Tag Archives: AT&T

Chinese Cyber Attack Hits U.S. Telecom Firms: T-Mobile, AT&T, and More Compromised

Update (11/27/24 8:18 pm EST): T-Mobile Chief Security Officer, Jeff Simon, released an update regarding the alleged cyber attack. The Un-carrier confirmed that they “detected attempts to infiltrate” the system by bad actors. Fortunately, T-Mobile’s defenses worked as intended and protected “sensitive customer information, prevented any disruption of our services, and stopped the attack from advancing. Bad actors had no access to sensitive customer data (including calls, voicemails or texts).“ You can read the rest of … [read full article]

Mint Mobile Gives You More Reasons to Switch With a Free 3-Month Offer

After recent price hike announcements from AT&T and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile is responding by giving these customers an irresistible offer. If you are among the affected customers, you can switch to Mint Mobile and get up to four additional lines free for three months. But is this a really good offer? Let’s do the math. Mint Mobile’s plans start at $15 per month. When you sign up for the offer, you won’t have to pay for the … [read full article]

T-Mobile, Verizon Finally Agree on One Thing

The rivalry among US carriers has always been pretty strong. It’s very rare for instances when these rival companies work together for the same goal. Recently, however, T-Mobile and Verizon seem to be on the same boat as they are hoping the US government will not award additional spectrum to AT&T. And with that, the two are now working together to stop this.  Back in 2017, AT&T decided to build a dedicated network for first responders to … [read full article]

FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers Over 2019 Investigation on Customer Location Data

The major wireless carriers in the country are currently facing a fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for illegally selling the location data of its customers without their consent. This marks the end of a 2019 investigation into how carriers disregarded the privacy of its customers.  According to the FCC’s investigation, carriers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile sold the location data of its customers to aggregators. In turn, these aggregators sold the data to third … [read full article]

Woman Claims T-Mobile & AT&T’s Towers are Making Her Sick

Have you ever considered the possibility of a network tower that’s making you sick? In a recent report, there is one woman from Minnesota who filed a lawsuit against AT&T, T-Mobile, and American Tower for allegedly making her sick.  According to Wireless Estimator, Marcia Haller moved into her home in 2008 with her husband. They reside in a rural area just north of Duluth, Minnesota. Shortly … [read full article]

T-Mobile Clarifies That They Were Not Affected by Outage

Around 4:00 AM EST today, there were a number of subscribers who reported having issues with their wireless carrier.  The issues were documented on DownDetector, which showed that the top three major carriers in the country were having issues making calls. There were also reports that customers were also having issues on Cricket Wireless, Boost Mobile, Consumer Cellular, Mint Mobile, Straight Talk, US Cellular, Spectrum, Comcast, Google … [read full article]

AT&T sues T-Mobile over BannedSeniors campaign

Last week, T-Mobile acted on behalf of its customers (and non-customers) by unveiling its new BannedSeniors campaign. Through the campaign, T-Mobile exposed its competitors for not making senior discounts available to customers who weren’t residing in Florida. And now, AT&T is fighting back.  In an earlier report from PhoneArena, AT&T has filed a legal action against T-Mo in a federal court in Texas. … [read full article]

T-Mobile: Being sued by AT&T, Verizon customers for increased prices

In a surprise turn of events, it looks like a group of AT&T and Verizon customers have decided to sue T-Mobile. The group believes that the continued increase of prices brought about by their carriers are impacted by T-Mo’s Sprint acquisition in 2020.  As reported by PhoneArena, the group is seeking “declaratory relief” as well as financial compensation brought about by the “precipitous decline in competition” … [read full article]

T-Mobile exec shares thoughts on current FAA concerns over C-Band 5G

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With the aviation industry’s concerns over 5G, T-Mobile President of Technology, Neville Ray, turned to the company’s website to give his input.  In the blog post, Ray discloses that T-Mobile does not use C-Band, which is where the concern comes from. The executive also says that T-Mo’s network and customers are not affected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s concerns.  The post reads: “5G smartphones and networks have been in use across the US and globally since … [read full article]