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T-Mobile rolls out mid-band LTE capacity upgrades to hundreds of cell sites

It’s been a couple of weeks since T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray last confirmed a round of T-Mo mid-band LTE upgrades, which means that it’s time for another round. Ray just confirmed that T-Mobile has upgraded hundreds of cell sites with more mid-band LTE capacity in the last two weeks. Some of the cities that got upgrades include Scottsdale, AZ; Boston, MA; Newark, NJ; and Dallas, TX. As usual, you can find the full list of … [read full article]

Next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday gifts will include free T-Mo pet bow tie, Starbucks egift

T-Mobile’s got another special T-Mo-branded goodie coming for next week’s T-Mobile Tuesday. For the May 8 edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays, T-Mobile customers can score a free T-Mobile pet bow site. The tie is a magenta color, of course, and has a bunch of T-Mobile logos on it. Also coming in the next edition of T-Mobile Tuesdays is a free month of Dog.TV, a TV channel that’s touted as an “audio-visual therapy tool for dogs who … [read full article]

LG G7 ThinQ is official, and it’s coming to T-Mobile this spring

Meet the LG G7 ThinQ. LG’s newest flagship Android smartphone places a heavy focus on AI features. It’s got an AI CAM feature that promises to analyze whatever you’ve got your camera pointed at and then select the best shooting mode from the 19 available. It’ll also use an AI algorithm to automatically adjust the camera settings when you’re shooting in low light to help you get a brighter photo. LG is also relying on Google … [read full article]

T-Mobile LG G Pad X 8.0 receiving update with April security patches

LG and T-Mobile continue to show love to the G Pad X 8.0 in the form of software updates. T-Mobile’s LG G Pad X 8.0 is receiving a new software update to version V52120n. TmoNews reader Casey got the 93MB update today and, as you can see in the screenshot below, it includes the April 1, 2018 Android security patches. T-Mobile hasn’t updated its LG G Pad X 8.0 support page for this update yet, … [read full article]

T-Mobile adds 1.4 million customers in Q1 2018, marking 20th straight quarter of 1 million+ adds

Days after announcing a merger with Sprint, T-Mobile is making more news by revealing its Q1 2018 earnings. During the first three months of 2018, T-Mobile added 1.4 million new customers, marking the 20th straight quarter that it’s added more than 1 million new subscribers. This includes 617,000 postpaid phone adds (down from 798,000 in Q1 2017); 388,000 postpaid “other” adds (up from 116,000 in Q1 2017); 199,000 prepaid customers (down from 386,000 in Q1 … [read full article]

Samsung launching 128GB and 256GB versions of the Galaxy S9 and S9+

After launching last month with 64GB of built-in storage, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ will soon get new models with even more storage. Samsung will release new versions of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ with 128GB and 256GB of built-in storage. These models will be available exclusively from Samsung.com, with pre-orders opening May 1st and the launch scheduled for May 18th. Here’s what you can expect to pay for these more capacious Samsung … [read full article]

T-Mobile Galaxy S8 Active receiving April security update

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active customers are getting a new software update this weekend. T-Mobile recently announced a new update for its Galaxy S8 Active. The update began rolling out a few days ago, and TmoNews reader Phil received the update today. The Galaxy S8 Active’s new update bumps the phone to version G892USQS1BRD5 and weighs in at 116.27MB. The update includes the April 1, 2018 Android security patches as well as some unspecified bug fixes … [read full article]

T-Mobile CEO John Legere’s memo to employees about Sprint merger leaks out

Earlier today, T-Mobile and Sprint announced that they’d reached an agreement on a merger deal they claim will help boost the rollout of 5G, create jobs, and spur competition. T-Mobile CEO John Legere sent an internal memo to T-Mo employees at the same time of the announcement to assure them that the deal is a good one, and now it’s leaked out. Sources have sent Legere’s internal memo to TmoNews, giving us the chance to … [read full article]

T-Mobile and Sprint merger deal official

After multiple rumors and leaks this month, T-Mobile and Sprint today confirmed that they’ve entered into a merger agreement. According to the announcement that was just made, the combined company will simply be known as T-Mobile and will be headquartered at T-Mo’s current HQ in Bellevue, WA, with a second headquarters in Overland Park, KS, where Sprint is headquartered. T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom will hold 42 percent ownership of the combined company while Sprint majority … [read full article]

T-Mobile and Sprint said to be finalizing merger terms as more details of the deal leak

UPDATE: A new report from Bloomberg has a few more details on the T-Mobile-Sprint talks, claiming that the deal would value Sprint at around $24 billion. The report also claims that the current deal terms would give Deutsche Telekom a 42 percent stake and a 69 percent voting interest in the combined company.   ORIGINAL: Following a report that said that T-Mobile and Sprint are working to reach a merger agreement as soon as next week, more … [read full article]

T-Mobile and Sprint could reach merger agreement as soon as next week

Remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that T-Mobile and Sprint were in merger talks again? Well it sounds like the two are working to get their deal done in a hurry. T-Mobile and Sprint have made progress in their merger talks and aim to complete their negotiations as soon as next week, say sources speaking to Reuters. Those sources went on to caution that there’s no guarantee that a deal will be … [read full article]

T-Mobile says 5G will be 25-50 percent faster than LTE to start

Lots of people are excited for 5G and the faster speeds that it’ll bring, but today T-Mobile cautioned that speeds may not be as ultra-fast as some people expect at the start. T-Mobile estimates that its 5G network will start at around 25-50 percent faster than its 4G LTE network. “Initially, we didn’t see gigabit speeds on LTE; we saw very low speeds. But today we see much higher than that,” said Karri Kuoppamaki, VP … [read full article]