A major FCC spectrum auction came to an end this week. Auction 103 closed on March 5th, nearly three months after it opened. The auction included a total of 3,400 megahertz of spectrum, which is the most ever offered in an auction. Participants were bidding on millimeter wave spectrum in the upper 37GHz, 39GHz, and 49GHz bands. In total, the auction brought in $7.57 billion. … [read full article]
A new OnePlus 7T update is now rolling out. T-Mobile has released a OnePlus 7T update to version 10.0.7.HD63CB. Included are the February 2020 Android security patches, up from the December 2019 security patches that the OP7T got one month ago. T-Mo says that this update began rolling out on March 4th, so … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been hit by another data breach. T-Mobile is now in the process of alerting customers to a malicious attack in which some customer information may have been access. On a webpage dedicated to the attack, T-Mo explains that a “sophisticated attack” was made against its email vendor that led to unauthorized access to certain T-Mobile employee email … [read full article]
A tornado hit Tennessee this week, killing more than 20 people and injuring even more. During emergencies like these, lots of folks rely on their cellphones to stay in contact with loved ones, and so today T-Mobile gave an update on its network in Tennessee. T-Mo says that its network has held up well but that some customers in the Hermitage and Mt. Juliet … [read full article]
After opening T-Mobile Arena in 2016 and then getting its name on a ballpark in 2018, T-Mo will help open another new venue next month. Distrito T-Mobile is a new entertainment complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s opening in April 2020 and T-Mo is the founding … [read full article]
Nearly a week after T-Mobile paused the Galaxy S9 and S9+ updates to Android 10, the rollouts have resumed. The T-Mo Galaxy S9’s update to Android 10 is version G960USQU7DTA8 and is 1994.95MB in size, while the S9+ update is version G965USQU7DTA5 and it weighs in at 1940.13MB. This update is similar to the Android 10 updates we’ve seen for other Samsung phones lately, … [read full article]
The Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra may not officially launch until Friday, but some lucky T-Mobile customers are getting their new phones today. Some TmoNews readers already received their Galaxy S20 Ultras today and some folks on Reddit say that their phones have … [read full article]
Metro by T-Mobile has apparently been hit with a round of layoffs. T-Mobile has laid off employees of its Metro by T-Mobile prepaid business, according to a report from Light Reading. The exact number of layoffs is unknown, though, and T-Mobile hasn’t issued an official comment on the matter. The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association [read full article]
A couple more updates for T-Mobile phones are going out this weekend. The OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren is getting a 182.1MB update to version 10.0.27.HD61CB. It’s now rolling out over the air and bringing with it the February 2020 Android security patches. Also being updated are T-Mobile’s [read full article]
As expected, the FCC has officially proposed fines against T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers over the sale of customer location data. The FCC announced today that T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon will all face fines for “apparently selling access to their customers’ location information without taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to that information.” T-Mobile is facing … [read full article]
