Archive for the ‘T-Mobile’ Category

Early March had seen storms of speculation that Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, was considering an acquisition of Sprint. Recent reports are again pointing to the same direction. With talks being in the primary stage, such a move will hurl the No. 4 US carrier into the No. 1 position by having about 83 million [...]

T-Mobile has officially launched its long delayed 3G network today in New York City with future launches planned later in the year for Austin, New Jersey and Long Island, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Denver, Detroit, Orlando, Kansas City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New England, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC, San [...]

T-Mobile has launched a new nation wide prepay plan called Pay By The Day. The new plan is an inexpensive way for users to stay in touch.
The plan offers unlimited N&W minutes starting at 7pm and ending at 6:59am. Along with the unlimited N&W minutes, it also offers unlimited M2M calling. A quick break down [...]

Wireless equipment provider and solutions developer NexWave Wireless has announced in a press release that it has retained the services of banking firms UBS and Deutsche Bank to explore possible scenarios for selling its sizeable wireless spectrum holdings in the AWS band (1700/2100Mhz), Wireless Connection Service band (2.3Ghz), and the Broadband Radio Spectrum/Educational Broadband Serices [...]

During the Wireless Innovations 2008 conference, T-Mobile USA vice president and general manager of the broadband and new business division Joe Sims has confirmed that the carrier’s first device based on the Google developed platform would ship in the 4th quarter of this year, and has officially joined the Open Handset Alliance along with network [...]

T-Mobile has launched the previously announced BlackBerry Pearl 8120, which features the revised bodyshell of the CDMA version along with a built-in Wi-Fi radio for calls over UMA using the HotSpot@Home service.
The device, which is identical to the version launched on AT&T also features quadband GSM /EDGE access, built-in GPS transceiver with BlackBerry Maps, Bluetooth [...]

Late yesterday evening, the Federal Communications Commission has approved plans for a nationwide alert system utilizing SMS text messaging which will alert subcribers in case of emergencies such as a widescale attack, severe weather, natural disasters, or child abductions.
The plan has its roots in a 2006 Congress mandate that the FCC work together with the [...]

Best Buy is looking to expand its 3% stake in the Carphone Warehouse, a UK based company, by opening 1000 stores across the US in a joint venture.
Carphone Warehouse’s unique way of selling in the UK has made it a popular choice in Britain. With AT&T allowing only exclusive authorized dealers (with a few exceptions), [...]

Windows Mobile enthusiast website WMExperts is repoting the arrival of a package from HTC with a new battery from manufacturer Celexpert meant to replace the standard Dynapack manufactured battery. Enclosed with the new cell was the following letter with this statement:
T-Mobile and HTC are providing a replacement for the T-Mobile Wing [...]

As we previously reported, T-Mobile is launching the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone today, complete with GPS, Wi-Fi, and compatibility for their HotSpot@Home VoIP calling service.
The 8820 is certainly targeted more at high-end BlackBerry users, as it is not typical for RIM to include both Wi-Fi and GPS into the same device. Subscribers using T-Mobile’s HotSpot@Home calling [...]