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T-Mobile Tuesdays will include free MLB.TV and a discount on sports tickets next week

Baseball fans, next Tuesday is the big day. On Tuesday, March 26th, T-Mobile customers can get free MLB.TV for the 2019 season through T-Mobile Tuesdays. You’ll need to redeem the offer before 11:59 pm ET on April 1st and you’ll need to be connected to T-Mobile’s network to sign up. Also of note is that this offer is open only to new 2019 MLB.TV subscribers, so if you’re currently subscribed, you’ll need to cancel by … [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO talks pricing post-Sprint merger, reiterates that 5G won’t cost extra

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has recently been publishing blogs to talk up T-Mo’s proposed merger with Sprint, and today another one has gone live. The focus of Legere’s latest post is pricing. He claims that T-Mobile will invest nearly $40 billion in its nationwide 5G network to get eight times the capacity by 2024 than standalone T-Mobile or Sprint have today. T-Mo will then be incentivized to lower its prices in order … [read full article]

T-Mobile confirms iPad Air and iPad mini prices and availability

After confirming yesterday that T-Mobile will sell Apple’s new iPad Air and iPad mini models, I’ve now got more precise launch and pricing information for you. T-Mobile will begin taking orders for the new iPad Air and iPad mini this Friday, March 22nd, at 6:00 am PT. Both models will be available in select T-Mo stores on March 26th if you prefer to buy your new tablet that way. As for pricing, the 10.5-inch iPad Air … [read full article]

T-Mobile and MLB extend partnership for four more years

T-Mobile and Major League Baseball have partnered up quite a bit in recent years, with T-Mo sponsoring the MLB Home Run Derby and offering free MLB.TV to customers, and it looks like that partnership will continue for years to come. T-Mobile and MLB have extended their partnership for four more years. This means that T-Mobile will continue to be the Official Wireless Sponsor of MLB and will be the title sponsor of the T-Mobile … [read full article]

New iPad Air and iPad mini models include support for Apple Pencil and LTE Band 71

Apple today rolled out new iPad models, including a refresh for the iPad mini which was last updated three and a half years ago. First up is the larger of the two new iPads. The new iPad Air features a 10.5-inch 2224×1668 display, up from the 9.7-inch screen found on the last iPad Air model. This updated iPad Air’s fully laminated display also boasts wide color support and True Tone technology. With True Tone enabled, … [read full article]

T-Mobile discloses another instance of location data misuse

T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers have been involved in a few location data scandals recently, and now some details on another possible locaiton data issue has surfaced. In a letter to Senator Ron Wyden, T-Mobile revealed another instance of T-Mo customer location data misuse. Anthony Russo, T-Mobile’s VP of Federal Legislative Affairs, explains that in August 2014 a location aggregator called LocAid told T-Mobile that it was temporarily suspending a location-based services provider … [read full article]

T-Mobile confirms hundreds of cell sites upgraded with more mid-band LTE capacity in last two weeks

Another round of mid-band LTE upgrades has been confirmed. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray announced today that T-Mo has upgraded hundreds of cell sites with more mid-band LTE capacity over the last two weeks. These upgrades typically include AWS and PCS spectrum. #WeWontStop! In the last two weeks, 100s of sites were upgraded with more midband capacity. For 5 years straight we’ve been America’s Fastest Network and we’re getting faster every day! @TMobile @MetroByTMobile … [read full article]

Android Q beta launches today, available to all Pixel phones

Have a Google Pixel smartphone that you brought onto T-Mobile’s network? If so, you can now give Android Q a try. Google today released an Android Q beta update. It’s available to all Pixel phones, including the original Pixel and Pixel XL. Google is offering a system image of Android Q that you can flash onto your device if you’re comfortable doing stuff like that, or you can sign up for the Android … [read full article]

Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts will include T-Mo umbrella

Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts are now official, and another piece of T-Mo-branded gear is coming. On Tuesday, March 19th, T-Mobile customers can get a free T-Mobile umbrella, just in time for spring rain showers. It looks like there will be two color options available: magenta and black. This umbrella joins the long list of T-Mobile swag that’s been offered through T-Mobile Tuesdays, including socks, a travel mug, a zip pouch, and [read full article]

House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on T-Mobile-Sprint merger covers Trump hotel stays, Huawei network equipment, and more

Today T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint executive chairman Marcelo Claure once again testified in a hearing about the T-Mo-Sprint merger, this time in front of a House Judiciary subcommittee. In his prepared remarks, Legere repeated many of the same benefits of the proposed merger that he’s mentioned before. These include helping to make sure that the U.S. “wins the global 5G race” and building out a faster and broader nationwide 5G network that neither T-Mobile … [read full article]

T-Mobile pledges to support Sprint’s Lifeline Assistance program ‘indefinitely’ if merger is approved

T-Mobile has made several commitments in its effort to get its merger with Sprint approved by regulators, and today T-Mo has made another promise. T-Mobile will continue to support Sprint’s Assurance Wireless brand “indefinitely” if its merger is approved, T-Mobile president and COO Mike Sievert has confirmed. Assurance Wireless, which is part of Sprint prepaid brand Virgin Mobile, takes part in the Lifeline Assistance program and offers discounted service to those in public assistance programs … [read full article]

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