During today’s call, John Legere made a claim which – I’m sure – will excite many T-Mobile fans. When asked when T-Mobile would catch Sprint and become the 3rd biggest carrier in the States, he stated – thanks to a technicality – that they already have. As you know, when the two carriers reported their preliminary results last month, it seemed [read full article]
Not long ago, T-Mobile concluded its Q4 2014 and full year earnings call. For the first time, the company opted to stream the video on its YouTube channel. Just in case you missed it when it was live, you can catch up on all the announcements and Q&A section at your leasure. It runs at almost 1hr 40mins long, thanks to an extended Q&A. For a roundup of all the financials reported, read up on [read full article]
During today’s Q4 earnings call – which was streamed live on YouTube for the first time – several questions were fielded after all the announcements were made. One of which came from a Twitter user who asked if BlackBerry handsets might make a return to T-Mobile. And, to those BlackBerry loyalists among the T-Mo subscriber base, Legere’s answer will come as welcome news. Although there’s nothing specific to report in terms of timeframes or guarantees, … [read full article]
Ahead of the schedules earnings call, T-Mobile has released its full financial results for 2014, and for the fourth quarter. And it makes for good reading as the earnings reports generally do these days for T-Mo. . FINANCIALS In the fourth quarter – as previously announced – T-Mobile added 2.1 million customers to its ranks. With all four quarters’ totals added up, … [read full article]
It’s been a few weeks now since the government’s AWS-3 spectrum auction ended, and by all accounts, T-Mobile played its cards perfectly. It spent almost $1.8 billion on mid-range spectrum which it can use to bolster its already-strong portfolio of 1700/2100 airwaves. But all-in-all, the whole affair was a big pile of baloney according to T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO. In a [read full article]
In an email sent out to all T-Mobile employees this morning, John Legere outlined a corporate re-shuffle taking place at the Un-carrier. Undoubtedly, the biggest news is Mike Sievert’s move from CMO (chief marketing officer) to COO (chief operating officer). In the memo to staff – which we’ve been able to look at (thanks to our sources) – Legere states that he has created the position for Sievert. His responsibilities will include guiding all customer facing operations … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Q4 2014, and full year earnings call will be taking place tomorrow and Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche has already had her say on what is likely to be announced. T-Mo’s focus during the Uncarrier-style earnings call will be margins and “future technology deployments”, according to the market analyst. We were already treated to preliminary earnings numbers by T-Mobile last month. The carrier … [read full article]
T-Mobile has become the most talked about carrier in the U.S. wireless industry. Its bold Uncarrier moves have made it the talk of the town. Its growth and popularity since starting Uncarrier have been incredible. And many will put this boldness and success down to one person: John Legere. More often than not, tech reporters will come away from a T-Mobile press event with comments on the chief’s style and choice of language. And the same is … [read full article]
A couple of readers just got in touch with us to inform us that the long-awaited Android 5.0 Lollipop update has landed for the T-Mobile Galaxy S5. And by the looks of things, it’s a fairly hefty update weighing in at almost 1GB in size. It’s available to download over the air, so if you haven’t received a notification yet, check your settings and update manually. If that fails, give Samsung Kies a try. With TouchWiz being … [read full article]
We had a pretty good idea that this was the case, but just to be sure there was no doubt, HTC has just tweeted an image with the tagline “let them stare”. The tweet, posted by the company’s UK presence confirms that the new device is going to be revealed on March 1st. Let them stare. The new HTC One revealed 01.03.15. pic.twitter.com/qehl2KFmdz — HTC UK (@HTC_UK) February 17, 2015 The device is going to … [read full article]
In just under two weeks’ time, HTC and Samsung will be unveiling their next generation smartphones at separate events in Barcelona, the day before MWC 2015 officially kicks off. Surprisingly, other manufacturers haven’t been as quick to announce an unveiling during the convention. Both LG and Sony will have muted presences in Barca, leaving HTC and Sammy to scrap it out for the “best smartphone of MWC” award. Rumors have been rife regarding both phones, and if … [read full article]
No sooner had I finished my previous band 12 sighting post, than I was sent another and spotted one published in the T-Mobile sub-reddit. The two are from completely different areas in the U.S., both of which check out on the 700MHz map. Hialeah, Miami One of our readers, Hans, got in touch to share with us the news that Hialeah, Miami area, is showing … [read full article]
