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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andrey Denisyuk) T-Mobile won the lion’s share of spectrum licenses in the latest Federal Communications Commission auction, helping it fill rural network gaps that evoked comparisons to Swiss cheese. T-Mobile’s winning bids totaled $ 304.3 million, letting it obtain 7,156 licenses out of 7,872 that were sold, the FCC announced […]
About a year ago, T-Mobile announced that it was working on a TV service, one that would launch in 2018 and “uncarrier” TV the way the company did with mobile service. Well, 2018 is nearly over and so far, there hasn’t been any sign of T-Mobile’s service. Now, Bloomberg is reporting that the service’s rollout […]
The FCC just announced it’s “pausing the Commission’s informal 180-day transaction shot clock” on the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The reasoning for this apparently comes from material submitted only recently by the companies, that break down a planned network engineering model, as well as T-Mobile’s “Build 9” business model explaining the deal’s financial backing. […]
As if news of a recent breach leaking T-Mobile customer data to attackers weren’t bad enough, Buzzfeed News highlights a pair of issues that could’ve revealed PIN numbers for customers of T-Mobile and AT&T. The security flaws were uncovered by two security researchers, Ryan aka “Phobia” and Nicholas “Convict” Ceraolo. The T-Mobile issue occurred via […]
American carriers have had support for RCS’ next-generation text messaging for a while, but it typically hasn’t been very useful outside of your home network. Unless you’re with Sprint, you haven’t had that universal support needed to chat between networks. Thankfully, that support is widening ever so slightly. T-Mobile is rolling out a software update […]
You’ve heard T-Mobile and Sprint try to sell you on their proposed merger, but it’s now regulators’ turn to get an earful. The two carriers have submitted their Public Interest Statement to the FCC outlining the claimed benefits of the union, and it won’t surprise you to hear that they’ve portrayed their move as uniformly […]
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider With the availability of unlocked devices, it’s easier than ever to switch carriers and get the best “unlimited” data plan that works for you. There are a few things to consider when choosing a carrier and its unlimited data plan, like how carriers interpret the meaning of “unlimited.” For most of them, […]
Enlarge / T-Mobile CEO John Legere (left) and then-Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 30, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure tweeted this morning that Sprint will build “one of the best networks in the world” even if […]
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Enlarge / Sprint retail location in Cleveland, Tennessee, on June 19, 2016. (credit: Getty Images | TennesseePhotographer) Sprint yesterday announced “the best profitability in company history” thanks to growth in its customer base, just days after saying it needed to merge with T-Mobile USA in order to improve its network. If Sprint was doing worse, […]
