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T-Mobile USA Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

T-Mobile USA issued their Q1 2012 earnings report today along with parent company Deutsche Telekom and surprisingly declared a new increase of 187,000 customers. That number is fairly notable as last quarter saw T-Mobile report a net loss of 526,000 customers and a losses of 99,000 customers in the third quarter of 2011. T-Mobile attributes the growth to increases in prepaid users that helped offset the loss of more than 510,000 contract customers. T-Mobile’s total … [read full article]

T-Mobile Posts ‘Fast Songs’ TV Commercial For HTC One S

Finally, a T-Mobile/Carly advertisement for the HTC One S: Get your music 4G fast with the new HTC One S, exclusively from T-Mobile. Combine the 4G speed of T-Mobile with the built-in beats audio technology of the new HTC One S 4G smartphone and what do you get? Stream your favorite songs from your music library straight from the cloud on Google Play. No wires. No syncing. Just 4G fast. YouTube

T-Mobile’s Newest Carly In Leather Commercial Takes A Direct Shot At AT&T

T-Mobile just dropped their second commercial on YouTube and this time they are taking a direct shot at the iPhone 4S on AT&T. More importantly, it’s Carly, a Motorcycle and a definite attack on AT&T’s iPhone network. How much faster is T-Mobile’s 4G network compared to the iPhone 4S on AT&T’s network? Don’t blink or you may miss it. Now see how much faster our 4G speeds are for real at tmobile.com/testdrive. YouTube

T-Mobile Announces LTE Infrastructure Vendors, HSPA+ 42 Network Expansion

T-Mobile inches a little closer to their LTE rollout in 2013 as they announce multi-year agreements with Ericsson and Nokia Siemens. Supporting T-Mobile’s planned $4 billion dollar 4G LTE “network evolution plan,” both companies will work with T-Mobile to help modernize T-Mobile’s network and aid in the deployment of LTE service in 2013. As part of the agreement, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens will install LTE-ready equipment on 37,000 cell sites across T-Mobile’s existing 4G network. This Release … [read full article]

Walmart Introducing Exclusive T-Mobile Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans?

Well, well, well, what have we here. According to a tip-off thanks to an eagle-eyed Walmart shopper, T-Mobile appears set to introduce some exclusive prepaid plans for T-Mobile’s Mobile Broadband network on May 21st. We’re running a little thin on info, but given the appearance of these plans on Walmart’s own website, it’s hard to argue there isn’t something new going on here. Walmart and T-Mobile appear set to add 3 plans: T-Mobile $35 Prepaid Mobile … [read full article]

T-Mobile Moving New Postpaid Customers To Billing In Advance

Effective May 20th, T-Mobile is making some sweeping changes to their current billing methods for new postpaid customers. Customers are now billed in arrears, meaning you pay for usage after you’ve actually used it. Now, effective May 20th, new customers signing up on the T-Mobile network will be billed in advance for reoccurring charges. This change will only affect new customers to T-Mobile — there doesn’t seem to be any indication existing customers will be moved to … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III/3 Announcement Tomorrow, Watch As It Goes Down

Samsung’s Galaxy S III/3 announcement is less than 24 hours away and they are sending out reminders in hopes of capturing the worlds attention tomorrow. We’ll cover any and all T-Mobile related news as it happens, but you can watch live via www.thenextgalaxy.com or via Samsung’s Mobile Facebook page. It all goes down tomorrow at 2pm EDT. So what do we expect? Well, you’ll have to read this to find out. The Next Galaxy … [read full article]

I’m Leaving The iPhone Behind And Going Android Only For 30 Days, Can I Be Converted?

This is, by all accounts one of the bigger things I’ve ever done since the founding of TmoNews. So let’s just jump right in, for 30 days, I’m giving up my iPhone completely and going all Android. I’m calling it the “David’s going 30 days with the HTC One S since I know most of you would love to see me drop all signs of iOS in my household Android challenge.” Well, that wouldn’t be entirely true since I’ll … [read full article]

The T-Mobile “4G Tweet Race” Starts On May 3rd

T-Mobile’s newest promotional contest is for all your Twitter fiends out there as T-Mobile wants you to enter the “4G Tweet Race,” and a chance to win a HTC One S. So how do you win? The premise Ladies and gentlemen, start your hashtags. Enter T-Mobile’s 4G Tweet Race and put your social network to the test. You could win amazing prizes. How to play Registration is simple. Just connect your Twitter account and follow @[read full article]