used by iPhone owners. Visible has said that as of last week an invite code is no longer needed. However still Read more…
So here is what we have heard to date. Yes, the new name is Metro by T-Mobile. There are updates to the $50 and $60 rate plan. The $50 unlimited plan will have a five GB hotspot and Google one storage. The $60 unlimited plan will also include Amazon prime as well as 15 gig of mobile Read more…
Take a look at the chart below (you can click on it to enlarge it.) This is from an FCC Filing and it certainly appears that the new T-Mobile (if the merger goes through) will COMBINE Boost, Metro and Virgin into one brand. Which brand do YOU sell? How close is the other store to you? NWIDA Read more…