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T-Mobile Names 25 New Recipients of Hometown Grants

T-Mobile continues with its Hometown Grants project as it awards the latest 25 recipients today.  Hometown Grants is T-Mobile’s five-year commitment to helping small towns and rural communities since April 2021. To date, they have been able to provide over $14 million across 47 states. The initiative has also created over 86,000 volunteer hours as they gathered to cooperate in this project.  The new recipients will each receive funding of up to $50,000 from T-Mobile to kickstart … [read full article]

Lawyers Agree to Reduced Fee for T-Mobile Settlement

The legal battle over T-Mobile’s 2021 data breach may be coming to a close soon.  As shared by Thomson Reuters, the attorneys have agreed to a reduced compensation of $46 million instead of the original $78 million that they were initially supposed to receive. This was decided after they received complaints that the original amount was a “windfall.” The Un-carrier agreed to settle the lawsuit and pay $350 million to the victims of the data … [read full article]

T-Mobile Makes Small Change to Redemption of Its Physical T-Mobile Tuesdays Freebies

A few days ago, it was reported that T-Mobile’s next T-Mobile Tuesdays freebie comes in the form of a flashlight. If this is something that you’re already looking forward to getting, we might have some bad news for you. As reported by The Mobile Report, T-Mobile is changing its redemption rules for its freebies. Unfortunately, this also means that it starts next week with the free flashlight.  The new change reveals that third-party locations will … [read full article]

T-Mobile Successfully Sends WEA via Starlink’s Satellite

With the way technology is advancing in the US, dead zones will soon be a thing of the past– at least for T-Mobile.  Earlier today, T-Mobile announced that it had successfully sent and received a wireless emergency alert (WEA) via Starlink satellites equipped with satellite-to-smartphone capabilities. This is an important achievement since this is the first time in US history that a wireless emergency alert was sent via satellite.  A test alert for a hypothetical evacuation notice … [read full article]

Apple iPhone 16 Lands on T-Mobile

Apple has just unveiled its latest iPhone series: the iPhone 16. And now, we’re learning more about the device and where it will be available.  Wasting no time to announce the exciting news is T-Mobile, who will be offering a free iPhone 16 Pro with trade-in (or up to $1,000 off on any of the iPhone 16 devices). The offer will be available starting Friday, September 13. The other promotions that T-Mobile is offering include: iPhone 16 … [read full article]

T-Mobile Hosts Telco Network API Challenge With hubraum

T-Mobile is working with hubraum, Deutsche Telekom’s tech incubator brand, to host a global API competition. In its announcement today, T-Mobile invited both developers and innovators to explore new business opportunities through the use of APIs.  The competition will focus on five key areas where APIs can be connected with telecoms:  Automotive: For use cases like connected cars or autonomous vehicles. Broadcasting: APIs for broadcasting could improve streaming efficiencies for production teams. Government: Public institutions rely on … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tuesdays’ Next Giveaway is a Rechargeable Flashlight

*Not the actual photo September is National Preparedness Month. Along with this, the Un-carrier shared a reminder to prepare for natural emergencies. It’s possible that it has set up the next T-Mobile Tuesday giveaway to coincide with this initiative.  As reported by The Mobile Report, T-Mobile’s next physical giveaway comes in the form of a branded flashlight. In its internal memo, T-Mobile noted:  “We’re brightening our customers’ day with this free rechargeable flashlight! Here’s the … [read full article]

T-Mobile’s T-Force Team Saves the Day… Again

There have been a lot of complaints over how T-Mobile’s customer service handles its service. As PhoneArena pointed out, “the days when the carrier really put the customer first ended when former CEO John Legere left the company.” The publication also spoke with current and past employees who all agreed that things “were better” when Legere was in charge. Instead of putting the customers first, the focus is now on the stockholder. We get that since … [read full article]

T-Mobile Running Discount for 5G Home Internet Subscribers

T-Mobile is trying to grow its 5G Home Internet subscribers. Thanks to a new promotion, existing subscribers can get $30 off per month when they subscribe to 5G Home Internet. This discount is applicable to customers who already have a postpaid account with at least one voice line. Customers who are already on a home internet account can also be eligible for this discount.  The Mobile Report shares that in order to be eligible for the … [read full article]

T-Mobile Accidentally Posts Upcoming iPhone 16 Pro On Us Promotion

Although Apple has not yet unveiled the iPhone 16, many are already looking forward to this new device. Apple already sent out invites for its upcoming Apple Event, which will be held on Monday, September 9 at 1:00 PM ET. The company did not fully reveal which devices they will be unveiling at the event, but we can safely assume that the iPhone 16 series will be one of them.  Days before the event, however, T-Mobile appeared … [read full article]

T-Mobile Subscriber Allegedly Told Unauthorized SIM Swaps Were an “Inside Job”

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Wireless carriers are always on the lookout for potential SIM swap attacks. This is why they have measures in place to help protect customers from unauthorized SIM swaps.  Despite this, there are still a few who manage to get away with it. Take the example of a T-Mobile subscriber, who shared that one of the lines on his account was victimized by a SIM swap attack twice. The Redditor shared that the account belonged to his … [read full article]

T-Mobile Asks: Are You Natural Disaster Ready?

Disaster can happen at any time. Because of this, the best thing you can do is to prepare for anything that might happen. Last year, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said that nearly half of American adults believe they were unprepared for a disaster. Since September is National Preparedness Month, T-Mobile has shared some tips on how you can prepare in the event of a hurricane or wildfire: Make your phone disaster-proof so you can … [read full article]