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AT&T, T-Mobile merger trial set for February 13

Rue Liu, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion may have to wait until at least past February of next year. A trial date for February 13 was set today by US District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice joined by seven states against the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Read The Full Story

HTC Ruby’s first press shot leaks

Rue Liu, Sep 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

The first press shot has leaked of the HTC Ruby, which is expected to become the HTC Amaze on T-Mobile sometime later this year. We've already seen plenty of leaked images of the device in the wild, including a version in black and even an image of the back sides of the device revealed in the reflection of a tablet screen, so there's not too much here that's new. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile may not be getting the iPhone 5 this year

Rue Liu, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Despite reports earlier this month that T-Mobile's parent company Deutche Telekom AG, had already begun taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5, the US division likely won't see the next-gen iPhone until next year. A leaked T-Mobile memo revealed that Chief Marketing Officer Cole Brodman confirmed during an internal conference that the carrier would not get the iPhone 5 this year. Read The Full Story

AT&T negotiating secret asset sales to save T-Mobile deal

Chris Davies, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

AT&T is in talks to sell off chunks of its spectrum and subscriber list, it's reported, as the carrier attempts to reduce potential barriers to its precarious T-Mobile USA acquisition plans. MetroPCS, Sprint, DISH Network, CenturyLink and Leap Wireless have all been approached by AT&T, two sources tell Bloomberg, with the carrier looking to slim down and, in the process, bypass complaints that the acquisition would be bad for competition and consumers. Read The Full Story

Seven states join DOJ against AT&T, T-Mobile deal

Rue Liu, Sep 16th 2011 Discuss [2]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion is now facing more opposition. The US Department of Justice had filed an antitrust complaint in late August, seeking to block the merger, and now seven states have joined in on the effort. The original parties were set to submit a joint plan today with a settlement hearing scheduled for September 21. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile leaks two myTouch phones from LG

Rue Liu, Sep 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

T-Mobile may have accidentally leaked two upcoming myTouch smartphones from LG after the carrier uploaded a trio of videos to YouTube that appeared to be tutorials. The videos were quickly set to private, but that's not before a snapshot was taken of one of the videos showing the two phones side-by-side. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile’s Samsung Galaxy S II to feature 1.5GHz dual-core processor

Rue Liu, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [9]

T-Mobile's version of the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II was revealed at the big US debut back on August 30 along with variations for AT&T and the Now Network. However, T-Mobile has yet to confirm a launch date for its version nor reveal the processor. But now, it appears that the Samsung Galaxy S Support team may have let that last bit slip via Twitter. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with T-Mobile AWS bands visits FCC

Rue Liu, Sep 12th 2011 Discuss [1]

What appears to be another version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has just passed through the FCC with support for T-Mobile bands. Despite the ban in Germany and continued legal drama all around, Samsung's well-received Android tablet is still welcome here in the states, at least for the time being. WiFi-only and Verizon 4G LTE versions are already available and now another one could be heading to T-Mobile. Read The Full Story

AT&T, T-Mobile, DOJ hearing set for September 21

Rue Liu, Sep 7th 2011 Discuss [2]

AT&T's bid to purchase T-Mobile for $39 billion has faced a major obstacle with the lawsuit filed against the merger by the US Department of Justice. Federal Judge Ellen S. Huvelle, who will be overseeing the case, has set a timeline for the parties involved to file a joint plan by September 16 and a settlement hearing on September 21. Read The Full Story

AT&T may not have to pay the $6 billion fee if T-Mobile purchase falls through

Shane McGlaun, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [7]

AT&T is still hoping that the purchase of T-Mobile USA that it wants to make will go through. The US government sued recently to block the merger. However, the deal could still go through if AT&T can come up with a plan that will satisfy regulators that the purchase would not create a monopoly or harm competition in the mobile industry. According to reports talks are being held with regulators, T-Mobile and AT&T. One of the things that AT&T had to be worried about was the breakup fee if the deal didn’t go through of roughly $6 billion it would have to pay Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile to start taking reservations for iPhone 5 today

Shane McGlaun, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [13]

Apple still hasn't even officially announced the iPhone 5 yet and all we have as far as specs and launch dates for the device are rumors that are unsubstantiated. You might think that carriers would be holding off on offering the iPhone 5 or whatever the next generation iPhone will be called for pre-order, but you would be wrong. The oddest part is that they don’t even know how much the smartphone will cost. Generally, the base offerings on the iPhone are always $199 so that would be a safe bet this time out. Read The Full Story

RadioShack offloading T-Mobile phones with “Back-to-School” sale

Rue Liu, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

RadioShack has just begun clearing out T-Mobile Android phones under the guise of a "Back-to-School" sale. But we all know that it's really needing to clear out all T-Mobile inventory by September 15, when the floundering carrier will get kicked out to usher in Verizon in its place. So, if you've been wanting to pick up a T-Mobile Sidekick 4G or a G2X, now's the time. Read The Full Story