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T-Mobile Names 25 New Recipients of Hometown Grants

T-Mobile continues with its Hometown Grants project as it awards the latest 25 recipients today.  Hometown Grants is T-Mobile’s five-year commitment to helping small towns and rural communities since April 2021. To date, they have been able to provide over $14 million across 47 states. The initiative has also created over 86,000 volunteer hours as they gathered to cooperate in this project.  The new recipients will each receive funding of up to $50,000 from T-Mobile to kickstart … [read full article]

T-Mobile Successfully Sends WEA via Starlink’s Satellite

With the way technology is advancing in the US, dead zones will soon be a thing of the past– at least for T-Mobile.  Earlier today, T-Mobile announced that it had successfully sent and received a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via Starlink satellites equipped with satellite-to-smartphone capabilities. This is an important achievement since this is the first time in US history that a wireless emergency alert was sent via satellite.  A test alert for a hypothetical evacuation notice … [read full article]

Apple iPhone 16 Lands on T-Mobile

Apple has just unveiled its latest iPhone series: the iPhone 16. And now, we’re learning more about the device and where it will be available.  Wasting no time to announce the exciting news is T-Mobile, who will be offering a free iPhone 16 Pro with trade-in (or up to $1,000 off on any of the iPhone 16 devices). The offer will be available starting Friday, September 13. The other promotions that T-Mobile is offering include: iPhone 16 … [read full article]

T-Mobile Hosts Telco Network API Challenge With hubraum

T-Mobile is working with hubraum, Deutsche Telekom’s tech incubator brand, to host a global API competition. In its announcement today, T-Mobile invited both developers and innovators to explore new business opportunities through the use of APIs.  The competition will focus on five key areas where APIs can be connected with telecoms:  Automotive: For use cases like connected cars or autonomous vehicles. Broadcasting: APIs for broadcasting could improve streaming efficiencies for production teams. Government: Public institutions rely on … [read full article]

T-Mobile Asks: Are You Natural Disaster Ready?

Disaster can happen at any time. Because of this, the best thing you can do is to prepare for anything that might happen. Last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said that nearly half of American adults believe they were unprepared for a disaster. Since September is National Preparedness Month, T-Mobile has shared some tips on how you can prepare in the event of a hurricane or wildfire: … [read full article]

Mint Mobile Gives You More Reasons to Switch With a Free 3-Month Offer

After recent price hike announcements from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile is responding by giving these customers an irresistible offer. If you are among the affected customers, you can switch to Mint Mobile and get up to four additional lines free for three months. But is this a really good offer? Let’s do the math. Mint Mobile’s plans start at $15 per month. When you sign up for the offer, you won’t have to pay for the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Prepares for Tropical Storm Ernesto

T-Mobile has activated its emergency plans in lieu of the looming Tropical Storm Ernesto just in time for its landfall in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The TS is expected to bring heavy rains, tropical force winds, and flooding.  With this threat, T-Mobile has mobilized its Emergency Management team to work closely with its National Operations Centers to monitor the situation of the storm and network’s performance in the midst of it.  Prior to the … [read full article]

Google’s New Pixel 9 Lineup Lands on T-Mobile

Earlier today, Google unveiled its newest Pixel lineup, which consisted of four smartphone models and a smartwatch. Without any delays, T-Mobile announced that these new Pixel devices will be coming to its lineup too. The best part about the announcement was that T-Mobile has options to get any of these devices for free.  The newly announced Pixel offers from T-Mobile are: $100 off the Pixel 9 Pro (exclusively at the Un-carrier!) and $200 off the Pixel 9 … [read full article]

T-Mobile Rolls Out Partner Plus, Subsidy Program for Businesses

T-Mobile has unveiled a new channel subsidy program for its business partners. The new program, called Partner Plus, was designed to help reduce the initial cost of 5G laptops and enterprise-grade 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) equipment by Ericsson’s Cradlepoint.  One of the perks that business owners get with T-Mobile certified 5G laptops is that they are getting a device with always-on connectivity powered by the Un-carrier’s 5G network. In addition to this, users get enhanced privacy … [read full article]

T-Mobile Prepares for Hurricane Debby

With the approaching Tropical Storm Debby, T-Mobile is already getting its network and emergency response team ready for the Category 1 hurricane.  After making landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area with up to 80mph winds, it is expected to slow and bring a storm surge of 6-10 feet and heavy rains in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.  To prepare for the hurricane, T-Mobile has already topped off key cell sites with generators and batteries to support local … [read full article]