Archive | 2018

T-Mobile to get 60 percent of all postpaid phone adds in 2018, say analysts

T-Mobile had itself a pretty good 2017, adding 5.7 million customers to its base. Now some analysts are predicting that 2018 will be another strong year for T-Mo. Analysts at Deutsche Bank Markets Research said this week that they expect T-Mobile to take 60 percent of the postpaid phone adds in the entire industry. “After taking nearly two thirds of postpaid phone net add share in 2017 (even with Cable’s entry into Wireless), we think TMUS … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, and Note 5 may get Android Oreo updates

UPDATE: T-Mobile tells me that “Samsung has no plans to update these models to Oreo.”   T-Mobile has named several devices that it plans to update to Android 8.0 Oreo, including the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8. Now it looks like there may be a handful of additional devices getting updated to Oreo. T-Mobile support pages for the Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy S6 edge+, and Galaxy Note 5 … [read full article]

T-Mobile Valentine’s Day deals include a free line of service when you add a line

T-Mobile is known for offering Valentine’s Day deals every year, and this year is no different. Starting tomorrow, February 10, customers who add a line can get a second line of free service. The line will be covered by a monthly bill credit that’s applied to the lowest cost line added while the offer is available. If you cancel any of the paid lines, the credits will stop. In order to get this deal, you’ll need … [read full article]

T-Mobile bought Layer3 TV for $325 million

Last month, T-Mobile closed its acquisition of Layer3 TV, which had been announced back in December. We got the details on how Layer3’s team would join T-Mobile and a tease for T-Mo’s upcoming TV service, but one part of the deal has eluded us: how much T-Mobile paid for Layer3. Now that info has been revealed. T-Mobile paid around $325 million for Layer3 TV. That’s according to an SEC document that T-Mobile filed today … [read full article]

T-Mobile spills Q4 and FY 2017 results, including 5.7 million total customers added for the year

After giving us a preview of its Q4 2017 results last month, T-Mobile this morning spilled all of the details of its most recent quarter. As a reminder, T-Mobile added 1.9 million new customers in Q4 2017, which makes that the 19th straight quarter that T-Mo added more than 1 million new subscribers. T-Mobile added 5.7 million new customers during all of 2017. Meanwhile, postpaid branded churn fell 10 basis points year-over-year to finish at … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tuesdays will include free pancakes, movie rental, and more next week

Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday falls on the day before Valentine’s Day, and today T-Mo revealed what it’s getting its customers for the holiday. For the February 13 edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays, T-Mobile customers can get free Dulce de Leche Crunch Pancakes from Denny’s. T-Mo is also giving customers a meal and a movie in the form of $25 to spend at Restaurant.com and a free movie rental from VUDU. Rounding out next week’s gifts is … [read full article]

T-Mobile buys 1150MHz of mmWave spectrum in Ohio, plans to use it for 5G

T-Mobile recently urged the FCC to hold a millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum auction in 2018, but that doesn’t mean that T-Mo won’t be getting hold of mmWave spectrum other ways in the mean time. T-Mobile has agreed to buy 1150MHz of millimeter wave spectrum. The spectrum is of the LMDS (28-31GHz) variety and is located in Ohio, including cities like Toledo, Cleveland, and Akron. In its FCC application for the deal, T-Mobile says that it intends … [read full article]

T-Mobile hit with lawsuit for allegedly letting hackers port man’s phone number and take his cryptocurrency

Days after T-Mobile began sending texts to customers urging them to add port validation security to their accounts, news has come out that a man is suing T-Mobile over an issue related to porting. Carlos Tapang is suing T-Mobile for allegedly allowing strangers to port his phone number and then steal his Bitcoin. Tapang claims that on November 7, 2017, someone contacted T-Mobile to port his phone number to AT&T and that T-Mo did so, despite … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ leaks continue with new images of Lilac Purple color

Itching to get another look at the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+? Thanks to the rumor mill, you won’t have to wait until February 25 to get it. New images of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have leaked out. These renders show off both the front and back of the phones as well as their sides, giving us a much better idea of what Samsung’s next flagship phones will look like. …in Lilac … [read full article]

T-Mobile gets serious for Super Bowl LII ad

After tapping stars like Justin Bieber, Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg, and Kristen Schaal for humorous ads during last year’s Super Bowl, T-Mobile changed things up this year and went with a more serious ad. T-Mobile’s Super Bow LII ad is titled “#LittleOnes” and features actress Kerry Washington speaking over a lullaby-style cover of Nirvana’s “All Apologies”. The video pans over several babies with showing different emotions as Washington recites the following: “Welcome to the … [read full article]