Mid-Rivers cellular service to end August 1

Earlier this year, Mid-Rivers Communications announced that it had agreed to sell its cellular network assets to Verizon. The sale is now scheduled to close in late July, and Mid-Rivers’ retail cellular operations will officially end on August 1, 2019. All remaining Mid-Rivers cellular customers will need to transition their cellular service to a new provider of their choice prior to August 1.

The companies have been working together to prepare the Mid-Rivers cellular sites for the transition for several months, while awaiting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval of the wireless li...