Category: t-mobile
T-Mobile opens Home Internet signups in Michigan
T-Mobile’s Home Internet pilot has expanded in the greater Grand Rapids area, giving people in Kent, Muskegon and Ottawa counties the option to switch to its $50-a-month service. The carrier’s Home Internet product started as an invite-only trial for… Source
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T-Mobile asks California to soften 5G, job conditions for Sprint merger
T-Mobile is hoping to ease some of the conditions it agreed to for its merger with Sprint. The carrier has asked California’s Public Utilities Commission to roll back three main requirements. It wants the CPUC to delay 5G coverage and speed targets f… Source
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T-Mobile offers 5G in all 50 states through a roaming deal
T-Mobile has become the first carrier to provide 5G coverage in all 50 states… in a manner of speaking. The network now offers 5G in Anchorage, Alaska not through its own network, but through a roaming deal with GCI. It’s far from ubiquitous covera… Source
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T-Mobile customers can send RCS messages to Android users worldwide
The rollout of Rich Communication Services (RCS) in the US and much of the world has been a slow affair. However, the next-generation replacement for SMS and MMS messaging just got a much-needed boost from T-Mobile and Google. The companies say they'… Source
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SoftBank reportedly plans to sell about $20 billion of its T-Mobile shares
SoftBank Group Corp. is currently seeking buyers for about $20 billion of its shares in T-Mobile US, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. If the proposed sale goes through, its proceeds could help offset SoftBank’s heavy investment losses over the past year. According to its first-quarter…
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Alphabet’s Loon and AT&T will tackle global crises with internet balloons
Alphabet’s “balloon-powered internet” — Project Loon — has been active for five years now. Born of Google’s X Labs, the initiative sees balloons floating 20km high in the stratosphere, beaming internet to people below. Its primary function is to brin… Source
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