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T-Mobile Is Expanding Its Starlink Beta to iPhones and Pixels
You have a chance to connect to Starlink whether you have T-Mobile or not. Credit: VDB Photos / Shutterstock.com T-Mobile is offering beta access to Starlink for anyone in the United States—potentially. Here's the scoop: Back in December, T-Mobile announced a partnership between itself and SpaceX to bring Starlink service to customers. Then, last month
January 31, 2025
T-Mobile Increases Its Unlocking Period to 365 Days: FCC Unhappy
T-Mobile recently doubled the unlocking period of its prepaid Metro unit from 180 days to 360 days. The FCC is not happy with this decision, even though T-Mobile is not breaking any rules right now. The timing of T-Mobile’s decision coincides with the FCC’s decision to mandate a 60-day locking period for every mobile carrier.
July 23, 2024
T-Mobile now owns Mint Mobile with ‘commitmint’ to $15/mo price, adds free roaming
Last year it was announced that T-Mobile would acquire Mint Mobile and, now, that deal has officially closed. Here’s what that means for you. In a press release today, T-Mobile officially welcomes Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile to “Team T-Mobile” after the deal to buy the two companies was officially approved by the FCC last
May 1, 2024
T-Mobile will soon force customers to newer, more expensive plans. Here’s how you can opt-out
T-MobileT-Mobile will soon migrate customers on older unlimited plans to newer (and pricier) programs, as discovered by a leaked memo on Reddit and later confirmed by CNET. Those impacted, including One, Simple Choice, Magenta, and Magenta 55 Plus users, will receive an email or SMS notice starting next week about what their legacy data plan will
October 13, 2023
T-Mobile customers report outages across the U.S.
Customers of wireless provider T-Mobile US Inc. reported widespread service outages in the U.S. late Monday, according to websites tracking service interruptions. Posts on Downdetector.com and Product-Reviews.net indicated T-Mobile service outages in multiple areas of the country. Many Twitter users also reported outages. Numerous posts by users said their service had been changed to “SOS
February 14, 2023
Bandwidth: T-Mobile parent company kills its cloud gaming service you likely didn’t know existed
More and more cloud gaming services have launched over the past few years, to the point where some are hard to keep track of. This week, T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom announced that it would shut down “Magenta Gaming,” a cloud gaming service that certainly went under the radar for most. Bandwidth is 9to5Google’s weekly…
January 28, 2022
Rob Schultz/IDG It’s not unusual for carriers to offer subsidized pricing for pricey Apple products that work on their network. Cellular versions of the iPad and Apple Watch cost quite a bit more than the Wi-Fi-only versions, and carriers help hide that cost by offering discounts on cellular-enabled models. These days, the discounts typically come…
AT&T, Dish, and T-Mobile spend billions on more 5G spectrum
AT&T, Dish, and T-Mobile dropped billions of dollars in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction to acquire more 5G spectrum licenses in the midrange 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz band, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). While AT&T was the biggest spender at $9 billion, Dish spent $7.3 billion, and T-Mobile followed behind…
January 15, 2022
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile say they’re not blocking Apple’s iCloud Private Relay
T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T — the three biggest US cellular carriers — have all confirmed to The Verge that they aren’t blocking Apple’s new iCloud Private Relay feature, following reports that some customers were having issues with the VPN-like feature. AT&T and Verizon straight-up say they’re not blocking the feature from functioning. Verizon spokesperson George…
January 12, 2022
T-Mobile Home will close smtp port 25 for outgoing mail as of 4 October
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October 1, 2021