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FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers Over 2019 Investigation on Customer Location Data

The major wireless carriers in the country are currently facing a fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for illegally selling the location data of its customers without their consent. This marks the end of a 2019 investigation into how carriers disregarded the privacy of its customers.  According to the FCC’s investigation, carriers like AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile sold the location data of its customers to aggregators. In turn, these aggregators sold the data to third … [read full article]

Two Companies Want the FCC to Take Action Against T-Mobile’s 2.5GHz Spectrum

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Last month, T-Mobile finally got to activate its 2.5GHz 5G spectrum that it had long acquired from the FCC. Although T-Mo’s customers have benefited from this, other companies are claiming that they experienced a degradation in services.  Following the complaint filed by fixed wireless service provider Bloosurf, two other companies have stepped up with similar complaints. These companies complained to the FCC that T-Mobile’s 2.5GHz 5G spectrum was interfering with their operations. As a result, they are … [read full article]

T-Mobile Now Displays Its “Nutrition Labels” for Broadband Service

Internet service providers (ISPs), including T-Mobile, are now required to display its broadband facts. This is a mandate from new federal regulations requiring such companies to be transparent with their wired and wireless broadband services.  Dubbed on the internet as “nutrition labels,” these aim to let consumers know what their broadband service includes.  When T-Mobile announced this at the start of the month, it was easy to think it was part of their April Fool’s prank. After … [read full article]

T-Mobile Might Need to Auction Off Dish’s Low-Band Spectrum

Previously, Dish disclosed its financial status and worries about being able to “continue as a going concern” in an SEC filing. With its large debt due this year, the cable company has “substantial doubt” on its future. Because of this, Dish will no longer be able to purchase the 13.5MHz low-band 800MHz spectrum given to it by T-Mobile. The deal was supposed to cost $3.59 billion.  The two companies had an agreement in October to extend this … [read full article]

T-Mobile Activates Auction 108 Spectrum, Expect 5G Boost in Coming Days

T-Mobile has great news for its customers and investors. After years of waiting, the Un-carrier has finally activated the 2.5GHz spectrum that it won in auction 108 in 2022.  Now that the spectrum has been activated, it is able to expand its Ultra Capacity 5G coverage to various communities. It also helps increase Ultra Capacity 5G bandwidth in several places in the country, even in rural areas. What this means is that you should expect to see … [read full article]

T-Mobile Makes an Offer to Expedite 2.5 GHz Spectrum Turnover

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Back in 2022, T-Mobile won an additional 2.5 GHz spectrum in an auction held by the FCC. The Un-carrier already spent around $304 million in this spectrum, yet never received the licenses since the auction authority of the FCC expired. Ever since then, T-Mobile has been trying its best to get the licenses granted to them.  The last report on the issue was in December when President Joe Biden already signed the 5G SALE Act. Through this, … [read full article]

T-Mobile Gets Good News from the FCC

Just before the year ends, T-Mobile has received good news from the FCC. For some time now, T-Mobile has been waiting for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue the spectrum license it won in a previous auction. But because the FCC has had no authority to issue such licenses for decades, this became a problem for the Un-Carrier.  Thankfully, the 5G SALE Act passed Congress and has been signed by President Joe Biden into law. While … [read full article]

Good News for T-Mobile: 5G SALE Act Passes the Congress

T-Mobile has gotten an early Christmas present from the Congress as they passed a bill enabling the Un-carrier to take ownership of their acquired spectrum licenses. The bill authorizes ownership to T-Mobile US and the other winners of the 2022 2.5 GHz spectrum license auction. Ever since the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) spectrum auction authority expired, processing the spectrum has been in limbo.  Despite wrapping up the auction in fall 2022, the FCC had to stop all … [read full article]

FCC Questions T-Mobile’s Planned Mint Mobile Acquisition

Back in March, T-Mobile announced its plan to acquire Ka’ena Corporation and its subsidiaries, which included Mint Mobile, Ultra Mobile, and Plum!. It looks like the plans continue to be in place as the Un-carrier responded to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) questions regarding this acquisition.  As shared by Light Reading, the questions touched base on a number of topics including … [read full article]