Tag archive: T-Mobile

Going into effect on Sunday, February 12, AT&T is increasing the activation fee on phone upgrades from $18 to $36 according to a memo issued to all AT&T store managers according to BGR. This brings the activation fee equal to the current rate of $36 for starting a brand new service plan. As directed by AT&T corporate management, store employees are supposed to define the fee as costs associated to picking out a new phone as well as… Read More

There's good news and bad news on the software update front today, with the positive aspects coming from HTC and the negatives from T-Mobile in the USA. First up, here's the good news: HTC has finally got around to providing a more accurate time frame for its initial round of Ice Cream Sandwich updates, plus announcing which devices will be first to sample its delights. Having announced in November last year its intention to upgrade… Read More

Number-four U.S. mobile operator might have be able to offer the iPhone, but it does have a bit of a feather in its cap today: it's offering the first Nokia Windows Phone device available in the United States, the Nokia Lumia 710. But instead of being a high-end device intended to appeal to the cutting edge of the mobile universe, the Lumia 710 is really intended as a starter smartphone—and its $49.99 price (after rebate)… Read More

In the wake of the abandoned merger effort from AT&T, T-Mobile USA parent company Deutsche Telekom is looking for ways to keep the number-four U.S. mobile operator afloat—and, according to the Financial Times (registration required) that could include issuing new bonds and selling off cell towers—although the company does not expect to announce its strategy for T-Mobile USA until after its next financial results in February.… Read More

Mobile operator AT&T got a bit of a holiday present from the Federal Communications Commission: the FCC has approved its $1.9 billion purchase of 700 MHz spectrum blocks from Qualcomm, a move that will help AT&T build out its LTE 4G network. “This spectrum will help AT&T continue to deliver a world-class mobile broadband experience to our customers,” said AT&T's senior VP for federal regulatory issues Bob… Read More

The Nokia Lumia 800 has been cleared for sale in the US by the FCC, just a week after its little brother, the Lumia 710, was announced by T-Mobile. Of the two, the Lumia 800 is the more desirable model, thanks to its higher specification and sleek design, reminiscent of the doomed Nokia N9. Spotted by AllThingsD, the filing unfortunately gives nothing away concerning when it'll launch, or which network will carry it. When the Lumia 710… Read More

Noticed on a wider scale today, Google has begun integrating Google+ updates from official brand pages within search results. The brand page updates are tied to the official URL of the company and up to two recent entries from the brand page appear within the results. Users viewing the search results can add the page to their circles if they have a Google+ profile. They can also click on the Google+ updates to reach the brand page in addition… Read More

Now that AT&T's attempt to buy T-Mobile USA is officially dead, more details have emerged about the the cost of the failed deal. According to a press release from Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, AT&T will enter into a seven-year 3G roaming deal with T-Mobile. In addition, AT&T will hand over licenses for AWS mobile spectrum in 128 markets across the US, including 12 of the top 20 US markets, places like Los… Read More

The bigger they are, the harder they fall: AT&T has formally abandoned its bid to take over number-four U.S. mobile operator T-Mobile. As a result, AT&T will take a $4 billion pretax charge during the fourth quarter of 2011 as part of its agreed-upon breakup fee; the terms of the deal also have AT&T required to relinquish assets and other services as part of the failure. However, AT&T also says it will enter into a… Read More

AT&T is scrambling to find ways to modify its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile to it can win the approval of regulators at the FCC and the Department of Justice. The company's latest tactic is to try to divest assets of T-Mobile USA to other companies in order to slim down the deal — the problem seems to be that nobody is buying. According to reports in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), and other… Read More

We knew it was coming. Now we know when, and for how much: T-Mobile announced today that the Nokia Lumia 710, one of two new Nokia device to run Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango,” will arrive on the US carrier on January 11. It will cost $50 after a $50 mail-in rebate, and with the signing of a new two-year contract (of course). The Lumia 710 sports a 3.7-inch ClearBlack WVAG touchscreen, has 8GB of internal storage, and is powered by a… Read More

If Nokia's going to make a true comeback in the United States, it will need support from both AT&T and Verizon. Together, the wireless carrier's account for about 200 million wireless subscribers in the US and soon they'll be the only major carriers with LTE, the true next-generation high-speed network. It seems that Nokia knows this. Despite Windows Phone not yet supporting LTE, CNET reports that Nokia has 4G LTE-enabled… Read More

In an interview with Bloomberg, Dish Network CEO Joseph Clayton says the company would be interested in partnering with T-Mobile to build out satellite-assisted nationwide broadband network, should T-Mobile's tending $39 billion merger with AT&T collapses. “We want to use [our spectrum] to create a national wireless network, video, voice, and data,” said Clayton. “We've got expertise in satellite TV, and we… Read More

In the latest blow to AT&T's fumbled plan to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports that the US Justice Department has requested a federal judge push back the date of its antitrust case against the merger, or dismiss it entirely. According to the DoJ, its is because AT&T has withdrawn its application with the Federal Communications Commission, which must also approve the deal. Without an application with… Read More