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US senators send letter to Experian and T-Mobile CEOs to inquire about data breach

The saga of Experian’s data breach involving sensitive information from consumers that had their credit checked by T-Mobile continues today, with multiple US senators getting involved. US Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have sent a letter to Experian CEO Brian Cassin and T-Mobile CEO John Legere regarding Experian’s data breach. The senators are concerned because valuable data like Social Security numbers, … [read full article]

Some Nexus 5 owners report reception issues after installing Android 6.0

UPDATE: T-Mobile got back to me and offered the following statement: We want our customers to have a great experience with each device software upgrade, and are working with Google to confirm whether there are any ongoing connection issues.   Yesterday Google began pushing Android 6.0, and T-Mobile said that the updates for the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 (2013), and Nexus 9 were ready to roll. Unfortunately, the update doesn’t appear … [read full article]

T-Mobile names 17 devices with Android 6.0 updates in the works

Wondering if your phone will get an Android 6.0 update? If so, T-Mobile’s Software Updates page currently lists 17 devices that’ll get a taste of Marshmallow. Here are the all of the T-Mobile products that currently have an Android 6.0 update in development: HTC One M8 HTC One M9 LG G3 LG G4 LG G Stylo Nexus 5 Nexus 6 Nexus 7 Nexus 9 Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Samsung Galaxy Note 5 … [read full article]

T-Mobile to begin pushing Nexus 6 Android 6.0 update this week

Today Google announced that it’s now pushing Android 6.0 Marshmallow to the Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, and Nexus Player. But what about Nexus 6 units running on T-Mobile? Those are coming this week. Des Smith says that Nexus 6 units on T-Mobile will get Android 6.0 this week. As of this writing, T-Mo’s Software Updates page says that the N6’s Marshmallow update is [read full article]

Fraud prevention group claims stolen Experian data put up for sale

When we first learned of the Experian data breach a couple of days ago, Experian said that “there is no evidence that the data has been used inappropriately.” However, that might change soon. Irish fraud prevention company Trustev claims that information obtained from the Experian breach — which includes data of consumers that had their credit checked by T-Mobile — may be up for sale online. Trustev … [read full article]

Latest band 12 LTE sightings in Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and California

It was just one week ago that I last posted an update on band 12 LTE sightings, and since then there have been quite a few more that’ve poured in. So let’s get right into ‘em: Sanford, Fla. Apopka, Fla. Palm Coast, Fla. Mortons Gap, Ky. Lancaster, Mass. Mission Viejo, Calif. Orland, Calif. T-Mobile has been aggressively rolling its band 12 LTE coverage in order to meet its end-of-year goal of … [read full article]

Google working to get T-Mobile band 12 working on Nexus 5X and 6P by the time the phones ship

Yesterday T-Mobile said that the new Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P won’t support T-Mobile band 12 and VoLTE out of the box, but that it was working with Google on enabling those features. Now we’ve got a bit more information on the matter thanks to Google. Several members of Google’s Nexus team took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit … [read full article]

T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter talks 600MHz auction plans and more

There’s a lot of focus on the upcoming 600MHz spectrum auction, especially with T-Mobile since Magenta plans to use it to bolster their low-band coverage. Today T-Mo CFO Braxton Carter touched on the auction while speaking at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference. At the event, Carter talked a bit about T-Mobile’s plan of attack for the auction, saying that T-Mo intends on buying 600MHz licenses that’ll cover the parts of the … [read full article]