Meet B-Stock at The All Wireless & Prepaid Expo – Las Vegas, August 20 & 21
Meet B-Stock at The All Wireless & Prepaid Expo – Las Vegas, August 20 & 21

B-Stock’s Mobile Team is headed to the All Wireless & Prepaid Expo August 20 & 21 and we hope to see you there.  If you’re planning to attend the show we’d like to invite you to connect with our team:…

Aug 05 2019 · 2 min read

5G is Coming to London
5G is Coming to London

The entire mobile industry is laser-focused on 5G and all that it entails: improved infrastructure, faster communications, lower latency, and increased job and economic growth. The coming of 5G can’t come fast enough, but for some, it’s only a few…

Jul 30 2019 · 3 min read

CTIA 2019 Survey Shows Explosive Mobile Growth
CTIA 2019 Survey Shows Explosive Mobile Growth

Quick Facts: 82% growth in mobile data from 2017 to 2018 Mobile data traffic grew from 12.89 trillion MBs to a total of 28.58 trillion 9.6% increase in time talking on mobile phones from 2017 15.8% increase in text messaging…

Jul 08 2019 · 4 min read

Mobile Secondary Market: Q1 2019 Insights
Mobile Secondary Market: Q1 2019 Insights

The world’s largest wireless manufacturers, carriers, and trade-in companies are currently leveraging B-Stock’s B2B marketplace platform for their trade-in and excess mobile devices and accessories. Across our network of mobile marketplaces over 3 million phones and 5 million accessories are…

Jun 04 2019 · 1 min read

B-Stock’s Network Effect Drives Exponential Sales
B-Stock’s Network Effect Drives Exponential Sales

“Build it, and he will come,” says Kevin Costner in the movie Field of Dreams. And what goes for corn fields and baseball goes for online marketplaces and returned and excess inventory. Case in point: it started with one major…

May 24 2019 · 2 min read

Refurbishing Consumer Electronics and the Secondary Market
Refurbishing Consumer Electronics and the Secondary Market

Now is a great time to enter the secondary market as a repair technician, especially if you love tinkering with old computers and newer cell phones. In this article, we’ll cover many of the biggest topics facing consumer electronics and…

May 08 2019 · 17 min read

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the R2 Standard
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the R2 Standard

The R2 Standard was originally developed to prevent the misuse and improper recycling of electronic waste. Currently, the SERI institute defines the R2 Standard as, “the premier global environmental, worker health and safety standard for the electronics refurbishing and recycling…

May 03 2019 · 16 min read

Recycling and the Secondary Market
Recycling and the Secondary Market

Image: HYLA New research shows that 50 million tons of e-waste was generated in 2018; this is the equivalent of 2,850 cars dumped into a landfill every hour of every day for a year (PDF by HYLA). E-waste can be…

Apr 25 2019 · 4 min read

Watch Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Mobile Secondary Market
Watch Webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Mobile Secondary Market

https://youtu.be/W8T8eJ14g-M This webinar shares the latest trends and data B-Stock is seeing in the mobile secondary market due to COVID-19. Presented by B-Stock’s Mobile Analyst, Joe Dube, we cover: The impact of the Hong Kong border closure and subsequent market…

Apr 16 2019 · 1 min read

Watch webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Mobile Secondary Market (EU Edition)
Watch webinar: COVID-19 Impact on the Mobile Secondary Market (EU Edition)

https://youtu.be/zBVMfq9WYDo This webinar shares the latest trends and data B-Stock is seeing in the mobile secondary market due to COVID-19. Presented by B-Stock’s Mobile Analyst, Joe Dube, we cover: The impact of the Hong Kong border closure and subsequent market…

Apr 16 2019 · 1 min read

CCA Mobile Carriers Show – Denver – April 8-10
CCA Mobile Carriers Show – Denver – April 8-10

B-Stock is headed to the Rocky mountains for CCA Mobile Carriers Show from April 8-10. CCA’s Mobile Carriers Show is the only North American event to focus exclusively on smart strategies, technology innovations, and business opportunities for carriers in this…

Apr 04 2019 · 2 min read

Buying Used Phones? Meet the New Mobile Grades
Buying Used Phones? Meet the New Mobile Grades

Did you know that the average cell phone will be used by two to three people before being scrapped? The rise of trade-ins and the demand for quality pre-owned phones is skyrocketing. With that, more carriers, providers, and manufacturers are…

Mar 18 2019 · 3 min read