LG’s long rumored G3 is set to be unveiled at an event (or events) across the world next Tuesday, May 27, but the big question for us has been: Will it make its way to Magenta? According to a regulatory filing with the FCC, it almost certainly will. Perhaps no surprise, given the sheer number of LG devices available on T-Mo these days. myLGphones … [read full article]
Speaking at an investor conference today, Braxton Carter confirmed that we can expect “several more” Un-carrier moves from T-Mobile over the course of this year. While remaining silent on the specifics – as you’d expect – he did state that some of those will be “non-traditional.” Carter was invited along to the 42nd annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, and … [read full article]
T-Mobile announced early this morning that it has partnered with Walmart to sell Magenta-connected tablets. Priced at just $179-$229, they’ll surely entice the casual tech shopper to get onboard T-Mo’s network. What’s more, customers will also be able to take advantage of the Free Data for Life offer, giving them 200MB each month to use. The two tablets on … [read full article]
A couple of small software updates to inform you of this morning. Last night, T-Mobile variants of the HTC One, both M7 and M8 received some much desired improvements. M7 was updated with Sense 6, the latest version of HTC’s custom user interface. The M8 – on the other hand – was updated with one of the features … [read full article]
Thursday evening, in the 200 block of S. San Gabriel Boulevard, a team of firefighters were called out to deal with a “three-alarm” fire at a T-Mobile store. Flames reportedly reached around 20 feet in the air and spread quickly to nearby gift shop. Aerial video footage shows the roof of the store caving in as the rescue service do their utmost to deal with the blaze. Firefighters struggled to get to the source of the flames … [read full article]
Two days ago, ZTE announced that it’s launching the Concord II exclusively on T-Mobile and MetroPCS. Initially it wasn’t showing up online, but now it’s popped up in T-Mo’s … [read full article]
Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that it has appointed Tim Fisher as its new Director of Loss Prevention. Previously, Fisher has held various positions at Best Buy in corporate, and in the field and has been in similar roles at Target. The news was originally reported by LP Magazine, information provided by Loss Prevention Recruiters. Official press release spiel: Tim joins T-Mobile after a successful … [read full article]
The FCC today voted in favor of a decision which will restrict how much spectrum AT&T and Verizon will be able to acquire in next year’s major airwave auction. “In a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission approved the plan that would reserve part of the spectrum in each market for wireless carriers that do not already have substantial blocks … [read full article]
A report from the Wall Street Journal today states that some commissioners at the FCC aren’t totally against a deal between Sprint and T-Mobile. The deal would see the third and fourth most popular carriers in the States combine and create a much larger carrier, and one which could compete with Verizon and AT&T more effectively. As you’re all aware, in the past, … [read full article]
As we’ve heard a couple of times from our sources now, T-Mobile and Univision have announced a new prepaid MVNO dubbed “Univision Mobile”. It’ll launch on May 19th, exclusively at Walmart and independent dealer locations across the U.S, including Puerto Rico. “Univision Mobile’s services and features have been created to satisfy the needs of the U.S. Hispanic community,” said Kevin Conroy, President, Digital & Enterprise Development, … [read full article]
Yesterday we revealed plans that T-Mobile is planning on launching a brand new prepaid MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) as soon as next week. This new prepaid carrier will work exclusively on T-Mobile’s service … [read full article]
Over the past couple of years a couple of Chinese brands have emerged from the darkness of manufacturing handsets for other brands, and instead producing phones with their own moniker stamped on the shell. One of those brands, ZTE, is set to launch and Android-powered phone on T-Mobile and MetroPCS. The Concord II smartphone is equipped with … [read full article]
