T-Mobile today provided another update on its 600MHz LTE rollout. T-Mo says that its 600MHz (Band 71) LTE coverage is now live in 1,254 cities and towns across 36 states, including Puerto Rico. This is up from the 992 markets across 33 states that T-Mobile’s 600MHz LTE was available in [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile has told Motherboard that the breach affected around 3 percent of its 77 million customers — around 2.3 million people — and that that the hackers were part of an “international group”. UPDATE 2: T-Mobile has confirmed that “encrypted passwords” were part of the data compromised by the hackers. Security researchers speaking to Motherboard say that the algorithm used for these passwords may be weak, and … [read full article]
OnePlus has long sold unlocked phones that work on T-Mobile, including the OnePlus 6 shown above, but soon OnePlus may actually have a phone on T-Mo’s shelves. The OnePlus 6T will be sold by T-Mobile when it launches in October, according to sources speaking to CNET. T-Mobile will reportedly be the exclusive U.S. carrier partner for the new OnePlus phone, and it’s … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s next Un-carrier move is all about customer service. T-Mobile Team of Experts is a group of 30 to 40 customer care employees that serves a city. These customer service reps sit together and are trained on a wide range of topics so that you don’t have to get bounced around from one person to another. These reps can also work with specialists in T-Mobile’s retail stores … [read full article]
T-Mobile wants to make it easy for non-customers to see what its network is all about. T-Mobile is offering a 30-day free trial that lets you try out its network for 30 days or 30GB, whichever comes first. If you sign up, T-Mo will send you a mobile hotspot with free 2-day shipping, and you just connect your current phone to the hotspot and give the T-Mobile network … [read full article]
After months of leaks and rumors, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is now official. While the Galaxy Note 9 may look similar to last year’s Galaxy Note 8, it’s gotten several notable updates over its predecessor. Those include the S Pen, which is one of the things that makes a Note a Note. The S … [read full article]
It’s not often that T-Mobile introduces a whole new rate plan, but today that’s exactly what the carrier has done. T-Mobile Essentials is a new plan that aims to offer just the basics of a smartphone plan. It’s got unlimited talk, text, and smartphone data, as well as some benefits like unlimited 3G mobile hotspot and [read full article]
Ready for the next Un-carrier move? Hopefully you are, because it’s coming soon. T-Mobile CEO John Legere confirmed on today’s Q2 2018 earnings call that T-Mo’s next Un-carrier move will be revealed on August 15th. “Isn’t it about time we shake things up in this industry again? Let me just say that our next industry-shaking Un-carrier move is just two weeks away,” Legere said. “I’ll leave it at … [read full article]
After releasing several more 600MHz LTE smartphones in recent weeks, T-Mobile today gave an update on its 600MHz LTE coverage. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray has confirmed that T-Mo’s 600MHz … [read full article]
Days after T-Mobile announced that it had upgraded more cell sites with additional mid-band LTE capacity, it’s confirmed some more low-band LTE expansions, too. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray says that T-Mo added low-band LTE to dozens more cell sites in the past two weeks. This brings “more and better coverage,” Ray explains. These upgrades typically include both 600MHz and … [read full article]
