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T-Mobile Lays Off 7% of Its Workforce

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Once again, T-Mobile is in hot water over today’s news. Despite promising to be a “jobs positive” company, the Un-carrier is apparently laying off around 5,000 of its workers. This is roughly around 7 percent of T-Mobile’s workforce.  As reported by The Verge, the positions that will be affected by this include those working in corporate, back-office, and technology. Employees in retail and customer care will not be affected by this. This seems to be a … [read full article]

Report Reveals More Details On T-Mobile’s New Home Internet Gateway Device

Back in June, it was reported that the FCC obtained two listings of T-Mobile’s upcoming Home Internet gateway devices. At that time, little information about one of the devices, the Arcadyan TMOG4AR, was revealed.  Thankfully, we now know more about this gateway device, thanks to The Mobile Report. In today’s report, the site revealed more details about the new T-Mobile gateway device, which is aimed for the use of consumers.   To start with, let’s talk … [read full article]

Report: T-Mobile Moves On from Best Buy

For some time now, customers had a chance to pick up some of T-Mobile’s plans and devices at Best Buy stores. This allowed them to go to a nearby store instead of looking for a T-Mobile retail store. Unfortunately, it looks like this will no longer be an option soon.  As reported by The Mobile Report, the Un-carrier is ending its partnership with Best Buy after just two years. The information comes from a Reddit … [read full article]

T-Mobile Makes Changes to Port-in Offer

T-Mobile has since been offering a port-in credit to customers. This is something that customers enjoyed receiving after they ported in from a competitor.  And since April, T-Mobile has been offering a $200 rebate credit for porting in a postpaid number. The offer can even be redeemed by up to five times per account, bringing this up to $1,000. Unfortunately, this offer doesn’t seem to last long.  As revealed by The Mobile Report, the offer will … [read full article]

HMD Global’s Newest Affordable Smartphones Coming to T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile

HMD Global has just unveiled its two newest smartphones: the Nokia G310 5G and the Nokia C210. Here’s a quick summary of the specs of these two phones: Nokia G310 5G The Nokia G310 5G is an affordable 5G smartphone that comes with an HMD “QuickFix” label. This is a new feature on HMD Global devices, which are in partnership with iFixit. Once a device has a QuickFix design, that means its users have access to an … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tops Retail Experience Study for 12th Consecutive Time

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The results are in! And once again, T-Mobile proves to be the leader when it comes to providing retail experience to customers. Earlier today, the results of J.D. Power’s 2023 U.S. Wireless Retail Experience Study–Volume 2. Previously, this study was called the Wireless Purchase Experience Study. Despite the name change, the study checks out the different wireless firms that were able to provide enough information to customers prior to purchasing a wireless plan or device.  As [read full article]

T-Mobile Executive Exits Company, Employees Worry About Possible Layoffs

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An executive’s departure at T-Mobile seems to be raising concerns about upcoming employee layoffs. These concerns are valid and are enough to make employees feel the burden.  As revealed by The Mobile Report, T-Mobile’s Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Marcus East, has either left or will be leaving his role by the end of August. East was in charge of “leading a talented team of designers, digital marketers, engineers, product specialists, and technologists.” [read full article]

Report: T-Mobile Replaces Tidal Perk with Pandora Premium

Last week, it was revealed that T-Mobile will no longer be offering Tidal as a perk to its customers. The company stopped offering the music streaming service as a perk yesterday, August 1st. And now, we’re learning what the Un-carrier’s next plan is.  In the original report, T-Mobile promised that it would be replacing the service soon. But as The Mobile Report shared, we now know what it will be.  The publication obtained internal communication … [read full article]

T-Mobile Will No Longer Offer Tidal Service

When T-Mobile purchased Sprint in 2020, it also acquired the company’s assets, including its 33% stake in streaming music service, Tidal. A year later, however, American rapper, Jay-Z, purchased this stake from T-Mobile. Despite this series of events, T-Mobile continued to be a perk on its Sprint customers.  But as reported by The Mobile Report, the Un-carrier has decided to stop offering this streaming service. The publication was able to obtain an exclusive screenshot that detailed … [read full article]

T-Mobile Now Accepts Trade-ins for Motorola edge 2022

Back in April 2021, T-Mobile rolled out its ‘5G For All’ campaign that aimed to offer a free budget-range 5G device to subscribers in exchange for any working device. Today, it looks like the Un-carrier continues to offer this deal for the Motorola Edge 2022.  If you are a T-Mobile customer on any postpaid plan, you can trade in “any device in any condition, including broken” devices. In exchange, T-Mobile will be giving you a free Motorola … [read full article]