Here's a new turn of events as a Financial Times report indicates Deutsche Telekom is reportedly talking with bankers hoping to keep their USA branch competitive in the United States. Besides selling T-Mobile USA towers, which could raise between $1 to $2 billion, T-Mobile could also raise additional funds by issuing bonds. Deutsche Telekom is expected to... 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for the moment that if you are reading this, you are already well-aware that AT&T's offer to purchase T-Mobile was withdrawn by AT&T last week.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 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

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

Dish Network, the second largest US satellite-TV provider will look to partner with T-Mobile if the AT&T bid fails, Chief Executive Officer Joseph Clayton said. Dish acquired spectrum earlier this year as part of a deal for bankrupt DBSD North America Inc. and Terrestar Networks and would look to merge those spectrum assets with T-Mobile and create... Read more

The Justice Department, in a Tuesday telephone conference call questioned whether AT&T's application to buy T-Mobile was still active. This comes from Richard Levie, a special master overseeing the Department of Justice case against the AT&T, T-mobile deal. “DOJ interprets these comments to mean that the current litigation may, in fact, not... Read more

AT&T's Chief Financial Officer, John Stephens vowed to continue pursuing the T-Mobile deal during comments at the UBS media conference in New York City. "We continue to move forward with our efforts to complete the T-Mobile transaction...and we will continue to pursue the sale." AT&T says they have $10 billion in cash accumulated for the deal,... Read more

  It took a year, but T-mobile service in NYC subways will finally begin on Tuesday.  So now, just like everywhere else, you can listen to the person next to you yell at their boss chat with a friend.  I guess the good thing is that service will not be offered on moving trains and will be limited to just some pilot platforms. The pilot program... Read more

Someone needs to tell me what is in the water over at AT&T headquarters that they believe a T-Mobile isn't competitive. While T-Mobile is certainly the smallest of the big 4 carriers, calling MetroPCS and Cricket a larger threat than a company multiple times the size of both Metro and Cricket combined is in my eyes, irrational. AT&T filed a... Read more