Archive | November, 2022

T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom unveil new 2023 T Challenge competition

T-Mobile US has partnered with Deutsche Telekom for a new challenge for developers, startups, and everyone with an innovative idea.  The two unveiled the new 2023 T Challenge competition, which gives participants a chance to win up to $600,000. The winner will also get to work with Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US and bring those ideas to the market.  This year, the competition’s theme is centered around Web3, the internet’s next iteration. There will be 5 main … [read full article]

T-Mobile now plans to charge $35 on almost every transaction

It’s a sad day for T-Mobile customers as the company plans to put up an activation fee on some of its services.  For some time now, the Un-carrier has an Assisted Support Charge in place. The charge started at $20 and has eventually crept up to $35. But customers could avoid this fee by ordering online. Unfortunately, the Un-carrier plans to change things up and will now impose the fee for almost every transaction.  The report comes … [read full article]

T-Mobile launches NextGen 911 RTT support for emergency calls/texts

T-Mobile has unveiled its newest move to help support 911 telecommunicators. In a press release, the company unveiled the new NextGen 911 Real-Time Text (RTT) service that it has innovated in partnership with leading cloud communications platform solutions provider, Sinch.  Through NextGen 911 RTT, T-Mobile will be able to support the estimated 240 million 911 wireless device calls made in the US every year.  In its announcement, T-Mo revealed that the first NextGen 911 RTT technology is … [read full article]