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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.

Report: DOJ officials want T-Mobile and Sprint to create a new competitor as part of merger

Chance Miller May 29 2019 - 5:12 pm PT

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Last week, a report explained that while the FCC verbally approved T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint, the Department of Justice is ready to block the deal. Now, Bloomberg reports that top Justice Department officials want T-Mobile and Sprint to “lay the groundwork” for a fourth carrier as part of the deal.

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Report: DOJ ready to block T-Mobile and Sprint merger despite FCC green light

Michael Potuck May 22 2019 - 6:12 am PT

On Monday, T-Mobile and Sprint scored a win in the efforts to make their merger a reality by getting the verbal approval of FCC chairman, Ajit Pai. However, getting DOJ approval was still uncertain. Today, Justice Department staff have recommended the deal be blocked.

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FCC chairman gives green light to T-Mobile and Sprint merger, but DOJ anti-trust concerns remain

Michael Potuck May 20 2019 - 7:17 am PT

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T-Mobile and Sprint have faced delays, setbacks, and uncertainty as the two US carriers have sought merger approval over the last year. Today the two companies have scored a big win in their merger efforts, receiving the approval of FCC chairman Ajit Pai, but DOJ approval is still uncertain.

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Sprint and T-Mobile extend deadline to complete merger as approval concerns loom

Chance Miller Apr 29 2019 - 5:00 pm PT

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T-Mobile’s planned merger with Sprint has been in limbo over the last several weeks, with a report suggesting that DOJ officials are unlikely to approve the deal in its current form. Now, Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to extend the deadline for their merger.

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T-Mobile says it’s working with Apple to bring its new robocall screening feature to iPhone [U]

Chance Miller Apr 17 2019 - 5:25 pm PT

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[Update: T-Mobile has clarified that it is working with device makers across the board to add support for its robocall feature. It has no specific comment regarding iPhone support at this time.]

T-Mobile today launched a new anti-robocalling feature for select Android phones. The carrier also says, however, that it is working with Apple to bring the technology to the iPhone.

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T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint unlikely to receive DOJ antitrust approval, report says

Chance Miller Apr 16 2019 - 2:22 pm PT

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The merger between Sprint and T-Mobile is unlikely to be approved by anti-trust regulators, at least in its current form. The Wall Street Journal reports that Justice Department officials have informed T-Mobile and Sprint of the merger’s fate.

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T-Mobile enters television market in eight cities with pricey TVision Home, promising ‘BS-free TV’

Michael Potuck Apr 10 2019 - 9:39 am PT

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T-Mobile has today announced its TV plans with the arrival of TVision Home. The new service is the carrier’s attempt to take on traditional cable providers and will be launching in eight cities next week. T-Mobile is touting TVision Home as “BS-free” with “no hidden fees, no bill creep or exploding offers, no annual service contracts and no crappy customer service.” However, the service comes with a high price that may not be too different from average cable bills.

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T-Mobile to start testing LTE Home Internet service ahead of 5G launch

Michael Potuck Mar 7 2019 - 12:36 pm PT

T-Mobile’s CEO, John Legere, wrote a detailed blog post today about creating a “true alternative to fixed broadband.” As part of the pending Sprint/T-Mobile merger, the New T-Mobile plans to offer 5G Home Internet with lower prices and faster speeds than cable. It’s also going to start testing an LTE Home Internet service soon.

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T-Mobile pushes back its 30 city 600MHz 5G rollout until 2H 2019 [U]

Michael Potuck Feb 25 2019 - 9:11 am PT

T-Mobile has today shared an update on its 5G plans and pushed back the schedule for bringing the next generation cellular standard to 30 US cities.

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[Update: Over 200 bounty hunters bought data ‘tens of thousands of times’] User location data sold by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint is making its way to bounty hunters, says report

Michael Potuck Feb 7 2019 - 12:52 pm PT

A new report from Motherboard today takes a look into the practices of US wireless carriers selling user location data to third-parties. While it’s often credit card and other financial companies buying the location data for fraud detection and more, Motherboard says some rogue third-parties have access to user location data and it’s landing the hands of bounty hunters and the black market.

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T-Mobile focusing on à la carte video subscriptions, says streaming TV market already saturated

Peter Cao Feb 7 2019 - 12:45 pm PT

Streaming live TV has become really popular within the last few years with competitors such as Sling, PlayStation Vue, Hulu TV, and YouTube TV saturating the market. T-Mobile is expected to launch its own service sometime this year, but says they don’t want to offer a “skinny bundle”, and will instead focus on an à la carte video subscription service.

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John Legere says ‘New T-Mobile’ prices will be ‘the same or better’ for 3 years after Sprint merger

Chance Miller Feb 4 2019 - 4:50 pm PT

As government officials continue review of T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint, T-Mobile CEO John Legere today penned a letter to the FCC to address consumer concerns. In the letter, Legere pledges that “New T-Mobile” will not raise prices following its merger with Sprint.

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US House committees to hold joint hearing on T-Mobile & Sprint merger, both CEOs agree to testify

Chance Miller Jan 28 2019 - 3:41 pm PT

As part of the ongoing review process of T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint, a pair of U.S. House panels will hold a joint hearing next month. The hearing will focus on addressing how the merger will affect consumers, with CEOs of both T-Mobile and Sprint set to testify.

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T-Mobile beats out Verizon as top ‘quality’ brand as it sees 9% YoY increase in customer satisfaction

Michael Potuck Jan 17 2019 - 9:16 am PT

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A new US wireless carrier customer study has been released today and T-Mobile has continued its streak of winning top honors over Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint with solid year-over-year customer satisfaction growth. More notably however, is that T-Mobile has beat out Verizon in the survey’s “quality brand” ranking.

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T-Mobile and Sprint promise to stop selling user location data to third-parties, for real this time

Michael Potuck Jan 10 2019 - 9:54 am PT

Update: AT&T now says it will also stop selling user location to aggregation services, according to CNET.

After Motherboard published details about a concerning investigation into how US wireless carriers are selling user location data to third-parties, T-Mobile and Sprint have made some fresh promises. They say they will end the practice of selling users’ data to third-party aggregators that often have little to no oversight.

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T-Mobile’s ‘disruptive’ TV streaming service reportedly delayed until 2019

Peter Cao Dec 19 2018 - 2:43 pm PT

T-Mobile has gone relatively silent over the last several months regarding its upcoming TV streaming service. Planned to compete against the likes of YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, Hulu TV, and others, the uncarrier may be delaying the launch of its service for a bit longer.

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How to activate eSIM on a T-Mobile postpaid account

Peter Cao Dec 17 2018 - 12:01 am PT

T-Mobile released an app that allows users to activate a plan with an eSIM. The one caveat is that the app only allows users to activate a prepaid plan, leaving most of its customers out in the dark with no support for postpaid. However, there is a workaround that has seen some success over the past few weeks.

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T-Mobile and Sprint merger will reportedly be cleared by US national security panel

Michael Potuck Dec 14 2018 - 11:26 am PT

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T-Mobile and Sprint have shared the news today with CNBC that their merger deal is expected to be cleared by a US national security panel. The approval is said to stem from both parent companies of the carriers agreeing to reduce their use of Huawei devices.

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T-Mobile’s app-based eSIM service launching on iPhone by the end of the year, report says

Peter Cao Dec 6 2018 - 4:18 pm PT

Both AT&T and Verizon have confirmed that they will be supporting eSIM on iPhone within the next week, if not already. Notably missing is T-Mobile, America’s third largest carrier, but that may change soon…

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14 major organizations tell Congress why T-Mobile and Sprint merger should be blocked, call for hearings [U]

Michael Potuck Nov 28 2018 - 11:16 am PT

[Update: CWA has released notes on its presentation that it gave to the FCC last week outlining why it thinks the T-Mobile Sprint merger should be blocked. Arguments include the potential competitive impact, employment impact, rural coverage claims, 5G claims, and more.]

T-Mobile and Sprint’s proposed merger has seen pushback from various groups. One in particular, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), is concerned the deal could mean up to 30,000 lost jobs. Now, 14 organizations including Consumer Reports, CWA, and the American Antitrust Institute have shared with the House of Representatives why they believe the deal shouldn’t be allowed and also called for hearings on the merger proposal.

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FCC asks for comments on most recent T-Mobile/Sprint merger filing before unfreezing official review

Michael Potuck Nov 14 2018 - 12:17 pm PT

Back in September, the FCC paused the clock on the 180-day review period for T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger plans and asked for more documentation. Now, after the carriers filed the requested details, the FCC is asking the public to weigh in on the matter.

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T-Mobile one step closer to Sprint merger after receiving shareholder approval

Michael Potuck Oct 31 2018 - 9:09 am PT

T-Mobile has today shared that it has received approval from its majority shareholder, Deutsche Telekom, to move forward with the existing merger agreement with Sprint.

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T-Mobile ranks best in customer retention and growth among major carriers in Q3 — CIRP

Michael Potuck Oct 22 2018 - 11:43 am PT

CIRP has shared a new analyst note today covering Q3 results for the major US wireless carriers. T-Mobile was the clear leader with the highest customer retention rate as well as seeing the greatest customer growth.

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Ahead of T-Mobile/Sprint town hall meeting, union rally set to prevent job losses

Michael Potuck Oct 4 2018 - 12:46 pm PT

T-Mobile’s CEO John Legere along with President and COO Mike Sievert are set to hold a town hall meeting to discuss the merger with Sprint employees tomorrow. But ahead of the meeting, the CWA union will be holding a rally near Sprint’s headquarters aimed at preventing job losses.

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