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(Updated) T-Mobile’s New Rate Plans Are Live, Right On Schedule

David Beren — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:07:53 +0000

Update: In the hopes of clarifying a whole lot of confusion, existing customers on grandfathered or Classic plans seem to be confused about whether or not they can use customer care and/or third-party channels to upgrade. I have been unable to confirm if you can contact customer service to upgrade — regardless, there seems to be success with third party national retailers and authorized dealers. Just as we first promised, T-Mobile’s new ... [read full article]

Costco Training Doc Compares Classic Plan Versus Value Plan Pricing For T-Mobile

David Beren — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:44:07 +0000

T-Mobile’s new Value Plans launch next week and third-party retailers are ramping up with new training docs and guides to help employees with the transition. Given that T-Mobile’s company owned retail stores are moving to Value Plan only environments, national retailers are showing off the cost comparison with the new Classic plans. There are a few discrepancies listed here however, specifically since we learned yesterday the price of the Galaxy S III ... [read full article]

New One-Size-Fits-All Value Plan Brochures Begin Arriving In T-Mobile Retail Stores

David Beren — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:53:13 +0000

T-Mobile is one step closer toward UNcarrier life with the receipt of new Value Plan brochures arriving in company-owned retail stores across the nation. As we first posted in early March, T-Mobile’s move to a Value Plan only corporate environment begins on March 24th and to that end, the move to a one-size-fits-all rate plan makes complete sense. Gone are the contracts and overages, hello to one easy to follow and ... [read full article]

T-Mobile New Classic And Prepaid Plans, Classic Available At All National Resellers

David Beren — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:49:27 +0000

While T-Mobile’s corporate owned retail stores will go live with a Value Plan only environment on March 24th, National Retailers are launching a total revamp of the company’s Classic Plans. Why two sets of rate plans you ask? The simple answer is that T-Mobile’s national retailers like Target, Walmart and Best Buy can’t support the Value Plan structure of commissions paid out by the carrier. In the cases of corporate stores where T-Mobile ... [read full article]

T-Mobile’s New UNcarrier Model Introduces “UN-BEATABLE” Trade-In Options

David Beren — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:11:30 +0000

T-Mobile’s UNcarrier model is set to bring a host of sweeping changes to the way T-Mobile does business, of that we’re already beginning to notice. Along with new Value rate plans, T-Mobile is introducing a new trade-in program with two separate options in the hopes of knocking down some of that shock value from Value Plan handset pricing. ... [read full article]

Sprint Adopting “Wait And See” Approach To T-Mobile’s Efforts To End Phone Subsidies

David Beren — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:05:01 +0000

Sprint is the newest T-Mobile competitor to sound off on the Magenta approach to ending the subsidy model in the wireless industry once and for all. According to senior execs at Sprint, Sprint will take a cautious approach and look at the economics of the move before determining their own path. “We have thought about it and we are going to take a kind of a wait-and-see approach,” Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said ... [read full article]

Handset Manufacturers Discuss T-Mobile’s “Killing” Of The Subsidy

David Beren — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:13:26 +0000

T-Mobile’s dynamic shift away from the subsidy model of the US wireless industry is definitely raising eyebrows. We’ve already heard from the heads of AT&T and Verizon, both of whom have stated they are closely watching the reaction to T-Mobile’s efforts. AT&T’s CEO feelings have been shared by the likes of Telefonica and Vodafone in Spain lending more credit to the idea that T-Mobile’s move may offer more risk than reward. Still, ... [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO Says iPhone Coming In “Three To Four Months,” Subsidy End In Same Timeframe

David Beren — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:18:45 +0000

In a conversation with Reuters following T-Mobile’s press event last night, CEO John Legere said his company will start selling the iPhone in “about three to four months.” Legere also stated that his company is looking at a similar timeframe for the full-time move to Value Plans ... [read full article]

T-Mobile’s “Changing The Game” With 4G Connect, Offers 200MB Free Data Per Month For Two Years

David Beren — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:37:23 +0000

T-Mobile’s “looking to change the game” by announcing “an innovative, breakthrough program designed to make 4G connectivity a standard, integrated and free feature on select notebooks, tablets and ultra books.” Through the company’s newly introduced 4G Connect plan, customers who purchases devices will be provided with 200MB of free data every month for 2 years, right out of the box. T-Mobile’s move is very reminiscent of what Google has done with Chromebooks by ... [read full article]

Verizon, AT&T Continue To Watch T-Mobile’s Move Away From Subsidies

David Beren — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:32:52 +0000

It will come as little shock or surprise that T-Mobile’s competition is watching their move away from subsidies, a point reiterated by Verizon and AT&T execs in Las Vegas this week. T-Mobile may not pose a large threat to the dominant telecommunication positions of Verizon and AT&T, but it’s foolish to think the latter companies wouldn’t eagerly move away from subsidies. Subsidized pricing on mobile devices has long been a catch-22 for the ... [read full article]