UPDATE: T-Mobile tells me that “Samsung has no plans to update these models to Oreo.” T-Mobile has named several devices that it plans to update to Android 8.0 Oreo, including the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8. Now it looks like there may be a handful of additional devices getting updated to Oreo. T-Mobile support pages for the [read full article]
T-Mobile is known for offering Valentine’s Day deals every year, and this year is no different. Starting tomorrow, February 10, customers who add a line can get a second line of free service. The line will be covered by a monthly bill credit that’s applied to the lowest cost line added while the offer is available. If you cancel any of … [read full article]
Last month, T-Mobile closed its acquisition of Layer3 TV, which had been announced back in December. We got the details on how Layer3’s team would join T-Mobile and a tease for T-Mo’s upcoming TV service, but one part of the deal has eluded us: how much T-Mobile paid for Layer3. Now that info has been revealed. T-Mobile paid around $325 million … [read full article]
After giving us a preview of its Q4 2017 results last month, T-Mobile this morning spilled all of the details of its most recent quarter. As a reminder, T-Mobile added 1.9 million new customers in Q4 2017, which makes that the 19th straight … [read full article]
Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday falls on the day before Valentine’s Day, and today T-Mo revealed what it’s getting its customers for the holiday. For the February 13 edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays, T-Mobile customers can get free Dulce de Leche Crunch Pancakes from Denny’s. T-Mo is also giving customers a meal and a movie in the form of $25 to spend at [read full article]
T-Mobile recently urged the FCC to hold a millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum auction in 2018, but that doesn’t mean that T-Mo won’t be getting hold of mmWave spectrum other ways in the mean time. T-Mobile has agreed to buy 1150MHz of millimeter wave spectrum. The spectrum is of the LMDS (28-31GHz) variety and is located in Ohio, including cities like Toledo, Cleveland, … [read full article]
Days after T-Mobile began sending texts to customers urging them to add port validation security to their accounts, news has come out that a man is suing T-Mobile over an issue related to porting. Carlos Tapang is suing T-Mobile for allegedly allowing strangers to … [read full article]
Itching to get another look at the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+? Thanks to the rumor mill, you won’t have to wait until February 25 to get it. New images of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have leaked out. These renders show off both the … [read full article]
After tapping stars like Justin Bieber, Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg, and Kristen Schaal for humorous ads during last year’s Super Bowl, T-Mobile changed things up this year and went with a more serious ad. T-Mobile’s Super Bow LII ad is titled “#LittleOnes” and features actress Kerry Washington speaking over a … [read full article]
Looks like the LG V30 and LG V20 aren’t the only Android flagships on T-Mobile that are being updated this week. T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is now receiving a software update. Note 8 owners on Reddit started receiving an update … [read full article]
A couple of LG flagships are now receiving software updates. T-Mobile is now updating its LG V30. TmoNews reader Ben received an update to version H93210d today that included the January 1, 2018 Android security patches. T-Mo’s changelog only mentions a “security update” so it’s unclear what other improvements might be included. The [read full article]
One month after launching its first Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) plan, T-Mobile has reached two more NB-IoT milestones. First, T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray has confirmed that T-Mo was first to test Narrowband Internet of Things in guard bands. The reason that you’d want to use NB-IoT in guard bands is so that the traffic doesn’t compete … [read full article]
