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T-Mobile Gets Slapped with Fine for Jumping the Gun on REVVL 7 Pro Sales

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $7,000 to the U.S. government and implement new compliance measures after selling thousands of phones before getting proper approval from federal regulators. According to PhoneArena, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has closed an investigation into T-Mobile for selling the REVVL 7 Pro 5G smartphone without the required equipment authorization. The carrier started selling the device on May … [read full article]

Court Upholds T-Mobile’s Massive FCC Fine Despite Company’s Legal Challenge

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T-Mobile has suffered a significant legal defeat after a federal court rejected the carrier’s attempt to overturn a $92 million fine related to customer location data protection failures. The ruling represents a major setback for the Un-carrier’s efforts to challenge federal regulators’ authority over privacy matters. The penalty stems from the FCC’s determination that T-Mobile failed to adequately protect customer location information from being misused by third-party companies. As reported by [read full article]

T‑Mobile to Absorb U.S. Cellular: What You Need to Know

T‑Mobile has officially won regulatory approval to acquire most of U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations; including its customers, retail outlets, and roughly 30% of its spectrum holdings for a total of $4.4 billion in cash and debt.  As reported by Android Authority, both the Justice Department and the FCC signed off on the deal, and it came without any significant conditions attached. According to [read full article]

T-Mobile Unlocks Satellite Text for Older Phones, No Extra Approval Needed

T-Mobile is giving older phones a fresh reason to stick around: soon, they’ll be able to crash the satellite party. That’s right, even devices that weren’t originally certified for satellite use may soon tap into T-Satellite, T-Mobile’s life‑saving “text via space” network powered by Starlink. According to PhoneArena, the FCC has just waived the requirement that forced each phone to individually get a satellite stamp … [read full article]

T-Mobile Expands Fiber Internet Service with New Plans and Price Lock

T-Mobile is making a significant move into the fiber internet market, aiming to provide faster and more reliable internet services to households across the U.S. Starting June 5th, the company is launching new fiber plans with symmetrical speeds—meaning equal upload and download rates—of up to 2 Gbps. These plans come with a five-year price lock and a $5 monthly discount for customers who set up autopay using a debit card or bank account. This expansion is part … [read full article]

T-Mobile Invests to Improve Its Cybersecurity Practices

As part of its settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), T-Mobile will be investing millions of dollars in intensifying its cybersecurity operations. Not only that, the Un-carrier was ordered to pay $15.75 million in civil penalties to the US Treasury. This is the same amount that T-Mobile is spending on its internal cybersecurity investment.  According to T-Mobile, it will be making the following improvements to its cybersecurity:  Corporate Governance – T-Mobile’s Chief Information Security Officer will … [read full article]

T-Mobile Submits Filing Opposing FCC’s Proposed 60-Day Device Unlocking Policy

Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed to lower the required number of days for carriers to unlock devices. Instead of the current number of days, the FCC wants carriers to limit this to just 60 days. T-Mobile has reacted to this and submitted a new filing to the FCC.  In its filing, T-Mobile explained why it opposed the new policy. The Un-carrier met … [read full article]

Musk: Starlink Will Send Emergency Alerts to Anyone, Anywhere in the World

With the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Aug. 29 deadline to make a decision on T-Mobile and SpaceX’s request to reconsider its out-of-band power flux-density limit, Elon Musk makes a new promise in the hopes of swaying the decision.  As shared on X, Musk said:  “After thinking it through, SpaceX Starlink will provide emergency services access for mobile phones for people in distress for free. … [read full article]

Report: FCC Reportedly Declines SpaceX-T-Mobile Request for Power Flux-Density Limit Increase

A previous report alleged that the FCC had made a final decision to not relax the density limit waiver to SpaceX. But as it turns out, a decision is expected to made after August 29th. The original article is below. After trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its out-of-band power flux-density limit of -120 dBW/m2/MHz, the agency will have until August … [read full article]

T-Mobile Tries to Convince the FCC to Approve Metronet Acquisition

Back in July, T-Mobile expressed its intention to acquire Metronet in a joint venture arrangement with KKR, an investment firm. The recent development of those plans is that T-Mobile is still trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to let the deal go through.  Once T-Mobile is permitted to acquire the fiber internet service provider, it will be able to use the marketing and service … [read full article]