Posted on 05 March 2010 by Stephen. Tags: Deal, Google, Policy Changes, Search, T-mobile USA, Yahoo
Well, its over! T-Mobile has ended its year old search deal with Yahoo. It comes as no surprise to hear that Magenta has replaced Yahoo with its biggest rival—Google. The deal is important because it now shifts search dominance away from Yahoo, as the Big G is now working exclusively with two of the top four carriers in the United States. A Yahoo spokesperson said that Yahoo will still be working with the fourth-largest U.S. carrier on other content services, such as Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, News, Sports, Finance and Flickr. It should also be noted that Yahoo will continue to work for T-Mobile International in Europe. Interestingly, the break-up follows last weeks discovery that AT&T will replace Google with Yahoo on their upcoming Google Android device-the Motorola BACKFLIP (really? replacing Google on a Google Android handset?) Well folks, how many of you think the Google-T-Mobile search deal with last longer than the Yahoo one? Lets hear some comments below!
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Posted on 04 March 2010 by Andrew. Tags: t-mobile news, T-mobile USA, T-mobile.com
Starting March 14th, T-Mobile will be making some changes to its coverage map. While there won’t be any massive, earth-shaking changes going on here (yeah, I’m looking at you, Chile earthquake, that is robbing us of 1.26 microseconds daily), the map will be updated to more accurately reflect voice and data coverage. First, when you zoom out, you will see the overall coverage. As you can see, there is a lot of green where people actually live (I’m sorry, rural country people). When you zoom in, though, you will get some shading to show you the level of outdoor coverage. A new color will be added to the data coverage map to show off the new super fast data speeds. Feel free to peruse the images past the break and leave your thoughts in the comments!
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Posted on 04 March 2010 by Stephen. Tags: JD Power, t-mobile news, T-mobile USA
Well, it looks like congrats are in order for the big Magenta. For the second straight year, J.D. Power and Associates has awarded T-Mobile USA the highest ranking in wireless retail customer satisfaction among the major U.S. carriers. T-Mobile edged out Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and AT&T in the study achieving an overall score of 723 compared to Verizon’s score of 722. The study evaluated overall retail sales performance, retailer’s facility, merchandise display, sales staff, and cost. The study did not analyze how satisfied people were with the quality of the wireless network or phone selection, just the overall retail experience. If you want a look at the official press release, here it is. Congratulations T-Mobile!
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Posted on 20 November 2009 by David, Managing Editor. Tags: Clearwire, Deutsche Telekom, merger, metropcs, Rumors, Sprint, T-mobile USA
I must preface this and say by now, these rumors are starting to get old and frustrating. The wireless industry, which has of late seen more than its share of mergers and acquisitions, is again seeing T-Mobile take center stage in this, the latest round of merger talk. Reuters is reporting that Deutsche Telekom is seeking a partner for its U.S. branch, T-Mobile USA. Looking to shore up some help for its financial investment in US operations, possible partners again include MetroPCS and Clearwire. Surprisingly, AT&T is also mentioned as a possible partner, though I think the FCC would have some problems with one remaining GSM national carrier. A merger or acquisition of MetroPCS and Clearwire I think we can all get behind, anything that involves Magenta and the Death Star makes me want to seek out the nearest trash can. Not to be left out of the Reuters article is the mention of a Sprint takeover, which the author mentions is no longer under consideration by Deutsche Telekom, thank goodness.
While declining to comment on the Reuters article, Deutsche Telekom COO Hamid Akhavan speaking at the FT World Telecoms Conference did speak about the difficult situation in the United States.
“We have had some heavy headwinds … but we are quite optimistic that this trend can be reversed,” he said, attributing the problems to a delay in the group securing third generation networks and the population of Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone on a rival network.
According to the German newspaper cited by the Reuters article, Deutsche Telekom is still in the very early stages of searching for a partner but had abandoned other “potential strategies to bolster its U.S. business.”
So here were go again, more merger talk, what say you?’
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Posted on 16 September 2009 by David, Managing Editor. Tags: Deutsche Telekom, T-mobile USA
It’s only been a few days since the recent round of rumors peg Deutsche Telekom looking into acquisition of Sprint and yet, another option has presented itself. Unfortunately, though this option has a much less positive spin than the acquisition of the third and fourth place wireless players in the US would have. Coming on the heels of the T-mobile UK merger with Orange in the UK, the two big shareholders for Deutsche Telekom are beginning to shift their attention to the US brand. While this story may be a premature for any real/serious concern, it does show that T-mobile USA needs to step their game up, NOW. The key factor here is seemingly mid 2010; the timeframe set the German Government and Blackstone private equity group, the two major shareholders of Deutsche Telekom to turn around their American division. At that point, if T-mobile has not made a turnaround in its business, that strategic decisions would be forced by the shareholders. However, at this point it needs to be made clear that any options that might be considered to transform the T-mobile USA unit are not on the table.
Information Week and Engadget
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