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T-Mobile CEO Welcomes The New Year With Statement, “Energized” For 2012
T-Mobile's executive board sure are releasing a lot of statements in the wake of the collapsed T-Mobile deal with AT&T. Todays statement comes courtesy of T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm, who is welcoming his troops to 2012. Hoping to kick the year off with energy and a new sense of direction, the statement is upbeat and promising. Some notable points to take... Read more » Editorial: Why T-Mobile Should And Will Deploy LTE (The Technical Edition)
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 incredibly... Read more » T-Mobile Posts COO Statement Regarding End Of AT&T Talks And The Future
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 AT&T and... Read more » It’s Over, AT&T Drops Bid To Purchase T-Mobile, Will Pay Break-Up Fee
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 around $1... Read more » AT&T Efforts To Sell T-Mobile Assets Coming Up Short
According to a new Wall Street Journal report, AT&T's efforts to find a prospective buyer for T-Mobile assets have "gone cold." Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Journal indicates that a potential divestiture to Leap Wireless has gone cold as the parties concerned no longer believe such a deal would help persuade the government into allowing the... Read more » YouMail Yanked From Android Market Due To A T-Mobile Complaint?
YouMail, a visual voicemail management app has suddely disappeared from the Android Market, nowhere to be found. The app continues to be available for iPhone users but, according to a GigaOM report was removed from the Android Market at the request of T-mobile. Kevin Tofel for GigaOM spoke with YouMail CEO Alex Quilici who was only informed the app had been pulled... Read more » AT&T Promises To Continue Working On T-Mobile Deal, Has Money To Quickly Close Deal
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, $20... Read more » ‘Enhanced’ Yelp App Now Pre-Loaded On New myTouch By LG And Samsung Exhibit II 4G Smartphones
This one almost passed us by --- as of November 2nd a special version of the Yelp App for Android specific for T-Mobile customers is now pre-loaded onto the Samsung Exhibit II 4G, T-Mobile myTouch and T-Mobile myTouch Q smartphones. Existing T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones are able to download the specialized free app straight from the Android... Read more » AT&T Responds To FCC Concerns Over Jobs, Says “Thousands Will Be Created”
Following Thursday's letter to AT&T from the FCC asking AT&T for more information regarding the creation of jobs in the United States following a T-Mobile takeover, AT&T has responded in kind. AT&T replied and stated that it "is aware that the Commission has requested addition information about the job related effects of the transaction," and that... Read more » What Will Happen Now That T-Mobile Doesn’t Have The iPhone?
It’s October 4th and we all know what that means, iPhone Day! Well, I’m sure you have heard already but T-Mobile will NOT be receiving an iPhone this year. Big win for the Android faithful, but what does this mean for the carrier on a whole?... Read more » 
