Archive | 2019

DOJ charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile

The United States Department of Justice produced an indictment on Monday that charges Huawei with 10 counts of theft relating to stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile. Huawei is also being accused of wire fraud and attempts to obstruct justice. The Chinese equipment vendor is being accused of offering monetary bonuses to Huawei employees that were able to steal trade secrets from other companies, including T-Mobile. In the unsealed indictment, Huawei is also accused of attempting to steal … [read full article]

John Legere and Marcelo Claure will testify in hearing about T-Mobile-Sprint merger on Feb. 13

Next month, John Legere and Marcelo Claure will once again testify in front of a subcommittee regarding the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. The House Committee on Energy & Commerce and House Judiciary Committee will hold a joint hearing on the T-Mobile-Sprint merger on February 13. The complete list of hearing participants is still being confirmed, but both T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure have agreed to testify. This is the second … [read full article]

T-Mobile will reportedly launch a free mobile video service in the coming weeks

We’re still waiting for T-Mobile to launch its new streaming TV service, but according to a new report, T-Mo has a new mobile video service coming very soon. T-Mobile is planning to launch a free, ad-supported mobile video service in the “next few weeks”. That’s according to a report from Cheddar, whose source claims that this new service will offer live content and will work on phones and internet-connected devices. T-Mobile will reportedly preload the … [read full article]

T-Mobile launches Coolpad Surf as its first 600MHz LTE mobile hotspot

T-Mobile has lots of 600MHz LTE smartphones and a couple of 600MHz LTE tablets, but today it’s launching its very first 600MHz-capable mobile hotspot. The Coolpad Surf is now available from T-Mobile. Pricing is set at $0 down and $3 per month for 24 months, or $72 full retail price. With the Coolpad Surf, you can use T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network to spit out a Wi-Fi connection that supports up 15 simultaneous connections. Coolpad’s mobile … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S10 leaks continue with clear photos of S10 and S10+

The Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ have leaked again, but this time we’re getting our best look yet at the upcoming flagship smartphones. New photos from AllAboutSamsung show the Galaxy S10 and S10+ from several angles. We get a clear look at the front of both phones, with the S10 boasting a single camera hole-punch and the S10+ packing two front cameras in its hole-punch. We can also see slim bezels around the displays … [read full article]

T-Mobile has fastest Download Speed Experience in new OpenSignal report

Just a couple of days after T-Mobile took the speed crown in Ookla’s latest test results, T-Mo has posted the fastest download speed in another report. OpenSignal has released its latest State of Mobile Networks report for the U.S., and T-Mobile barely edged out Verizon for fastest download speed experience. T-Mo’s speed was 21.1Mbps, while Verizon’s posted speed was 20.9. Rounding out the top four was AT&T with a download speed of 17.8Mbps and Sprint … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S10 poses for more photos to show its hole-punch display and cryptocurrency wallet

The Galaxy S10 has already leaked out a few times this month, and now it’s popped its face out once again. Photos of the Samsung Galaxy S10 have leaked, giving us another look at the upcoming flagship and its hole-punch display. This model has just a single front camera in its hole-punch, suggesting that this is the standard Galaxy S10 model. Today’s images also show a “Samsung Blockchain KeyStore”. According to the device, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tuesdays will include gifts to Panera Bread and Smoothie King next week, grand prize trip to movie studio

After offering a discount to Boston Market this week, next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts will bring more food deals. On Tuesday, January 29, T-Mobile customers can get a free $2 eGift card to Panera Bread and a 20 oz. smoothie from Smoothie King for $2. Rounding out next week’s gifts is $10 off a purchase of $20 or more at American Eagle. Next Tuesday will also bring with it a grand prize. … [read full article]

Apple releases iOS 12.1.3 for iPhone and iPad, watchOS 5.1.3 for Apple Watch

iPhone and iPad owners, you’ve got a new update available to you. iOS 12.1.3 is now rolling out. It’s available to iPhone 5s models and later, the iPad mini 2 and later, iPad Air and iPad Air 2, iPad 5th and 6th generations, and the iPad Pro models. To download the update, go into Settings > General > Software Update. This is primarily a bug-fixing update. Apple says that it’s squashed a handful of bugs … [read full article]

T-Mobile posts fastest 4G LTE speeds in U.S. for 20th straight quarter, says 600MHz in 2,700 cities

T-Mobile has a streak of coming out on top in Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence reports, and today it’s been confirmed that that streak has continued for another quarter. Ookla says that T-Mobile had the fastest 4G LTE data speeds for the fourth quarter of 2018, making that the 20th straight quarter that T-Mo has had the speediest data speeds according to Ookla data. For Q4 2018, T-Mobile posted an average 4G LTE download speed of 33.4Mbps … [read full article]