Tag: T-Mobile
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T-Mobile Will Pay $7.5 Million To Settle FCC Probe Over Sprint’s Lifeline Business
T-Mobile has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission investigation into Sprint’s alleged misuse of government funds. When T-Mobile acquired Sprint in 2019, the carrier also inherited Sprint’s tangled legal web. Friday’s agreement looks to have closed the chapter on any unresolved billing issues from the investigation, which began in 2019.…
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T-Mobile Wants to Advance Its 5G and AI Capabilities
T-Mobile unveiled its second corporate venture capital fund to enable the next generation of products and services for businesses and customers. The mobile carrier said private mid- and growth-stage companies can benefit from its 5G network and artificial intelligence to bolster connectivity, according to a release. The new fund will support augmenting T-Mobile’s smart home…
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T-Mobile is Another Step Closer to Unlocking Spectrum It Already Bought For $304M
The U.S. Senate can rarely agree on anything, but it came together on Friday to unanimously pass a bill proposed by Sen. John Kennedy to temporarily re-authorize the Federal Communications Commission to allocate spectrum, a move that gets T-Mobile closer to tapping into spectrum it’s been patiently waiting to get its hands on. Kennedy, a…
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T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Satellite-Cellular Partnership May Be Grounded For Now
A little more than a year ago, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk came together to unveil a partnership to offer a hybrid service that utilized satellites to boost the coverage and range of cellphones, with a promises of expanding coverage and eliminating dead zones for customers. Fast forward to today, and…
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T-Mobile Reseller Suffered Breach That Leaked 90GB of Data
Cybercriminals reportedly leaked 90GB of data from a T-Mobile reseller on the black market yesterday. The information was originally stolen back in April, according to The Mobile Report. The leaked database was posted to a cybercriminal forum and titled “T-Mobile, Connectivity Source.” Connectivity Source is a third-party retailer of T-Mobile service. The Mobile Report said…
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T-Mobile Fixed a Glitch in Its App That Let Some Users See Other Customers’ Sensitive Data
Multiple T-Mobile customers took to X (formerly Twitter) this morning to report that they were able to see other users’ account data. The data included current credit balance, purchase history, credit card information and home address. Earlier this morning, T-Mobile’s Help account on X said it was investigating the issue and told users to send…
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Dish Wins Key Ally in Dispute With T-Mobile Over Spectrum Sale
Dish Network’s attempt to get more time to buy valuable spectrum from T-Mobile got support from the Justice Department. The agency urged the U.S. District Court in Washington to give Dish until April 1 to finalize the $3.5 billion purchase, according to a filing. The company had already blown through its August deadline, Bloomberg reported.…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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T-Mobile, a Wireless Provider, May Be Placing a Bigger Bet on Fiber
T-Mobile may be taking a page out of its telecom rivals Verizon and AT&T and moving in fiber optics in a bigger way. The wireless carrier, which distinguishes itself from its competitors by focusing almost entirely on wireless — home and mobile — is in discussions with the fiber business of Tillman Global Holdings to…
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T-Mobile May Finally Get Valuable 5G Spectrum It Bought Thanks to Proposed Senate Bill
T-Mobile has been patiently waiting for $304 million worth of spectrum licenses that it purchased in last year’s Federal Communications Commission auction, radio airwaves it can’t get its hands on because of a political and technical battle raging in Washington D.C. A new proposed Senate bill may help the carrier get around the regulatory red…