Tag: T-Mobile
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Here’s How Much Data Verizon and T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Customers Are Gobbling Up
T-Mobile and Verizon are the darlings of the broadband industry, both showing growth that’s outstripping everyone else – combined. Last week, both offered some insight into just how much data their respective 5G home internet customers are consuming each month. Verizon said in a press release that its customers use an average of 300GB of…
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The $5 Crypto-Powered 5G Service Just Unveiled a New Mobile Hotspot
Nova Labs turned heads in August when it unveiled Helium Mobile, a $5-a-month 5G wireless service that was partly powered by crowd-sourced mini-towers that offered cryptocurrency as a reward. Helium is a complicated service that takes a bit to wrap your mind around. It’s back with a much simpler offering: a Wi-Fi hotspot puck. The…
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SpaceX & T-Mobile To Test Calls From Space in December
T-Mobile might soon make its first phone call from space. SpaceX has asked the Federal Communications Commission for 60 days of “Special Temporary Authority” to launch and test the company’s Gen2 satellites’ ability to connect a regular cellphone call. “Direct-to-cell STA to launch and test its non-geostationary orbit NGSO second generation Gen2 satellites with direct-to-cellular…
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AT&T Quietly Changed its Smartphone Unlock Policy
AT&T has updated its unlock policy for paid-in-full devices without many people noticing. Instead of being able to purchase a smartphone in full from the carrier and moving to another service without waiting, customers now must wait 60 days from the purchase date. While the change happened in late July, they were spotted a few…
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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…