Items tagged with T-Mobile
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 22, 2015
T-Mobile shocked the tech community when it announced its Data Stash program that not only allows customers to rollover unused data month-to-month for up to a year, but also starts you off with 10GB “just because.” Not one to be left in...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Jan 22, 2015
T-Mobile CEO John Legere made it his mission last year to knock Sprint of its perch as America’s third-largest wireless carrier. Legere made his proclamation at the beginning of August and despite a huge 2014 for T-Mobile, with over 8...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 22, 2015
MetroPCS, the flagship prepaid brand owned by T-Mobile, is offering its customers a chance to upgrade to an unlimited 4G LTE data plan for just $50 per month. It's a limited time offer that's available until April 5, 2015, and if you sign up by the deadline, MetroPCS says you'll get unlimited...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 21, 2015
Is Google about to win the wireless wars? It's a logical question that needs to be asked, analyzed, re-asked, re-analyzed, and debated. And if you're wondering what the flip we're talking about, it's this -- there's a new report suggesting...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Jan 19, 2015
T-Mobile has been on a winning streak for the past year. Lead by the brash CEO John Legere, the “Uncarrier” added 8.3 million customers during 2014 and has launched a number of initiatives — including Data Stash and cut-rate unlimited LTE...
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Joshua Gulick - Thu, Jan 15, 2015
T-Mobile may not have snagged third place just yet, but that hasn’t broken the carrier’s stride. Fans of the self-proclaimed “un-carrier” T-Mobile are getting another prepaid choice when the company launches the Simply Prepaid service on...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Jan 09, 2015
Sprint this week reported some preliminary customer results for its third fiscal quarter of 2014, noting that it added 967,000 customers to the fold, including postpaid net additions of 30,000, prepaid net additions of 410,000, and...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 07, 2015
T-Mobile has been aggressive in its campaign to woo customers away from the competition, which it's successfully been able to do through its so-called "Uncarrier" campaign. So far it's working like a charm -- the wireless carrier today...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 07, 2015
During T-Mobile’s Un-carrier 8.0 announcement held last month, John Legere introduced the Data Stash program which allows customers to rollover unused data from month-to-month. T-Mobile even sweetened the deal by adding 10GB of data into customers’ Data Stash for free to get them...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 01, 2015
T-Mobile boss John Legere has never found himself at a loss of words, and love him or hate him, you have to appreciate the fact that he speaks his mind. It's a double-edged sword, as he can sometimes say foolish things, but we'll take that...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Dec 19, 2014
AT&T agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the tune of $105 million in early October for its part in a “cramming” scheme that bilked customers out of millions of dollars. Cramming refers to any unauthorized charges on...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Dec 16, 2014
Remember back in the day when you actually had a fixed amount of voice minutes per month to use? Yeah, I know that some of you are still on fixed-minute plans, but most of us have moved on to unlimited voice/text/data plans. Companies like...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Dec 15, 2014
Wireless carriers in the United States are currently involved in an expansive pricing war that sees no signs of ending. From double-data promotions, to steep discounts on new smartphones, to lower pricing on family plans, wireless carriers are pulling out all the stops to compete for your...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Dec 10, 2014
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is rolling out a new Simple Choice family plan that will make monitoring data usage an unnecessary task. That's because the plan includes unlimited 4G LTE data for the whole family, along with unlimited talk and...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Dec 03, 2014
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Yesterday, Sprint caught the attention of numerous wireless subscribers with its “Cut Your Bill in Half” promotion. The United States’ third-place wireless provider promised AT&T and...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Dec 01, 2014
We’re still scratching our heads over why Apple even bothered with a 16GB iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, especially considering the issues that some users have experienced upgrading to iOS 8. Luckily for T-Mobile customers, Cyber Monday...
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Rob Williams - Tue, Nov 25, 2014
T-Mobile has been the target of much consumer ire in the past due to the way it throttles user bandwidth and tries to keep it a secret. If you regularly use the Internet on your phone, it's going to be obvious when the performance is less...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 28, 2014
T-Mobile, the nation's fourth largest wireless carrier, closed out its best quarter ever of branded postpaid net additions, which totaled 1.4 million. Branded prepaid net additions more than doubled quarter-over-quarter to 1.2 billion...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 28, 2014
In the beginning, AT&T secured an exclusive contract with Apple to carry the iPhone in the U.S., and it stayed that way until Verizon negotiated its way into the party nearly four years later in February 2011. Eight months later...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 06, 2014
It seems as though whenever John Legere opens his mouth, it's a newsworthy occasion. The outspoken Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile isn't known for pulling punches, though he's certainly prone to taking jabs at the competition, as he's...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Sep 27, 2014
There seems to be a bit of confusion over how to buy one of Apple's iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus handsets in unlocked form. In the past, Apple has let consumers buy unlocked and contract-free iPhone models direct from its website, but this...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Aug 26, 2014
With wireless carriers now engaged in a price war of sorts -- it's more a data war, really -- it's getting a bit difficult to keep track of things. For example, just a couple of weeks ago T-Mobile was advertising is Framily plan. And now?...
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