T-Mobile USA and AT&T have filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission for approval of the $1 billion in wireless spectrum AT&T now owes T-Mobile as part of the break-up free due to the failure of AT&T's T-Mobile takeover. AT&T promised to turn over the spectrum, along with $3 billion cash if the deal fell... Read more

I'll assume for the moment that if you are reading this, you are already well-aware that AT&T's offer to purchase T-Mobile was withdrawn by AT&T last week. If you haven't already heard, AT&T withdrew their offer to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion dollars. Glad that's out of the way as we thought we'd post up this little nugget of goodness... Read more

Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke to the Deutsche Telekom official corporate blogger on December 20th in Germany about the need for a LTE network on T-Mobile USA. In this two minute video, Obermann states the need for T-Mobile USA to move toward a future that involves a focus on LTE technology and finding more spectrum to meet that goal.... Read more

In the comments of the article about the analyst positing $9 billion for LTE deployment, many people were puzzled on why everyone is so focused on T-Mobile needing to deploy LTE. The obvious marketing answer is that everyone else has it, so T-Mobile needs to be competitive and deploy it to be able to say that they've got it too. By itself, that is an... Read more

With the AT&T deal now nothing more than a memory, T-Mobile USA faces the daunting task of rebuilding, revitalizing and working toward the build-out of a LTE network. The cost associated with such a task? According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Atkin, it will cost as much as $9 billion for T-Mobile purchase spectrum, build-out and... Read more

Deutsche Telekom's CEO Rene Obermann is continuing the "message" from the Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile USA powers that be by telling T-Mobile USA employees they are "working with all of you on a plan to grow the business." What that plan is exactly...is anyones guess and we do have a lot guesses. Employees are already expressing their belief to me that... Read more

In light of the T-Mobile, AT&T deal ending, T-Mobile USA has issued a statement on their company blog regarding the deal and their unchanged focus. The obvious question right now is, "What does this mean for T-Mobile USA customers?" We'll just get right to the answer: Dear T-Mobile Customers: By now I am sure you have seen media reports that... Read more

In light of the collapse of its failed T-Mobile USA deal with AT&T, Deutsche Telekom isn't offering any details on howit plans on moving forward with its US branch. However, Chief Executive Rene Obermann did speak to reporters on a conference call discussing the need for more spectrum: "In the long term, we need more spectrum and network capacity.... Read more

I know there is a celebratory aura going around in the T-Mobile world today and employees especially are breathing sighs of relief. Here at TmoNews we're definitely glad to see AT&T and their proposed takeover of T-Mobile go down the toilet. Now we turn our attention to the fact that T-Mobile still needs a plan and their options are plentiful, with... Read more

Here it is TmoNews readers and T-Mobile lovers, the news we've all been waiting for, hoping to hear and believing in. AT&T has dropped their bid to buy T-Mobile USA and will pay Deutsche Telekom the $4 billion dollar break-up fee. That's one hell of a price for a bad first date. Viva la T-Mobile. AT&T will pay a total of $3 billion in cash plus... Read more