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The Uncarrier

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.

Sprint and T-Mobile fire up merger talks one more time after failed bid last fall

Michael Potuck Apr 10 2018 - 9:58 am PT

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In a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Sprint and T-Mobile are said to have restarted their talks about a possible merger. The two carriers broke off their previous plans last November as they couldn’t agree on who would control the newly formed entity.

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Major US carriers working together on next-gen ‘mobile authentication platform’ to replace weak SMS system

Zac Hall Mar 1 2018 - 8:45 am PT

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We typically see the big four US carriers competing in a cut throat fashion to steal customers from each other, but even the strongest rivals can be frenemies sometimes. The Mobile Authentication Taskforce — AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint — have released product details for what it calls a “next-generation mobile authentication platform.”

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T-Mobile takes swing at ‘dumb and dumber’ competition, details 5G rollout plans for 30 cities

Michael Potuck Feb 27 2018 - 10:38 am PT

T-Mobile has released more details on its 5G plans for this year and next. The Un-carrier is building out the next generation wireless infrastructure in 30 US cities, with availability starting next year.

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J.D. Power: T-Mobile wins wireless purchase satisfaction, customers happiest buying via smartphone

Michael Potuck Feb 15 2018 - 9:23 am PT

J.D. Power is out with its annual wireless purchase experience study and T-Mobile has topped the charts among the major carriers. J.D. Power also ranked non-contract and value carriers.

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T-Mobile offering customers attending Winter Olympics in South Korea free unlimited data abroad

Peter Cao Jan 25 2018 - 1:00 pm PT

The Un-carrier announced today that it will be offering unlimited talk (to the U.S.), text, and 4G LTE data for this year’s Winter Olympics in South Korea. Best of all? It’s free.

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T-Mobile tops OpenSignal network tests as AT&T launches new range extender

Peter Cao Jan 22 2018 - 11:10 am PT

This morning OpenSignal has published its annual report on the four major U.S. carriers. In 2017, the two largest U.S carriers, AT&T and Verizon, unleashed their unlimited data plans, which means all four major carriers now offer an unlimited data plan in some form. But the major two networks are seeing some challenges.

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T-Mobile offers BOGO deal on iPhone 8, $700 off for iPhone X

Michael Potuck Jan 10 2018 - 10:17 am PT

T-Mobile has announced its latest promotion, buy one iPhone, get one free. This latest offer is available with the purchase of any two iPhone X, 8, or 7 devices.

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T-Mobile acquires Layer3 TV, hypes plan to launch ‘un-carrier’ video service next year

Michael Potuck Dec 13 2017 - 7:56 am PT

T-Mobile has today shared that it will be entering the TV market next year with its own streaming service. To make this possible, the carrier has announced that it is acquiring Layer3 TV, which refers to itself as a “next generation cable company.”

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Qualcomm and T-Mobile spread Gigabit LTE to 430 markets, LTE-A in 920+ markets

Noah Stahl Nov 9 2017 - 11:09 am PT

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At an event in San Jose today, Qualcomm Technologies company, partnered with T-Mobile, demonstrated their latest step in the evolution of LTE. T-Mobile announced that LTE Advanced, which is the newest generation, and supported by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Gigabit LTE modems, is now live in 430 markets.

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Sprint and T-Mobile officially end discussions about a potential merger

Chance Miller Nov 5 2017 - 6:36 am PT

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Last ditch efforts to save the merger between T-Mobile and Spirit have failed. According to a new report from Axios, T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom presented Sprint parent company SoftBank with a new offer last night, but again, issues stemmed from who would have control over the new entity…

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Report: Softbank to nix pending Sprint and T-Mobile merger deal [U]

Michael Potuck Oct 30 2017 - 10:40 am PT

UPDATE: Not so fast says CNBC…

Citing sources close to the matter, Nikkei today is reporting that SoftBank will call off the Sprint and T-Mobile merger.

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Report: Sprint and T-Mobile merger announcement likely delayed until next month

Chance Miller Oct 19 2017 - 5:58 pm PT

It was reported last month that Sprint and T-Mobile were close to coming to a tentative agreement for a merger, but now the two companies are looking at a delay. While Sprint and T-Mobile had hoped to announce a deal during earnings calls at the end of the month, Bloomberg reports that the deal is likely delayed…

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Report: T-Mobile and Sprint won’t sell off assets ahead of merger expected this month

Michael Potuck Oct 16 2017 - 10:22 am PT

News today about the upcoming merger of T-Mobile and Sprint suggests that the two wireless providers won’t be selling any of their assets ahead of an announcement that could come as early as later this month.

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T-Mobile announces throttling changes for ‘Mobile Without Borders’ feature

Chance Miller Oct 15 2017 - 9:11 am PT

T-Mobile this week announced some changes to its “Mobile Without Borders” initiative. The changes bring a new 5GB data cap to users who are traveling to Canada and Mexico. Mobile Without Borders was originally introduced in 2015 as part of T-Mobile’s Uncarrier program.

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Initial agreement for T-Mobile and Sprint merger may happen soon

Michael Potuck Sep 22 2017 - 7:03 am PT

A report this morning from Reuters shares that T-Mobile is “close to agreeing tentative terms” for a merger deal with Sprint after months of talks. News of a T-Mobile and Sprint merger have been floating around since May.

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T-Mobile raises unlimited data cap to 50GB before ‘prioritization’ kicks in

Chance Miller Sep 19 2017 - 5:16 pm PT

T-Mobile announced in a blog post today that it is upping its “prioritization point” for unlimited data users. While this limit was previously set at 32GB, the carrier has today pushed that up to 50GB…

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T-Mobile plans will include Netflix for free starting on September 12

Joe Maring Sep 6 2017 - 8:38 am PT

Last week, T-Mobile teased that it would be hosting an event to introduce the latest addition to its popular Un-Carrier movement. That event took place today in the form of a livestream where T-Mobile revealed that it’s now including Netflix for free with certain T-Mobile One plans.

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Carriers offer free service in Hurricane Harvey area as they battle to keep networks up

Ben Lovejoy Aug 28 2017 - 3:59 am PT

Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are all offering free service in areas hit by Hurricane Harvey as they describe the efforts they are making to keep networks up and running, while AT&T issues credits.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says that across the entire region, 96% of cell sites are working, though only 5% of sites are operational in Rockport, Texas, near where the hurricane made landfall …

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T-Mobile announces new discounted Unlimited plan for people 55+

Chance Miller Aug 7 2017 - 2:35 pm PT

T-Mobile announced today a new promotion that gives users 55-years-old or older a discounted wireless plan. Starting August 9th, the carrier is offering those users two lines of T-Mobile ONE Unlimited for just $60 including taxes and fees with Autopay.

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T-Mobile discounting iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus by up to $400 for new upgrades

Zac Hall Jul 21 2017 - 7:20 am PT

If you’re in the market for an iPhone now and can’t wait for new models later this year, T-Mobile is kicking off a new promotion to discount the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus for customers. The deal starts today and discounts new iPhones by up to $400 after trading in a qualified iPhone.

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T-Mobile’s DIGITS program with phone number flexibility leaving beta, coming to all customers

Michael Potuck May 25 2017 - 8:48 am PT

T-Mobile announced today that its DIGITS program will be leaving beta and launching soon. DIGITS offers phone number flexibility across multiple devices as well as the option to use multiple numbers with one device. The new program will be available for all T-Mobile customers starting next Wednesday, May 31.

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Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly holding ‘informal’ talks over a renewed merger effort

Zac Hall May 12 2017 - 12:09 pm PT

Sprint and T-Mobile could potentially become one carrier if preliminary discussions reported by Bloomberg lead to a deal. Current discusses are described as informal between SoftBank which is Sprint’s largest shareholder and Deutsche Telekom which owns T-Mobile USA.

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T-Mobile kills off its ‘free data for life’ iPad plan for new customers

Zac Hall May 8 2017 - 12:10 pm PT

Waaaay back in 2013, T-Mobile started offering cellular iPads for the first time with a special ‘free data for life’ promotion that included 200MB/month. Now it appears that free data for life is dying, at least for new T-Mobile iPad customers…

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T-Mobile announces nationwide plan for 5G coverage, calls out AT&T and Verizon over misleading claims

Michael Potuck May 2 2017 - 10:22 am PT

T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere has shared the company’s plans for brining true 5G coverage to its customers in a new video. However, before sharing details about T-Mobile’s strategy, Legere takes some time to point out AT&T and Verizon’s recent Q1 results and shares ideas on why he believes their 5G claims are misleading and their plans flawed.

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