[ad_1] Engadget Then again, why spend tens of thousands of dollars on an electric muscle car when you can spend ones of thousands on an internet-connected treadmill that continually shouts at you as you run? Engadget The company whose founder died because he drove their product off a cliff wants to assure you that this […]
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T-Mobile switches on its standalone 5G network in thousands of cities
[ad_1] The expansion is a big step towards broader 5G adoption throughout the country — you’ll probably want to be able to connect to a 5G network when you pick up a 5G-ready phone, after all. T-Mobile says it’s working with OnePlus, Qualcomm and Samsung to make sure compatible devices can access the standalone 5G […]
Dish buys Ting Mobile to expand its wireless business
[ad_1] The sale came out of the merger between the two carriers. T-Mobile and Sprint had to divest themselves of the prepaid brand to get approval for their union from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The agreement also gave Dish access to T-Mobile’s network for seven years. That access now extends to Ting Mobile customers […]
AT&T says its 5G network is now available ‘nationwide’
[ad_1] AT&T has hit a milestone in its 5G network rollout. As of this morning, the carrier says that its network is officially available nationwide — in carrier-speak, that means it’s available to more than 200 million people in the US. Specifically, AT&T added 40 new markets today, which brings it to a total of […]
Dish buys prepaid carrier Boost Mobile for $1.4 billion
[ad_1] “This marks an important milestone in DISH’s evolution as a connectivity company,” Dish CEO and president Erik Carlson said in a statement. “It positions us well as we continue to build out the first virtualized, standalone 5G network in America.” Dish has been attempting to enter the wireless market for years. It tested LTE […]
T-Mobile asks California to soften 5G, job conditions for Sprint merger
[ad_1] 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 for 2024 by two years, to use FCC testing for commitments instead […]
T-Mobile offers an explanation for its twelve-hour outage on Monday
[ad_1] As Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince pointed out that day, internet exchanges didn’t show the increase in traffic that would’ve suggested an attack under way, revealing the “boring” explanation of what happened. Throw in DownDetector highlighting reports from highly-populated areas where T-Mobile customers live and reported the outage, along with customers for other carriers who […]
T-Mobile reportedly plans to lay off hundreds of former Sprint employees
[ad_1] After the report came out, T-Mobile published a blog post in which it said it plans to hire 5,000 new employees over the next year. In the same post, it confirmed the layoffs without detailing their scope. “As part of this process, some employees who hold similar positions are being asked to consider a […]
T-Mobile outage finally ends after more than twelve hours (updated)
[ad_1] Our engineers are working to resolve a voice and data issue that has been affecting customers around the country. We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to have this fixed shortly. — Neville (@NevilleRay) June 15, 2020 While there were also smaller outage report spikes for Sprint (which has merged with T-Mobile), AT&T, Verizon […]
John Legere leaves T-Mobile’s board of directors a few weeks early
[ad_1] Now that the T-Mobile / Sprint merger is over, former T-Mobile CEO John Leger is making his exit complete a little earlier than expected. Last fall Legere announced he’d stick around as CEO through the end of April, but abdicated the role to Mike Sievert as soon as the merger went through, while saying […]