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The Federal Communications Commission this week approved the transfer of spectrum from ATT to T-Mobile, which was a condition of the companies’ failed merger. The move will provide T-Mobile with Advanced Wireless Systems (AWS) spectrum in 128 cellular markets, including 12 of the top 20, T-Mobile said in a statement. “We applaud the FCC for [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – ATT Inc, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider, has received regulatory approval for its plan to give T-Mobile USA a big chunk of spectrum as part of its break-up offering in compensation for the failure of their efforts to merge. ATT was left with an obligation to give wireless air [...]
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T-Mobile ready to announce their own Galaxy Note? (Credit: TmoNews) A T-Mobile branded version of the Samsung Galaxy Note has been spied online, confirming rumors that the phone/tablet hybrid would be expanding to additional carriers. Pictures obtained by TmoNews indicate that not only is the Galaxy Note close, but also it’s bringing dessert with it. [...]
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April 24th, 2012, 18:00 GMT · By Cosmin Vasile
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Well, wouldn’t you know it, but T-Mobile — the only nationwide AWS service provider in the US — objects to Verizon’s purchase of additional AWS spectrum. The company’s CEO, Philipp Humm, recently took his concerns to the chief of the FCC’s wireless bureau, Rick Kaplan, where he argued that Verizon’s proposal to shed Blocks A [...]
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T-Mobile Wants FCC to Reject Verizon AWS Spectrum Purchase ( Page 1 of 2 ) Verizon Wireless may have some trouble closing the complex spectrum deal it has been trying to get through the FCC since last year. The deal involved an agreement by Verizon Wireless to buy unused AWS spectrum from cable companies, including [...]
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Sara really loved her HTC G1 from T-Mobile, and bought the similar-ish Samsung Sidekick 4G as a replacement when its years of loyal service ended. The new phone has not been so loyal. It locks up, won’t respond to the touchscreen, and periodically wipes its memory card for no clear reason. Sure, she could back [...]
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Call Center Operations Featured Article About a month ago, TMCnet reported that T-Mobile (News – Alert) would be cutting 1,900 jobs in order to combine its call center operations and then hiring back around 1,400 of those employees who were caught under the chopping block eventually. With plans to reduce its call center facilities from 24 [...]
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April 23rd, 2012, 14:30 GMT · By Cosmin Vasile
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By Joseph Palenchar — TWICE, 4/23/2012 BELLEVUE, WASH. – T-Mobile is launching the first in a new series of ads that will air over the next few months leading up to the carrier’s brand relaunch in the fall. The new ad features Carly, the carrier’s current brand ambassador, who shuns her magenta polka-dot summer dress [...]
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By STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN szimmermann@suntimes.com April 21, 2012 11:32PM Reprints THE FIXER HAS SAVED YOU $1,219,917 Updated: April 22, 2012 2:05AM A Fixer column update: Last month, we told you about Diane Hettwer of Tinley Park, who’d bought a T-Mobile phone at Wal-Mart and signed a two-year contract. Diane wasn’t happy. The phone, she said, was [...]
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IN just a few months, thousands of T-Mobile USA employees will lose their jobs. After raking in millions in taxpayer subsidies, T-Mobile is shutting down call centers in some of the very communities that gave it economic-development grants and other taxpayer subsidies. T-Mobile counts on selling its products and services to U.S. customers. So it [...]
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A recent investor analysis concluded that without the iPhone, T-Mobile USA is unlikely to be met with enthusiasm from wireless customers in the near future. In a recent blog post, T-Mobile USA government affairs director for technology and engineering policy Steve Sharkey argued that killing a pending deal between Verizon and SpectrumCo would worsen T-Mobile’s existing woes. The [...]
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Published Thursday April 19, 2012 The New York Times ATT, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint say they need more radio spectrum, the government-rationed slices of radio waves that carry phone calls and wireless data. The wireless carriers say that in the next few years they may not have enough of it to meet the exploding demands [...]
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In last year’s investigation into data speeds in the wireless industry, PCMag found that Verizon Wireless came out on top with its speedy LTE network. Over the past year, ATT has started building out an LTE network, T-Mobile has enhanced their HSPA+ 42 mbps coverage, and Sprint has…umm…committed to building an LTE network starting mid-2012. But [...]