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80,000 “Break-up” letters later, T-Mobile widens ETF payment program to include U.S. Cellular and others

It’s been just over a week since T-Mobile announced its market-changing 4th phase of Uncarrier. The deal is the first of its kind to be introduced as a way to help customers (particularly families) get away from their contracts with other carriers by paying their early termination fees, and giving them money towards their old phones. Since then, more than 80,000 customers have posted “Break-up Letters” to social media by people who have made use of the … [read full article]

Deutsche Telekom transfers T-Mobile US stake to holding company in the Netherlands [Update: Sprint gets bank financing proposals ]

Reuters reports today that Deutsche Telekom has transferred its controlling stake in T-Mobile US to a holding company in theNetherlands. DT owns around 67% of the #4 US carrier, and this move will do nothing to kill rumors of a possible buyout. Rumors have persisted for a few months now that Sprint could be lining up a buyout bid for T-Mobile. This particular merger/takeover is allegedly being fueled by Softbank’s CEO, the same man who pushed through … [read full article]

T-Mobile hosting Macklemore concert, January 23rd at The Belasco Theater, LA

If you’re the CEO of a big company and you get booted out of a concert you really wanted to see, what do you do? Of course, the only answer is to organize your own concert with the same band. That’s exactly what John Legere and T-Mobile have done. On January 23rd at The Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, Tmo is hosting a one-off, intimate concert with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Tickets will go on sale … [read full article]

Survey reveals only 15% of Tmo subscribers want to switch to another carrier

If you’ve been listening or reading any of T-Mobile’s announcements recently, one frequently mentioned topic is churn. Or, in other words, the number of customers canceling contracts and switching to another network. Cowen and Company has just released results of a survey done in the final quarter of last year, and it’s showing T-Mobile in a very positive light. 1,876 customers from all 4 major network operators with contracts expiring within the next 6 months were asked … [read full article]

Nokia’s version of Android leaked, doesn’t look anything like Android

The past week or so has seen a handful of interesting leaks. Primarily from Samsung and Nokia devices. Everyone wants to know if Nokia will eventually release an Android device. And – although it was just swallowed up by Microsoft – the rumors aren’t going away. A device codenamed ‘Normandy’ has been doing the rounds, running a skinned version of Android that looks a lot more like Windows Phone than traditional Android UI. Perhaps that’s a good … [read full article]

Tmo execs talk Macklemore, Sprint buyout and AT&T in interview with NYT

What happens in Vegas definitely doesn’t stay in Vegas when it comes to T-Mobile. The company’s announcements and Legere’s AT&T party crashing have been the talk of the web for the past 7 days. Today, New York Times published an interview with T-Mobile executives, John Legere, Mike Sievert and and Braxton Carter, in which the execs discussed the questions we all want to know answers to. Will Sprint buy T-Mobile? What did getting thrown out … [read full article]

Analysts apparently worried by T-Mobile’s moves

If there’s one group of people that constantly provide frustration to my working life, it’s financial analysts. In my role, running TodaysiPhone.com, I come across them a lot. Normally, they’re making crazy predictions about what Apple’s going to release next or daft predictions on the company’s financial results. Normally, they’re wrong. But that’s not what frustrates me the most. As a financial analyst, the focus is never on what really matters the most: The consumer. If what … [read full article]

SONY Xperia Z1S now on sale from T-Mobile.com, in stores from 22nd

Sony announced its T-Mobile exclusive, the Xperia Z1S at CES in Las Vegas last week, and not it’s available to order from T-Mobile’s online store. It’s $0 down with 24 monthly payments of $22, making a total retail price of $528. It’ll be available in retail stores from January 22. Feature-wise, you’re looking at a waterproof device with a 5-inch, 1920×1080 resolution display. It’s powered by a quad-core 2.2GHz processor, a 3,000mAh battery and sports a 20.7MP … [read full article]

7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 arriving in stores, available online

A couple of days ago, one of our sources informed us that the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 was on its way to T-Mobile stores.  From the keynote announcement at CES on Wednesday, we also knew without doubt that Tmo would begin selling the device. Now, we’ve heard back from two more insiders with evidence to confirm that units are already making their way to stores. Some have arrived. Firstly, above is the most clear proof that it’s here. … [read full article]

What’s next for T-Mobile? VoLTE and low frequency

T-Mobile may not be well-known for having the best coverage in the States, but thankfully it knows it and its focus is clearly on making sure that changes. The most immediate-term plans are about getting the right foundation laid. That means rolling out LTE to as many markets as possible, as quickly as possible. In the long term, things look even better for the magenta carrier. It’s much more about making the coverage better, and not just … [read full article]

Check out John Legere’s full interview with David Pogue of Yahoo! Tech

Yesterday, Yahoo! Tech streamed a live interview with T-Mobile’s CEO, John Legere. In the interview the talked about a lot of things. As you can imagine, topics centered mostly around the new Uncarrier 4.0 phase, including the LTE rollout and explanations behind that and spectrum plans. Sadly, I can’t embed the video here, so you won’t be able to watch it on this blog, but, if you follow this link, it’ll take you straight to … [read full article]

Nexus 5 price drops through Tmo online store

I’m aware that I may be a little late with this news, but, with covering the T-Mobile event in a foreign timezone, all the follow up stuff and all that goes along with it, I must have missed it somehow. Regardless, I guess it’s better later than never to inform you that at some point over the past couple of days, T-Mobile dropped the price of its Nexus 5. When it launched on November 20th it cost … [read full article]