Days after announcing a mid-band LTE capacity expansion, T-Mobile has confirmed an expansion of low-band LTE, too. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray says that T-Mo added more low-band LTE to dozens of cell sites across the country in the past two weeks. This low-band LTE expansion includes 600MHz and 700MHz … [read full article]
It looks like T-Mobile isn’t the only company to have a major security issue recently. A security flaw with Apple’s online store exposed the account PINs of T-Mobile customers. That’s according to a report from BuzzFeed News, who says that a separate flaw with phone insurance company Asurion’s website exposed the passcodes of AT&T customers. … [read full article]
A couple of recent Samsung smartphones are now receiving software updates on T-Mobile. First up, T-Mobile is pushing an update to its Galaxy Note 9. The update weighs in at 215.24MB and is version N960USQU1ARH2. The security patch level of the update is August 1, 2018, and included is “a feature to select the recording time for Single-take in Super Slow Motion has been … [read full article]
Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program is getting better for T-Mobile customers. It’s been discovered that T-Mobile customers can now sign up for the iPhone Upgrade Program online. Previously, T-Mo subscribers who wanted to use the iPhone Upgrade Program had to go into an Apple Store to do so, while AT&T, Sprint, and … [read full article]
Right on schedule, the Galaxy Note 9 has launched at T-Mobile, and it’s brought the Galaxy Watch with it. T-Mobile is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in Ocean Blue and Lavender Purple color options. The 6GB/128GB … [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile has told Motherboard that the breach affected around 3 percent of its 77 million customers — around 2.3 million people — and that that the hackers were part of an “international group”. UPDATE 2: T-Mobile has confirmed that “encrypted passwords” were part of the data compromised by the hackers. Security researchers speaking to Motherboard say that the algorithm used for these passwords may be weak, and … [read full article]
One of the popular arguments against the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint is that if approved, the deal could lead to less competition and higher prices. T-Mo doesn’t see it that way. T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert claims that if his company is allowed to combine with Sprint and gets access to Sprint’s spectrum for use with 5G, the result will be cheaper wireless … [read full article]
The gifts for next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday have been revealed. On August 28th, T-Mobile customers can score 12 months of Pandora Plus for free. A subscription to Pandora Plus normally costs $4.99 per month and includes ad-free listening, unlimited replays, unlimited skips, and offline listening. Also coming next week … [read full article]
Lately, T-Mobile has steadily been rolling out more mid-band LTE capacity every couple of weeks or so, and today another round of upgrades has been confirmed. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray today revealed that T-Mo has upgraded hundreds of cell sites with more mid-band LTE capacity in the past two weeks. These upgrades include … [read full article]
The Galaxy Note 9 doesn’t officially launch for a couple more days, but some lucky T-Mobile pre-order customers are getting their new phone today. TmoNews reader Adam received his Galaxy Note 9 from UPS today, and he sent along a couple photos showing off his new piece of kit. As you can see, he chose the Ocean Blue model that comes with a yellow S Pen, … [read full article]
T-Mobile wasn’t ready to spill its launch date for the Galaxy Watch when the new wearable was announced earlier this month, but now some of that information has come out. Samsung is now taking pre-orders for the T-Mobile versions of the Galaxy Watch. The 42mm version is available in Rose Gold and is priced at … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been busy lately launching new rate plans and Un-carrier movies, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t also still working on getting regulatory approval for its merger with Sprint. According to a new report from [read full article]
