A few days back, I kicked off a round up of this year’s moves and shakes by T-Mobile by asking which of 2014’s handsets was the best phone in Magenta Stores. So far, over five thousand votes have been submitted. If you haven’t done so yet, you can vote by heading over to the poll page. The next poll is just about T-Mobile. No hardware, … [read full article]
T-Mobile, this morning announced that the greater Sacramento area, California is the latest market to get a taste of the carrier’s super-fast wideband LTE network. It’s the fourth announcement of this kind in the space of ten days as San Diego, Spokane and Miami markets have all had wideband go live this month. That’s now 26 … [read full article]
According to T-Mobile’s CFO, Braxton Carter, the carrier is going to continue its low-band spectrum acquisitions in to next year. The Chief Financial Officer was speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. Currently, T-Mo owns 700MHz spectrum covering 185 million POPs in 24 of the top 30 U.S. markets. And that’s down to the major deal with Verizon earlier this year, and several other purchases from smaller companies across the U.S.. The most recent … [read full article]
In a press release published this morning, T-Mobile announced the pricing of its registered public offering. The carrier is offering 17.4 million shares of 5.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock at a price of $50 per share. T-Mo hopes to raise around $854 million from the public offering. It’s also giving underwriters the opportunity to buy up to an additional 2.6 million shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. As with any public offering, T-Mobile is planning to use … [read full article]
While anyone with any interest in networks and spectrum currently have their eyes fixed on the ongoing AWS-3 FCC auction, T-Mobile and Verizon have asked for the Commission’s blessing on their plans to swap more spectrum. The two carriers want to swap AWS and PCS spectrum in a transaction covering 92 counties, in 41 markets across the U.S. “As a result of the proposed intra-market and … [read full article]
Well that didn’t take long.. Just an hour after we published our report outing the new plans, T-Mobile has confirmed that it is introducing “America’s Only Unlimited 4G LTE Family Plan” and bringing back “its most successful promotion”. These plans – of course – are the [read full article]
Just a short while ago, we got word that T-Mobile is planning to launch a number of attractive promotions from tomorrow, December 10th. Undoubtedly the biggest among them is the 2 for $100 unlimited 4G LTE Family Plan. It just so happens we’ve been able to get hold of some more information on this promotion. As … [read full article]
Recently T-Mobile brought an end to its unlimited data refer-a-friend offer, promising that exciting new plans were just around the corner. If our conversations with multiple sources are anything to go by, you will not be disappointed. The carrier is about to launch a number of new offers from tomorrow. Until we get official word from T-Mobile, treat this as a rumor. However, the number of sources who … [read full article]
T-Mobile loves to boast about how its network is the fastest LTE network around. This claim is based on averaging out actual user-observed download speeds. And there’s nothing wrong with it. In fact, average download speeds shows us a much more accurate view of what to expect from a carrier when we sign up to one of their plans. But how about maximum observed speeds? In partnership with RootMetrics, Fierce Wireless published a report which shows how … [read full article]
This morning, T-Mobile announced that the 25th market to receive its faster wideband LTE network is Miami, Florida. Customers in the Ft. Lauderdale and Pompano Beach areas can also now experience the faster download speeds, with some speed tests reaching as high as 75Mbps. Wideband LTE increases the bandwidth and capacity of T-Mobile’s LTE network to help deliver faster peak speeds. It is like adding more lanes to a freeway for all LTE customers to speed along in. With … [read full article]
We’re approaching the end of the year, and as new product releases and plan changes slow down, it’s about time we started reflecting on 2014. I’ll be publishing some end of year thoughts at a later date. Either in several posts or one big mammoth all-encompassing article, I haven’t decided yet. As part of the process this year, I wanted to ask your thoughts on several aspects. First up: Phones. We all love them, love to hate … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Braxton Carter is going to be speaking at the 42nd annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference on Wednesday, December 10th at 10am Eastern Time. The event takes place in New York. T-Mobile regularly sends its chiefs to speak at a number of conferences, and the presentations can often be enlightening, especially if there’s a Q&A session. If you fancy tuning in and listening to the presentation, you … [read full article]
