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Univision and T-Mobile officially announce “Univision Mobile”

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]

Univision and T-Mobile partnering to launch new MVNO?

Univision has been on something of a roll this past few days. In one major announcement, it’s teamed up with Simon Cowell’s SYCO Entertainment to discover the “Ultimate Latino Boyband” with a “La Banda”. It’s also hosted its Upfront conference. But we’ve just been told about another new initiative the company’s going to be launching within the next week. We’ve heard that the company is … [read full article]

Fastest Mobile Networks 2014 is happening, get testing your T-Mo phones with Sensorly

Every carrier likes to claim that it has the best network around. And John Legere likes to point out that most claims are based on old, paid-for “independent” testing, and that in real life use, T-Mobile has the fastest LTE network. Data from Ookla’s SpeedTest.net would suggest that Magenta users have it good, and it’s only going to get better. … [read full article]

T-Mo customers using 28 times more data internationally than before

Just 8 months ago T-Mobile pulled a fantastic Un-carrier phase out of its proverbial bag. By offering free roaming abroad, T-Mo got rid of one of the biggest restrictions on international travelers. And the data shows it’s working. This morning T-Mobile announced some key figures showing just how successful the international roaming phase has been. Customers are calling 3 times more, texting 7 … [read full article]

T-Mobile 4G LTE lights up at Coamo, Puerto Rico

We never get tired of hearing about T-Mobile’s network getting bigger and better. Today one of our readers got in touch to let us know that 4G LTE has just gone live in Coamo, Puerto Rico. Submitting a speed test yielded results of around 23Mbps down and 6Mbps up. Not quite the speeds of Dallas, but, you still can’t beat the feeling of upgrading … [read full article]

Deutsche Telekom wants $1 billion in compensation if proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger falls through

AT&T failed terribly when it attempted to buy out Deutsche Telekom’s controlling share in T-Mobile US back in 2011. In fact, because of the way the deal was structured and clauses put in place, T-Mo received compensation of around $4 billion including $1 billion worth of wireless spectrum. So it’s no surprise to hear that if a bid from SoftBank … [read full article]

T-Mobile sponsoring Stephen Colbert’s show: Best marketing ever?

When companies sponsor Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Colbert Report’, they don’t usually get what you’d traditionally class as an advertisement. In fact, his motto seems to be ‘as long as the company name is mentioned, I can do what I like.’ In an episode aired this week, he took the same approach to T-Mobile. Unlike most ads, promoting the company’s Un-carrier plans and super-fast LTE, Colbert … [read full article]