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T-Mobile is the 3rd largest U.S. wireless carrier behind Verizon and AT&T. Owned by German parent company, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile has been using its “Uncarrier” marketing campaign to grow its market share since 2013.

With what seems like a good amount of success over the past few years, T-Mobile continues to announce new initiatives like discounted plans for seniors, Netflix included with service, and pushing competitors to bring back unlimited data plans.

As of April 29, 2018, T-Mobile has joined forces with Sprint and will now be re-branded to simply T-Mobile, with the Sprint brand completely going away.

T-Mobile teases ‘5G superhighway’ expansion with record-breaking Uplink Transmit tech

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T-Mobile has shared the results of its latest 5G network test today and the Uncarrier says it’s broken another record. A novel network technology called Uplink Transmit (UL Tx) switching that runs on 5G SA is expected to expand T-Mobile’s “5G superhighway” with “new faster lanes with spare capacity for traffic to zoom faster than ever.”

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T-Mobile ramps up loyalty rewards with ‘Magenta Status’, here’s what’s included

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T-Mobile has been giving extras to customers beyond what Verizon, AT&T, and other carriers offer for a long time. Now the Uncarrier says it’s taking the idea of loyalty programs to the next level with what it calls “Magenta Status.” The new perks include $5 movie tickets, 15% off Hilton hotels, 25% off live shows, access to VIP lounges, and more.

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T-Mobile’s ‘Hulu on Us’ perk now available

Update January 24, 2024: After first being announced earlier this month, T-Mobile’s new “Hulu on Us” perk is now available. The offer is available to Go5G Next customers.


T-Mobile is once again expanding its lineup of freebies, this time with the addition of Hulu. In a press release, T-Mobile announced that it is now offering “Hulu on Us” to its catalog of complimentary streaming services. There are two caveats to this offering, though: it’s the ad-supported tier of Hulu, and it’s only available to Go5G Next customers.

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Best phone carriers: Verizon vs T-Mobile vs AT&T – worth making a switch?

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Want to check out your options for phone carriers? Market competition is strong which means compelling offers for those who switch. Read along for a look at the best phone carriers in the US. We’ll cover Verizon vs T-Mobile vs AT&T as well as some of the best affordable iPhone plans from smaller carriers. This guide will also detail how to find real-world coverage maps, how to test a carrier for free instantly with eSIM, the latest performance results from independent studies, and more.

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Here’s how much faster T-Mobile is than Verizon and AT&T, says latest report

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Opensignal has released its latest in-depth report on the overall mobile experience and 5G performance of the major US carriers. Through the end of 2023, T-Mobile has held onto its sizeable lead for metrics like download and upload speed and 5G availability. But Verizon was able to win more categories this time around. Here’s how much faster T-Mobile measured than its competitors and the rest of the detailed metrics in Opensignal’s new study.

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T-Mobile unlimited plans: Forced migration now completely abandoned [U]

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Update: In an earnings call, CEO Mike Sievert told investors and analysts that the idea has now been completely abandoned – statement below.

A reported move regarding some older T-Mobile unlimited plans got the carrier into hot water, and the company’s CEO said that it never intended to proceed with this – rather, it was just carrying out a small-scale test. But even the test has now been abandoned …

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T-Mobile reportedly suffers from its third data breach in 12 months [Update: T-Mobile retailer]

T-Mobile third major leaked data breach hacked hacker

In more T-Mobile news surely to give you déjà, déjà, déjà vu, the company has reportedly fallen victim to its third data breach this year, with over 90GB of employee and customer information stolen. And if you aren’t keeping track, it’s the company’s eighth major breach since 2018…

Update: New information suggests the data breach doesn’t affect T-Mobile itself, but an independent T-Mobile retailer called ConnectivitySource. The data from the leak “is related to an independently owned authorized retailer,” T-Mobile told 9to5Mac. “T-Mobile’s employee data was not exposed.”

ConnectivitySource is one of the company’s largest authorized retailers and operates in 38 states across the US. Around 146,109 audio recordings of customers calling stores were also collected by the hackers, claims vx-underground.

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Apparent T-Mobile security breach sees personal data revealed to other customers

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In what appears to be the latest in a series of T-Mobile security breaches, customers are reporting that they are seeing the personal data of other users when logged into their accounts.

Data accessible includes sensitive information like credit card details, home address, purchase history, and current credit balance …

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T-Mobile wants to pay for half of your new iPhone every year with ‘Go5G Next’

T-Mobile announced its latest wireless plan back in April called Go5G Plus with 24-month installment terms, a 30-day money-back guarantee, pricing below Verizon/AT&T, and more. Now the Uncarrier is back with Go5G Next which includes a new phone every year with T-Mobile picking up half of the cost plus a free 5G smartphone to start.

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As 5G home internet continues to expand, here’s how to check availability in your area

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Verizon and T-Mobile have been consistently expanding their 5G networks which have allowed them to offer wireless home internet in more and more cities. Now Verizon’s 5G Home Internet is available for over 30 million people in the US with T-Mobile’s offering available to over 50 million. Here’s how to check your 5G home internet availability, we’ll also look at free trials, performance details, and more.

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T-Mobile ditches AutoPay discount for Apple Pay despite history of security woes

T-Mobile’s long-feared and unpopular change to AutoPay is officially starting to go into effect. With this change, T-Mobile will no longer accept credit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay for AutoPay. This means that if you want to secure the $5 per line discount for using AutoPay, you’ll have to update your payment method to use either a bank account transfer or a debit card.

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