Latest News

T-Mobile confirms hundreds of cell sites upgraded with more mid-band LTE capacity

Around two weeks after announcing its previous round of mid-band LTE network upgrades, T-Mobile says that it’s performed another round of upgrades. T-Mobile today confirmed that it’s upgraded hundreds of new cell sites with additional mid-band LTE capacity. These mid-band upgrades include AWS and PCS spectrum and have been spread to cities and towns throughout the U.S. Some of the cities in this latest … [read full article]

Mississippi announces support for T-Mobile-Sprint merger after reaching new agreement

Mississippi was one of the first states involved in the lawsuit from a group of state attorney generals who want to block T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger, but today, Mississippi has flipped sides. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has now come out in support of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. He announced today that he’s struck an agreement with T-Mobile that will bring benefits specifically for the state of … [read full article]

T-Mobile OnePlus 6T update now rolling out

  This week we learned T-Mobile launch plans for the OnePlus 7T that’s arriving later this month. There’s some good news this week for folks using the OP7T’s predecessor, too, because the OnePlus 6T is now receiving a software update. T-Mobile is now pushing out an update to its OnePlus 6T. The update is version A6013_34_190814 and is 260.6MB in size. Included are the August 2019 Android security patches, … [read full article]

T-Mobile begins sending out Galaxy Note 9 security patches, LG V30 Android Pie update

A couple of former Android flagships are starting to receive updates from T-Mobile today. First up, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is receiving a 267.31MB update to version N960USQU2CSI1. This update includes improvements to camera performance and the September 1, 2019 Android security patches. TmoNews readers Debjit and Fernando got this update over the air today, so you Note 9 owners should … [read full article]

T-Mobile says it’s made hundreds of low-band LTE upgrades in the past two weeks

T-Mobile regularly deploys low-band LTE upgrades to its network, and today the carrier has confirmed that another batch of upgrades was recently made. Hundreds of low-band LTE upgrades have been deployed across the country, T-Mobile announced today. The upgrades were performed over the last two weeks. These low-band LTE upgrades include both 600MHz and 700MHz spectrum. This time around, T-Mobile has made … [read full article]

T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger reportedly gets majority FCC support with third ‘yes’ vote

  T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger has reportedly gotten enough votes from FCC commissioners to get majority support from the agency. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has voted “yes” for the T-Mobile-Sprint deal, say sources speaking to Bloomberg, joining Commissioner Mike O’Rielly and Chairman Ajit Pai. The other two commissioners, Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks, haven’t cast a vote and are calling for a delay. Now that the merger has gotten majority support from the FCC commissioners, agency action … [read full article]

T-Mobile OnePlus 7 Pro security update now rolling out

The OnePlus 7 Pro may be disappearing from T-Mobile’s shelves, but today we’ve got some good news for anyone who already owns the device. T-Mobile is now pushing an update to its OnePlus 7 Pro. The 312.2MB update is OxygenOS 9.5.11.GM31CB, and it includes the September 2019 Android security patches. TmoNews reader Ben got this update today, so if you’ve got a OnePlus 7 Pro from T-Mo, … [read full article]