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AT&T, Department Of Justice Ordered To Come Up With Settlement Plans By September 21st

The presiding judge overseeing the Department of Justice lawsuit has set a date of September 21st to discuss the prospects of a settlement. Furthermore, in an order signed this past Monday, Judge Ellen S. Huvelle has asked the Justice Department, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom to file a joint plan by September 16th on both scheduling and managing the case. Judge Huvelle further ordered that “the parties shall be prepared to discuss the prospects for settlement” at … [read full article]

Blackberry Curve 9360 Appears On T-Mobile Prepaid Marketing Material

Is the Blackberry Bold 9900 or the Blackberry Torch 9860 not exciting enough for you? Well good news as the Blackberry Curve 9360 already rumored to hit T-Mobile shelves September 14th has popped up on a marketing poster for T-Mobile prepaid devices. Marked at $229.99 for prepaid purchase we expect a postpaid two year contract price to appear somewhere around the magical $100 dollar mark. Unfortunately there isn’t a whole lot to learn … [read full article]

AT&T May Earn Discount On T-Mobile If Concessions Surpass Certain Value

An article published early (early!) this morning on Bloomberg opens up the possibility that AT&T can “lower the price it pays for T-Mobile USA Inc. if the remedies requested by regulators become too expensive according to three people with direct knowledge of the purchase contract.” In other words, if the regulator’s request are too expensive for AT&T, the company can get a reduced rate on their T-Mobile purchase price. A discount would be available to AT&T if … [read full article]

T-Mobile Calls For “All Hands Day” For September 24th

Details are sketchy at best but we’ve just received a huge number of emails indicating that T-Mobile has called an “All Hands Day” meeting for September 24th for unknown reasons. Could this be a pre-iPhone launch meeting? Could this be related to the AT&T takeover or could this be related to T-Mobile discovering water on Mars? In any case, mark your calendars down for September 24th because something is going down.

AT&T Responds To Sprint Lawsuit

As expected AT&T has fired back with some less than flattering words toward Sprint on the news of Sprint attempting to legally block their T-Mobile takeover. An AT&T spokesman said  “This simply demonstrates what we’ve said all along – Sprint is more interested in protecting itself than it is in promoting competition that benefits consumers. We of course will vigorously contest this matter in court as AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA will: help solve our nation’s … [read full article]

Sprint Files Suit To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Transaction

In a move that continues to indicate Sprint’s desire to see the end of the AT&T/T-Mobile takeover transaction they have filed suit against AT&T, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile USA to block the acquisition. Claiming the deal violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act the lawsuit was filed in the District of Columbia as a related case to the Department of Justice’s own lawsuit against the proposed deal. “Sprint opposes AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile,” said … [read full article]

Deutsche Telekom Says Break-Up Fee Not In Danger If AT&T Deal Fails

Since the announcement of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal the press and mobile industry at large has been under the impression that should the deal fall through, AT&T was on the line for up to $6 billion in cash and spectrum. A Reuters report from yesterday indicated that the break-up fee as it has been dubbed isn’t as certain as the deal itself just being nullified, closed, killed or destroyed by the government. Reuters sources indicated … [read full article]

T-Mobile G2x Free With New Or Add-A-Line Accounts Through Wednesday, September 7th

Looking to score a free T-Mobile G2x between now and tomorrow? Well if you’ve been thinking about opening a new line or adding an additional line of service to an existing T-Mobile family plan you can take advantage of this offer good through tomorrow. The G2x offer is good as a web-only special now through September 7th. It’s free, it’s dual-core, it’s Android. Any questions? T-Mobile

Blackberry Torch 9860 Appears In T-Mobile System

Rumors of the Blackberry Torch 9860 arriving on T-Mobile have been going on behind the scenes for some time. The passing of the Blackberry Torch 9860 with AWS bands through the FCC at the end of July pushed the rumor mill even further into the camp that this could very well arrive on T-Mobile. Now some internal screenshots offering up trade-in information regarding Blackberry devices T-Mobile carries currently or will carry now have hit our … [read full article]

(Updated With Deutsche Telekom Statement) AT&T Might Not Be Required To Pay T-Mobile Break-Up Fee After All?

Update: Deutsche Telekom has stated it would consider “carving out some assets” from T-Mobile USA in order to continue the regulatory approval process for a deal with AT&T. Speaking to BusinessWeek Deutsche Telekom spokesman Philipp Kornstaedt says that DT is examining different scenarios and how they would play out in real life. With the report of T-Mobile needing to maintain a certain level of value in order to earn DT a break-up fee should the deal … [read full article]

HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G Pictures Plus Specs Leak?

This isn’t what we call a T-Mobile leak per se, but the HTC Ruby/Amaze 4G model has leaked out of Thailand according to local site Droid Sans. According to the site HTC is testing a new Android device that is capable of DC-HSPA+ speeds in Thailand which further gives us hope that this device is capable of 42Mbps data speeds. The images in the pictures themselves match the ones we’ve seen leak with T-Mobile branding … [read full article]

T-Mobile Roadmap Leak Shows Upcoming Launch Dates

Few leaks excite us more than a roadmap showing us upcoming launch dates for all the phones we could want and more. Unfortunately, this roadmap like the last one we previewed doesn’t link specific devices with their respective launch dates but we’ve got some pretty good guesses. The end of October is expected to see at least the Galaxy S II, HTC Ruby and at least the launch of one more tablet. As for … [read full article]