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T-Mobile’s Un-carrier 8.0 move is Data Stash, will carry your unused high-speed data each month

John Legere teamed up with Yahoo!’s David Pogue this morning to reveal Un-carrier 8.0, which is officially known as Data Stash. Data Stash is basically rollover data, letting you carry your unused 4G LTE data from one month into another. Data saved in your stash will be available for up to a year, and there’s no limit to the amount of megabytes that your Data Stash … [read full article]

Android 5.0.1 expected to hit Nexus 5, Nexus 6 today

Heads up, Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 owners, because you may soon have some fresh Lollipop goodness headed your way. T-Mobile has updated its support pages to show that it’ll push Android 5.0.1 to the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 starting today, December 15. The update will bump both phones to build LRX22C and will bring with them “software stability” improvements. This update may be a small x.x.1 bump, but one … [read full article]

T-Mobile Uncarrier 8.0 event live tomorrow, December 16

In a surprise announcement, T-Mobile revealed that it’s Uncarrier 8.0 movement is set to be unveiled tomorrow, December 16th at 10:30am Eastern/7:30am Pacific. The announcement will be made via live on Yahoo! News in a webcast hosted by David Pogue. The link will be made available on newsroom.t-mobile.com tomorrow morning. The last few Uncarrier events have proven popular. But to announce one right before Christmas certainly is an unusual, and unexpected move. If that’s not … [read full article]

T-Mobile Wideband LTE goes live in New York City

Today, T-Mobile announced that its faster LTE network has gone live in the Big Apple. We started hearing of sightings in Brooklyn and Manhattan a few weeks back, and T-Mo officially confirmed that its Wideband LTE is now officially active in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island and greater Jersey City. Other areas will be added soon. The company notes in its press release that all of Westchester County and New Jersey will be … [read full article]

Vodafone to re-enter the U.S. market as T-Mobile MVNO

When Vodafone agreed to sell its stake in Verizon back to Verizon, I – along with many others – presumed the UK-based company was done with the States. It seemed a safe assumption given the fact that it was a big part of the country’s biggest carrier, and yet decided to sell it. And given that the company has been using its $130 billion from the deal to invest heavily in Europe. But it was a wrong … [read full article]

Google Nexus 9 now available from T-Mobile online

The moment has arrived! Google’s Nexus 9 tablet has now available to buy on T-Mobile’s online store. The latest tablet showed up on the store this morning along with the long-awaited “buy now” button. It costs $599.76 full retail price, or $24.99 per month on EIP with $0 down payment. This news comes as something of a surprise after T-Mobile informed its staff that the device launch was being … [read full article]

Cricket Wireless tempting customers to leave T-Mo, Sprint, MetroPCS and others with $100 credit

Right at the outset of this year, T-Mobile unleashed a revolutionary Uncarrier phase. Dubbed Uncarrier 4.0, they promised to pay off your early termination fee and give you money for your old phone if you joined Team Magenta. It wasn’t a short term promo. It’s an Uncarrier move which – by its very nature – is one released to change the industry. One that’s here to stay. Since then – and even before the official launch – … [read full article]

Braxton Carter: T-Mobile will be “aggressive in rolling out low-band spectrum next year”

  According to T-Mobile’s CFO, Braxton Carter, the carrier is going to continue its low-band spectrum acquisitions in to next year. The Chief Financial Officer was speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. Currently, T-Mo owns 700MHz spectrum covering 185 million POPs in 24 of the top 30 U.S. markets. And that’s down to the major deal with Verizon earlier this year, and several other purchases from smaller companies across the U.S.. The most recent … [read full article]

T-Mobile prices its public offering of 17.4M shares

In a press release published this morning, T-Mobile announced the pricing of its registered public offering. The carrier is offering 17.4 million shares of 5.50% mandatory convertible preferred stock at a price of $50 per share. T-Mo hopes to raise around $854 million from the public offering. It’s also giving underwriters the opportunity to buy up to an additional 2.6 million shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. As with any public offering, T-Mobile is planning to use … [read full article]