Metro by T-Mobile has apparently been hit with a round of layoffs. T-Mobile has laid off employees of its Metro by T-Mobile prepaid business, according to a report from Light Reading. The exact number of layoffs is unknown, though, and T-Mobile hasn’t issued an official comment on the matter. The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association [read full article]
A couple more updates for T-Mobile phones are going out this weekend. The OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren is getting a 182.1MB update to version 10.0.27.HD61CB. It’s now rolling out over the air and bringing with it the February 2020 Android security patches. Also being updated are T-Mobile’s [read full article]
As expected, the FCC has officially proposed fines against T-Mobile and the other major U.S. carriers over the sale of customer location data. The FCC announced today that T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon will all face fines for “apparently selling access to their customers’ location information without taking reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to that information.” T-Mobile is facing … [read full article]
A couple of weeks ago, T-Mobile OnePlus 6T owners were thrilled to get their Android 10 update, but the excitement was dampened a bit by the fact that it included older security patches from December 2019. T-Mobile is now updating its OnePlus 6T to version A6013_34_200207. The update weighs in at 167.1MB and includes the February 2020 … [read full article]
After the FCC confirmed last month that U.S. wireless carriers broke the law by selling customers’ real-time location data, a new report says that all four major operators will face fines. T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon are all expected to be hit with fines that could be at least $200 million in total. The fines will be officially … [read full article]
A few days ago, T-Mobile said that its Galaxy S9 and S9+ were starting to get their Android 10 updates. Fast-forward to today, though, and those updates have put on hold. T-Mobile has refreshed its Galaxy S9 and S9+ support pages to say that their Android 10 updates have been “temporarily paused”. Both updates now … [read full article]
Last year, T-Mobile launched “verHIDEzon”, a new campaign meant to poke fun at Verizon for charging customers extra for 5G access but not publishing 5G coverage maps. Verizon did recently publish those maps, but T-Mo has responded with a new campaign to call out Verizon in other ways. Verwhyzon is T-Mobile’s newest way to have fun with Verizon. [read full article]
T-Mobile wants to buy you a cup of coffee next Tuesday. On Tuesday, March 3rd, T-Mobile customers can get a coffee from Panera Bread. There will be limited quantities available, though, so if you’d like a free coffee, you’ll want to be online for the “coffee drop” at 11:00 am PT/2:00 pm ET on Tuesday. Also coming next week … [read full article]
Heads up, Protection 360 subscribers, because the pricing for T-Mobile’s device protection program is going up. T-Mobile is raising the prices of some of its Protection 360 tiers on April 18, 2020. While the pricing of tiers 1 and 2 will stay the same, tiers 3 through 5 will each go up. Here’s what the new rates will look like: Tier 1: Current price is $7, updated … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been selling its SyncUp Drive for a few years now, giving you a device that can plug into your car and get diagnostic information, spit out a Wi-Fi signal, and track the location of your vehicle. Now T-Mo has released a SyncUp for pets, too. The SyncUp Pets is a small tracker that you can attach to a dog, cat, or other animal’s collar and keep track of its … [read full article]
