Competitive fiber network operator Cogent Communications said that it has reached a definitive agreement to buy T-Mobile’s wireline business. The price was not disclosed. T-Mobile’s wireline business is comprised of the long-haul fiber network assets that the company acquired when…
New York, NY – November 5, 2020 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs determined that T-Mobile, U.S., Inc. provided a reasonable basis for its future-based aspirational claims that, based on the recent merger between T-Mobile and…
T-Mobile has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle an FCC Sprint Lifeline investigation dating back over a year. The Sprint Lifeline settlement is for $200 million. The Lifeline program, administered by the FCC, pays service providers $9.25 a…
T-Mobile plans to exercise a two-decades-old agreement that gives it the option to purchase the wireless assets of Shentel, also known as Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, a publicly-held rural wireless and wireline provider that serves rural areas of Virginia and several…
T-Mobile said today that it has turned up 5G service using mid-band spectrum in parts of three more markets – Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. In a blog post about T-Mobile mid-band 5G and other 5G developments, T-Mobile President of…
Bellevue, Washington — July 16, 2020 — Today via webcast, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) CEO Mike Sievert unveiled the company’s latest Un-carrier move, a comprehensive set of protections against a pervasive problem affecting everyone with a phone: scams and robocalls. The…
T-Mobile said today that it is expanding the availability of its T-Mobile Home Internet fixed wireless service in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The company began a trial of the service to “select” T-Mobile customers in that area in March…
Dish’s acquisition of Boost Mobile, Sprint’s prepaid wireless business, is now complete. The Dish Boost acquisition is valued at $1.4 billion and includes more than 9.3 million customers. Dish also gains a seven-year MVNO agreement with T-Mobile that will put…
The three major carriers each had something to crow about in Opensignal’s 5G User Experience Report for June. Verizon had the fastest 5G, while T-Mobile had the best availability. AT&T and Verizon tied for fastest speed overall (all networks, not…
Dish and T-Mobile have reached an agreement for Dish to acquire the Boost Mobile prepaid business that T-Mobile gained when it merged with Sprint, according to a regulatory filing made yesterday. The transaction is slated to close July 1 and…
Until now, T-Mobile has been quite guarded about its 5G speeds, not citing specifics and even cautioning that in some areas, consumers wouldn’t notice much difference from 4G LTE. But that’s changing, now that the company’s merger with Sprint has…
AT&T customers are the most likely to churn to the new T-Mobile created out of the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, according to new research from market research company SurveyMonkey that was commissioned by Waveform, a provider of cellphone boosters,…
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