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T-Mobile says iPhone 5 chipset will support AWS

Rue Liu, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [4]

T-Mobile addressed questions this week about its future plans, specifically about pricing, LTE, and the possibility of ever getting the iPhone. Of the four largest wireless carriers in the US, T-Mobile is the only one still without an iPhone deal with Apple, although plenty of unlocked iPhones run on its network. The carrier now suggests that there is new hope with the iPhone 5. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 on sale now

Chris Davies, Jan 11th 2012 Discuss [6]

The T-Mobile Nokia Lumia 710 has gone up for sale today, though you wouldn't know if it you dropped by the US carrier's site: there's no mention of the Windows Phone 7 handset until you dig through the smartphone range. Priced at $49.99 with a new, two-year agreement and available in black and white, the Lumia 710 runs Windows Phone 7 Mango on a 1.4GHz single-core CPU with a 3.7-inch WVGA screen. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile reveals sub-$50 phone, tablet and hotspot sale

Chris Davies, Jan 3rd 2012 Discuss [3]

Pre-CES may be a silly time to buy a new gadget, but if your heart is set on a fresh cellphone to ring in the new year then T-Mobile USA has a post-holiday deal for you. The carrier's New Year, New Phone promotion kicks off this Friday, January 6, and runs through to Sunday, offering tablets like the LG G-Slate and smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S II for $49.99 with a new agreement. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile USA faces $9bn bill to bring network up to scratch

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [8]

T-Mobile USA may take away a "record high break-up fee" from AT&T's failed takeover bid, but the carrier still faces a roughly $9bn spend if it wants to compete in the US market. Despite receiving a chunk of AT&T's spectrum covering 50m people, analysts warn that owner Deutsche Telecom will have to spend three times the $3bn fee from Ma Bell on improving the network and acquiring further spectrum. That will likely mean dreary prospects for investors, Businessweek reports, facing reduced dividends after next year. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile USA details “record high break-up fee” from AT&T

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [18]

T-Mobile USA owner Deutsche Telekom has gleefully set out exactly what it can expect from AT&T as its break-up fee, after the collapse of the acquisition deal this week. AT&T was originally to pay $39bn for T-Mobile USA; now, with regulators frowning on the deal, the carrier will be forced to cough up what Deutsche Telekom describes as a "record high break-up fee" of $3bn in cash and "a large package" of AT&T's AWS spectrum. A long-term US-wide UMTS roaming agreement is also mandatory. Read The Full Story

AT&T drops its T-Mobile merger deal

Rue Liu, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [10]

The AT&T and T-Mobile merger deal is officially dead. After months of seeking FCC approval and facing several road blocks, including a lawsuit from the DOJ, AT&T has finally succumbed to defeat and issued a statement today announcing that it is dropping its proposed bid to takeover T-Mobile for $39 billion. Read The Full Story

AT&T asset sale stalls as T-Mobile deal sours

Chris Davies, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

AT&T's strategy to sell off assets until regulators looked more fondly at its T-Mobile USA acquisitions have stalled, it's reported, with the carrier simply unable to shed sufficient weight to sway the deal in its favor. Execs at the two carriers had hoped that, by scything off more than 30-percent of T-Mobile USA, the US Justice Department might soften its stance on potential anti-competitiveness concerns about the deal; however, negotiations with Leap Wireless and Dish Network stuttered over the past two weeks, the WSJ reports, amid the growing realization that it still wouldn't be enough to fully convince the agency. Read The Full Story

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Nokia Lumia 710 revealed for T-Mobile, Mango included

Chris Burns, Dec 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

This week we’re seeing Nokia’s first drum hit in an incoming thunderstorm of devices for 2012, this the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango device Lumia 710 as carried by T-Mobile, the first US-based carrier for the greater Nokia/Microsoft collaboration. This device is meant to tend to the smartphone user who wishes to simplify their experience and to the feature phone user looking to upgrade to a smartphone without what Nokia would have you believe is unfashionable or confusing in Android and iOS. While we’re not so sure this is going to be a Google mobile OS or iPhone killer, it does seem like a pretty neat package, and a nice looking piece of hardware to boot!

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AT&T, T-Mobile merger lawsuit to be postponed or withdrawn by DOJ

Rue Liu, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

According to the Wall Street Journal, the antitrust lawsuit against AT&T's T-Mobile merger may be either postponed or withdrawn by the Department of Justice sometime next week. DOJ lawyer Joseph Wayland explained that the expedited court proceedings were no longer needed since AT&T had withdrawn its merger application from the FCC. But this isn't necessarily good news for AT&T. Read The Full Story

FCC manual confirms Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile

Shane McGlaun, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

You have to love the FCC as a geek. Those government workers just leak stuff willy-nilly and it makes us all happy. Today the FCC has posted up a manual for the T-Mobile version of the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone. We have already spent our share of hands-on time with the Lumia 710 not too long ago. It should be a nice budget handset for some users. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile confirms White Galaxy S II for December 14

Rue Liu, Dec 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

T-Mobile has confirmed via Twitter that the white version of its Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone will be launching on December 14. The white variant was first announced back in November, but a release date was not given at the time. Although the buzz is now centered around Google's Galaxy Nexus launching on Verizon, the white Galaxy S II is probably still high up on the wishlists for T-Mobile users this holiday. Read The Full Story

AT&T blasts FCC T-Mobile report: “obviously one-sided”

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [11]

AT&T has lashed back at the FCC over its comments regarding the T-Mobile USA acquisition, calling preliminary analysis “obviously one-sided” and “an advocacy piece, and not a considered analysis.” Penned by Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, the rebuke claims the FCC report “cherry-picks facts to support its views, and ignores facts that don’t” while “where facts were lacking, the report speculates, with no basis, and then treats its own speculations as if they were fact.”