Posts by Jordan

Red Rose Transit commuters in Lancaster now have access to T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi

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T-Mobile has partnered with Red Rose Transit (RRTA) buses in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to provide free mobile Wi-Fi service to its passengers. This is an initiative of the city to transform Lancaster into a more connected city. In the process, it paves the way for a better experience for the thousands of commuters the buses accommodate on a daily basis.  As revealed in the release, … [read full article]

State of Texas partners with T-Mobile as Relay Services provider

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A few days ago, T-Mobile revealed that they were chosen by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) to be the provider of the Relay Texas project. Through this partnership, T-Mo will provide Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) and Captioned Telephone (CapTel) service throughout the state of Texas.  Prior to this announcement, the PUCT used to partner with Sprint for this endeavor. The two have been working … [read full article]

T-Mobile recommended to stop claiming it has a more reliable 5G network

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Once again, the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has asked T-Mobile to stop making claims on the reliability of their 5G network. The decision of the board comes after Verizon made complaints on the claims made by T-Mobile on an ad launched this year.  The ad, featuring Bill Nye, received flak after T-Mobile claimed that their 5G network was more reliable than their competitors. In the video, the celebrity scientist says this line before making a demonstration … [read full article]

T-Mobile pushes software update for Samsung Galaxy S9

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Yesterday, it was revealed that T-Mobile pushed the Android software update for devices such as the Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy S10+ devices. Just a day later and we’ve received word that T-Mobile has also pushed another software update for Samsung Galaxy S9 devices.  This update, however, comes as a security update as it improves the security on such devices. The update is called G960USQU7CSJ2 / G960UOYN7CSJ2 / G960USQU7CSJ2 … [read full article]

FCC officially approves proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger

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It’s official! The proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger has formally been approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today. A decision has finally been made after months of thorough, and sometimes heated, analysis of the proposed $26.5 billion merger of the two carriers.  The government agency believes that the deal will link together the digital divide in the country and will even advance the 5G service that T-Mobile and Sprint promised to deploy to cover 97 percent of consumers … [read full article]

T-Mobile pushes November Android update to select devices earlier than scheduled

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An Android 10 software update for Google Pixel devices and some flagship models has been scheduled to take place this November. True enough, T-Mobile has started to roll out over the weekend on select Samsung Galaxy devices.  One of our readers recently sent us a screenshot of the software update email. T-Mobile’s bigger October update was just a few weeks ago, yet they were able to push the new update right away.  The screenshot shows the software … [read full article]

T-Mobile unveils 5 places where its 600MHz signal is available

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Back in 2017, T-Mobile spent $7.99 billion to acquire 31MHz of 600MHz spectrum being auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Ever since then, the carrier has been working hard to deploy the signals since these airwaves manage to better penetrate buildings and travel farther. T-Mobile has even launched a few TV spots as a way of promoting its 600MHz coverage. Additionally, T-Mobile has run 5G tests under this spectrum successfully.  Combining the 600MHz airwaves with the … [read full article]