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T-Mobile announces restructuring and more job cuts

Rue Liu, May 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile CEO Philip Humm issued a memo today, announcing some "difficult decisions" in restructuring the company that will involve more layoffs. The struggling carrier had recently cut 1900 jobs and closed 7 call centers, following its failed AT&T merger. Now a new round of job cuts will ensue with notifications to be sent out this week to affected employees. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile turns down Verizon’s 700MHz spectrum sale

Michael Crider, May 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Verizon's proposed purchase of $3.9 billion worth of US wireless spectrum formerly reserved for over-the-air cable broadcasts is not sitting well with competitor T-Mobile, as they've said before. Today T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm made it clear in no uncertain terms that the company wasn't interested in the bands that Verizon proposed to sell as a concession for its acquisition of prime wireless real estate in the AWS spectrum. Humm has already met with the FCC to express his displeasure. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile MetroPCS merger tipped

Mark Raby, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

After the hassle that T-Mobile went through during the bungled AT&T acquisition proposition, one might think the company is sour on the idea of mergers right now. But then again, it ended up getting billions of dollars in a concession deal with AT&T and it didn't even have to give up anything, so it's not all bad. Nevertheless, T-Mobile's subscription numbers are way down and now it's looking for something to give itself a huge jolt to get back in the game. Read The Full Story

AT&T blames failed T-Mobile merger for higher prices

Ben Kersey, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, has blasted the government's decision to block the merger with T-Mobile USA. Speaking at a conference, Stephenson says that ultimately the decision will lead to higher prices for consumers, and that the current amount of spectrum available can’t sustain the number of competitors in the wireless industry. Read The Full Story

FCC approves AT&T spectrum transfer to T-Mobile

Rue Liu, Apr 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

The FCC has approved the transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile, who celebrated the news this morning with the announcement. The spectrum to be transferred is part of the breakup agreement between the two carriers for their ill-fated merger attempt. T-Mobile plans to use the new AWS spectrum for building out its own LTE network in 2013. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: March 24, 2012

Mark Raby, Mar 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Saturday, everyone. It's that time again where we showcase all the biggest stories of the week. Not everyone has the time to stay up-to-date on the latest tech news every day, so here's a quick look at what made news over the last several days. For starters, T-Mobile had to layoff nearly 2000 employees is causing AT&T to blame the FCC over its failed merger deal. Also, big news in the social world - Social gaming startup OMGPOP was officially acquired by Zynga. Keep reading for more of the major headlines. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: March 23, 2012

Mark Raby, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Friday, everyone. We made it through another work week. Hopefully you're enjoying your spring so far. And even though everyone would rather be spending time outside, there are people still making news in the tech world - specifically, the news that T-Mobile had to layoff nearly 2000 employees is causing AT&T to blame the FCC over its failed merger deal. Speaking of AT&T, it's surely getting ready for the iPhone 5, which we are hearing will have a 4.6-inch Retina Display. That would be pretty baller. Read The Full Story

AT&T blames FCC for T-Mobile job cuts

Rue Liu, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

AT&T has issued a statement blaming the FCC for the T-Mobile job cuts announced yesterday. T-Mobile will be shutting down 7 call centers and laying off 3,300 employees, although it will be creating 1,400 new positions at the remaining call centers. AT&T exec Jim Cicconi believes that the cutback would not have been necessary had the FCC approved the $39 billion merger between AT&T and T-Mobile. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile closing 7 call centers, cutting 1,900 jobs

Rue Liu, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile had somber news for employees today announcing plans to close down 7 of its 24 call centers, eliminating 1,900 jobs nationwide with more job cuts likely to come. The consolidation of its call centers is expected to complete by the end of June and the cost savings is aimed at diverting more funds towards its $4 billion network upgrade to 4G LTE. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile skips 84Mbps upgrade for LTE future

Michael Crider, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last week T-Mobile finally announced its plants to upgrade its network to long-term evolution (LTE) speeds, now that the possibility of being acquired by AT&T is off the table for good. The LTE portions of T-Mobile network won't be online until next year at the earliest, but in the meantime the company had planned to upgrade all of its HSPA+ towers to a mind-boggling 84 megabits per second. Alas, that's no longer the case - due to the intense cost and preparations needed for the LTE network, T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network won't get above 42MBps maximum. Read The Full Story

AT&T takes top spot in mobile customer service

Rue Liu, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

AT&T has managed to beat out all its rivals in the latest mobile phone customer service survey conducted by Vocalabs, despite being ranked worst by Consumer Reports. According to data collected from the firm's survey, which involved telephone interviews immediately following a customer service call during the last three-month period in 2011, AT&T had the highest percentage of customer satisfaction among the four major US wireless carriers. Read The Full Story