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T-Mobile EVP David Carey leaving company, Abdul Saad promoted to CTO

T-Mobile has announced that it’s doing a bit of executive shuffling. T-Mobile says in a filing with the SEC that David Carey, Executive Vice President of Corporate Services, will soon leave the company. According to the filing, Carey (shown below, left) will exit some time between April 30th and July 1st. The filing goes on to say that Carey will provide consulting services to T-Mobile. Carey joins CFO Braxton Carter and CEO John Legere as the latest … [read full article]

T-Mobile argues that FCC made testing errors in report on rural coverage

Back in December, the FCC said that it had conducted drive tests of T-Mobile, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular’s networks and found that the carriers had misrepresented their rural coverage. The FCC said that it won’t punish the carriers because they “did not find a sufficiently clear violation”, but T-Mobile has still taken the time to respond to the FCC’s report. T-Mobile said in a filing this week that FCC’s original report used a “flawed verification … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 and S8+, Note 10+ 5G getting security updates

Today’s the day that Galaxy S20 pre-orders launch, but it’s also a good day for some older Samsung phones because they’re getting new software updates. T-Mobile is now updating the Galaxy S8 and S8+. The former is being bumped up to version G950USQS7DTA6, while the latter is getting version G955USQS7DTA6. This new Galaxy S8 update comes just a few days after the previous update was released. Unlike that recent one, though, the new … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra now available for pre-order from T-Mobile

You can now pre-order Samsung’s next big thing. The Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra are now available for pre-order from T-Mobile. Pricing for the Galaxy S20 starts at $0 down and $41.67 per month on EIP and $249.99 down and $30 per month on JOD, while the S20+ starts at $0 down and $50 per month on EIP and $449.99 down and $28 per month on JOD. The S20 Ultra starts at $0 down and $58.34 … [read full article]

T-Mobile, Sprint confirm updated merger agreement

Just as was rumored, T-Mobile and Sprint have now confirmed that they’ve updated their merger agreement. The new agreement includes an exchange ratio of 11.00 Sprint shares for each T-Mobile share, up from the original agreement of 9.75 Sprint shares. SoftBank, Sprint’s owner, has agreed to surrender 48.8 million T-Mobile shares acquired in the merger to the New T-Mobile, making SoftBank’s effective ratio 11.31 shares per T-Mo share. Sprint shareholders other than SoftBank will continue to … [read full article]

T-Mobile and Sprint reportedly close to new merger terms

We’ve heard rumblings recently that T-Mobile and Sprint may be working on new terms for their merger, and now it sounds like an updated deal could be close. T-Mobile and Sprint are said to be “close” to agreeing on a new deal and that they’re planning to announce it as soon as today. That’s according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal, who caution that the situation is “still fluid” and that the announcement could … [read full article]

T-Mobile finishes first in J.D. Power’s latest Wireless Purchase Experience report

After coming out on top in J.D. Power’s U.S. Wireless Customer Care report earlier this month, T-Mobile has now finished first in another J.D. Power ranking. J.D. Power today released its 2020 U.S. Wireless Purchase Experience study, and T-Mobile finished first among the postpaid “Full-Service Carriers” with 863 points out of a possible 1,000. T-Mo was also the only carrier to finish above the segment average of 839 points. This is the fifth time in a … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy S20 deals revealed ahead of start of pre-orders

T-Mobile stayed quiet about any possible Galaxy S20 deals when the new Samsung phones were announced last week, but with pre-orders starting soon, T-Mo has now revealed what offers it has planned. First up, T-Mobile says that customers can get up to $500 off any of the new Galaxy S20 phones after rebate when they trade in an eligible device. You’ll get up to $500 back, depending on trade-in device, via a Virtual Express Prepaid Mastercard … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tuesdays will offer free Ruby Tuesday, grand prize 007 trip to Los Angeles next week

After offering a free Whopper or Impossible Whopper yesterday, T-Mobile Tuesdays will have another special food offer next week. On Tuesday, February 25th, T-Mobile customers can score a free appetizer from Ruby Tuesday. Also available will be 10 free 4×6 photo prints from Walgreens and $0.10 off per gallon of gas at Shell. T-Mobile Tuesdays is offering a free Taco Bell item this week — either Chip with Nacho Cheese Sauce, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy Tab S6, S8 Active, and S8 are receiving updates

T-Mobile and Samsung have some more software updates going out this week. First up, the T-Mobile Galaxy Tab S6 is receiving a 205.17MB update to version T867USQS2ATA1. This update brings the February 1, 2020 Android security patches to the tablet. Also being updated today is T-Mobile’s Galaxy S8 Active. This update is 137.43MB in size and bumps the S8 Active to version G892USQS6CTA4, and it also includes the February 1, 2020 security patches. Finally, T-Mobile … [read full article]

watchOS 6.1.3 update released by Apple

Apple Watch owners, there’s a new update now coming your way. watchOS 6.1.3 is now available, and you can grab it by going to Watch > General > Software Update on your iPhone. The update is a small one, but it does bring improvements and bug fixes. Apple says that watchOS 6.1.3 includes a fix for an issue that prevented the Apple Watch’s irregular heart rhythm notification from working as it should in Iceland. That … [read full article]