T-Mobile and Sprint’s parent companies are reportedly making big moves to help get the T-Mo-Sprint merger approved. T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom and Sprint parent company SoftBank have said that they will consider ending their use of Huawei network equipment, according to a report from Reuters. Deutsche … [read full article]
T-Mobile may be under investigation by the FCC. The FCC recently announced that it’s launched an investigation “into whether one or more major carriers violated the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) reverse auction’s mapping rules and submitted incorrect coverage maps.” While the FCC hasn’t named the carriers it’s investigating, a filing from the … [read full article]
A new group has formed to voice its opposition to the proposed T-Mobile-Sprint merger. The 4Competition Coalition is a new entity made up of 13 different companies and groups, including DISH, C Spire, Communications Workers of America, and others. The coalition is urging regulators to block the T-Mobile-Sprint merger, citing concerns over competition, price increases, job losses, 5G, and a harm to rural … [read full article]
After suggesting last month that the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint could close as soon as Q1 2019, T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter recently touched a bit more on the deal. Carter recently explained that T-Mobile is “applying the same philosophy” with the Sprint merger as it … [read full article]
More mid-band LTE capacity upgrades have been deployed by T-Mobile. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray says that T-Mo upgraded hundreds of cell sites with additional mid-band LTE capacity during the past two weeks. These upgrades include both PCS and AWS spectrum. 100s of sites were upgraded with more midband capacity … [read full article]
T-Mobile has another piece of T-Mo-branded gear coming next week, and this time the carrier wants to help you ring in the new year. On Tuesday, December 18, T-Mobile customers can score a free pair of T-Mobile 2019 glasses. They’re magenta-colored, of course, and the numbers contain flashing lights. Also coming next week is a free hot or iced coffee from [read full article]
The OnePlus 6T isn’t the only T-Mobile phone that’s being treated to a new software update. T-Mobile is updating its versions of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. The new updates began rolling out recently and are bumping the Galaxy S8 to version G950USQU5CRK1, while the Galaxy S8+ is … [read full article]
The OnePlus 6T is the first OnePlus phone to launch on a U.S. carrier, and thanks to that partnership with T-Mobile, the OP6T has enjoyed considerably stronger sales than its predecessor. U.S. sales of the OnePlus 6T in the first 30 days were up 249 percent compared to the [read full article]
T-Mobile OnePlus 6T owners, another software update is now coming your way. T-Mobile is now pushing an update to version A6013_34_181121 to its OnePlus 6T. The update is 110.2MB in size and includes an updated camera app, updated in-display fingerprint algorithm, optimized Face Unlock, and more. It’s still on the November security patch level. This update is now rolling out over the air, … [read full article]
Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts will make it easy for you to have a “dinner and a movie” night at home. On Tuesday, December 11, T-Mobile customers can get a free combo meal from White Castle and a free one-night disc rental from [read full article]
One of the major new features of the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR is dual SIM with eSIM, which lets you activate a second line onto your phone without needing a physical SIM card. The major U.S. carriers … [read full article]
Metro by T-Mobile made headlines earlier this week when it confirmed that it would begin enforcing a $15 plus tax fee any time that a customer wanted to change a device. Now it looks like it may have backed off that policy a bit. Metro by T-Mobile … [read full article]
