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T-Mobile to acquire majority of US Cellular, further consolidating carrier market
T-Mobile will acquire most of US Cellular in a $4.4 billion deal. The company hopes to use the acquisition to provide better coverage in rural areas.
Lawrence Bonk05.28.2024
FCC fines America's largest wireless carriers $200 million for selling customer location data
The Federal Communications Commission has slapped the largest mobile carriers in the US with a collective fine worth $200 million for selling access to their customers' location information without consent.
Mariella Moon04.30.2024
T-Mobile offers subscribers a year of free Paramount+
Those on Sprint and home internet plans can take advantage of the deal too.
Kris Holt11.04.2021
T-Mobile postpones Sprint 3G shutdown to March 31st, 2022
T-Mobile has delayed the shutdown of Sprint's 3G network to March 31st, 2022 as 'partners' hold the transition back.
Jon Fingas10.23.2021
California watchdog alleges T-Mobile misled regulators to obtain Sprint merger approval
T-Mobile misled state regulators about its planned CDMA network shutdown to gain approval for its 2020 merger with Sprint, according to a ruling from the California Public Utilities Commission.
Igor Bonifacic08.17.2021
T-Mobile to shut Sprint's LTE network by June 30, 2022
T-Mobile will shut Sprint's LTE network by June 30, 2022, several months after its planned shut down of the carrier's CDMA network used by Dish.
Saqib Shah08.04.2021
Dish accuses T-Mobile of anti-competitive behavior over Sprint CDMA shutdown
In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Dish has accused T-Mobile of becoming precisely the type of incumbent player it spent years trying to fight.
Igor Bonifacic04.01.2021
T-Mobile will pay $200 million to settle Sprint's alleged Lifeline abuse
T-Mobile is paying $200 million to settle FCC assertions that Sprint abused Lifeline claims.
Jon Fingas11.04.2020
Dish buys Ting Mobile to expand its wireless business
Dish is adding another piece to its growing wireless business.
Igor Bonifacic08.03.2020
Dish buys prepaid carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion
Dish enters the retail wireless market with the $1.4 billion acquisition of Boost Mobile.
Christine Fisher07.01.2020
T-Mobile asks California to soften 5G, job conditions for Sprint merger (updated)
T-Mobile has asked California to soften the conditions for its Sprint merger, including 5G and jobs.
Jon Fingas06.23.2020
Google Voice and Google Fi finally work with the same account
Google Voice and Google Fi can finally coexist on the same account.
Jon Fingas06.22.2020
T-Mobile reportedly plans to lay off hundreds of former Sprint employees
According to the recording of a leaked call, T-Mobile plans to lay off a portion of the workers that came to it through its merger with Sprint.
Igor Bonifacic06.16.2020
T-Mobile outage finally ends after more than twelve hours (updated)
Reports suggest people are unable to make or receive calls.
Kris Holt06.15.2020
Samsung's Galaxy A71 5G comes to the US on June 19th for $600
Samsung's upper mid-range Galaxy A71 5G smartphone is coming to the US starting on June 19th.
Jon Fingas06.15.2020
T-Mobile expands access to 5G now that it owns Sprint
T-Mobile is expanding its 5G network in Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, St. Louis and Columbus, Ohio.
Christine Fisher04.21.2020
You can now set up Google Fi on your iPhone using an eSIM
You can finally activate Google Fi on an iPhone's eSIM instead of having to get a physical card.
Jon Fingas04.16.2020
T-Mobile completes Sprint merger
Right on cue, T-Mobile has completed its merger with Sprint. As of today, the two carriers are one -- they'll do business simply as T-Mobile. They're also clearly confident in the transition, as CEO John Legere is stepping down early rather than waiting until the end of April as his contract dictated. COO Mike Sievert is taking Legere's place, effective immediately.
Jon Fingas04.01.2020
How did we get to 5G? The history of mobile networks
Last time on our explainer show Upscaled, we took a look at 5G, the new high-speed mobile technology starting to roll out in 2020. But 5G isn't entirely new technology, it builds on the mobile networks already in place around the world. This has been the pattern for mobile networks, incremental upgrades that added more capacity and speed bit by bit. This approach has yielded incredible results; as much as we might gripe about coverage or speeds today, the first real cell networks could only support about a dozen calls per tower, had no data capacity, and used unencrypted analog signals that were easy to intercept.
Christopher Schodt03.16.2020
Sprint, T-Mobile pledge to keep subscribers connected amid outbreak
Like AT&T and Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have also vowed to support their customers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an announcement posted on its website, Sprint said it won't be terminating service for residential and small business customers if they're unable to pay their bill because of the outbreak, ad it's waiving late fees "incurred because of economic circumstances related to the pandemic."
Mariella Moon03.14.2020