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Texas reaches settlement with T-Mobile, withdraws from merger lawsuit

Texas is the latest state to withdraw from the lawsuit against T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger. Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that he’s reached a settlement with T-Mobile that’s focused on pricing, 5G, and jobs. The agreement includes the following requirements for the New T-Mobile: Give all Texas customers access to the same or better unlimited talk, text, and data rate plans as those offered by T-Mobile … [read full article]

Boost Mobile founder offers to buy prepaid brand from Sprint for $2 billion

Shortly after T-Mobile and Sprint officially announced their merger last year, Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton said that he’d be interested in making a bid for Boost if it were divested. Fast-forward to today and Adderton is once again talking about buying Boost. Adderton says that he’s willing to pay up to $2 billion to buy Boost Mobile back from Sprint. As part … [read full article]

New York AG Letitia James says T-Mobile merger commitments don’t address antitrust violations

T-Mobile has made a few big announcements recently that are tied to its proposed merger with Sprint, but according to one of the state attorneys general leading the lawsuit to block the merger, those commitments aren’t enough. During a press conference today related to a lawsuit against vape company Juul, New York Attorney General Letitia James was asked about T-Mobile’s recent promise to … [read full article]

New T-Mobile Un-carrier 1.0 includes free service for first responders, $15 rate plan

The New T-Mobile’s Un-carrier 1.0 move isn’t just one move, but actually three different moves. The Connecting Heroes Intiative is meant to give free service to first responders. With this effort, T-Mobile says that it will give free unlimited talk, text, and smartphone data to every first responder at every public and non-profit state and local police, fire, and EMS first responder agency. … [read full article]

John Legere teases New T-Mobile Un-carrier 1.0 announcement for November 7th

Clear your calendar for November 7th, because T-Mobile’s got something planned. T-Mobile CEO John Legere today revealed that a new Un-carrier announcement is coming on November 7th. Legere teased that this will be the first Un-carrier move for the new T-Mobile. “That’s right, New T-Mobile, Un-carrier 1.0, November 7th. Stay tuned,” Legere said during T-Mo’s Q3 2019 earnings call. “We’ve spent the better part of … [read full article]

OnePlus 7T Pro 5G and Galaxy Note 10+ 5G will support Sprint mid-band 5G if T-Mobile merger approved

Yesterday T-Mobile announced that it would launch the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition, its second phone with support for 600MHz 5G. Now it’s been confirmed that those two phones will work on the merged T-Mobile-Sprint network if that deal goes through. The OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition and Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G will support both … [read full article]

T-Mobile signs diversity agreement with coalition of civil rights groups as part of Sprint merger

There was some big news for T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger this week, as the FCC voted to formally approve the deal. That’s not the only bit of news to come out regarding the deal, though, as T-Mobile has also struck an agreement with a coalition of civil rights groups. With this agreement, T-Mobile has pledged to expand on its existing diversity … [read full article]