T-Mobile Galaxy Note Edge passes through FCC with band 12 support
Pre-orders for the T-Mo Galaxy Note 4 have already gone live, with the device expected to land on store shelves as soon as next Friday. And it has [read full article]
FCC commissioner discusses progressive plans, wants to look at lower/higher frequencies
The race for mobile operators to gain spectrum is competitive. Each carrier wants to bolster its network to add speed, reliability and expansive coverage. And as device technology is on the increase, and the number of people with LTE-capable devices is growing, network technology needs to match the demand. And it could lead the FCC to start looking at alternatives to the … [read full article]
FCC fines T-Mobile $819k for failing to offer enough hearing aid-compatible phones in ’09/10
The FCC has published a forfeiture order informing T-Mobile that it must pay a penalty of $819,000 for failing to meet requirements to sell a certain number of hearing aid compatible phones. T-Mo – according to the FCC – “willfully and repeatedly violated Sections 20.19(c)(2) and 20.19 (d)(2).” This news was only published in a [read full article]
T-Mo pushing FCC to reserve more 600MHz spectrum for smaller carriers
Next year’s major 600MHz auction has cropped up many times as a subject of discussion online this past 12 months. And it’s no surprise, it’s billed as the biggest spectrum auction the U.S. has seen since 2008. Earlier this year, Sprint and T-Mobile (plus some smaller carriers) got their wish when the FCC [read full article]
FCC filing reveals further T-Mobile 700MHz transaction covering 6.4M POPs
When T-Mobile purchased the huge lump of A-block spectrum – covering 158M people – from Verizon earlier this year, it was never the company’s plan to only have that and nothing else. After all, T-Mo wants to ensure as many people are covered by the stronger, lower-frequency LTE as possible. Last week it was revealed that the company had agreed to acquire a lump of A-block [read full article]
Further evidence to support T-Mobile Xperia Z3 rumors
We’ve had an inkling for a few weeks that the unannounced Sony Xperia Z3 is on its way to T-Mobile. An early SAR report filed with the FCC had indicated a [read full article]
FCC’s new proposal will put a stop to any Sprint, T-Mobile spectrum-acquiring joint venture
Not long ago it was reported that T-Mobile and Sprint were looking to form a joint venture in order to gain as much spectrum as they could in next … [read full article]
Cell Phone Unlocking is now legal, bill gets final seal of approval
Cell Phone Unlocking has been something of a confusing arena over the past few years in the U.S. First, an exemption in the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) allowed it, and then it didn’t. Then a bill was proposed to make it legal again, a bill which the [read full article]
Galaxy Avant and Xperia Z3 to be compatible with T-Mobile’s 700MHz LTE?
Just before Uncarrier 5.0 was announced, one of our sources got in touch to show us they’d been testing a Galaxy Avant. It seems like an age ago, but it was just last … [read full article]
AT&T: T-Mobile’s data roaming proposal would “violate the Telecommunications Act”
T-Mobile recently put forward a petition to the FCC asking it to rewrite data roaming rules. But AT&T has called the proposal unlawful. T-Mo’s initial petition calls for the FCC to ensure that US data roaming agreements between larger and smaller carriers are fair. In the words of T-Mobile’s original proposal: The … [read full article]