T-Mobile is a holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG’s various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. These subsidiaries operate GSM, UMTS and LTE-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company has financial stakes in mobile operators in both Central and Eastern Europe. Globally, T-Mobile International subsidiaries have a combined total of approximately 230 million subscribers. T-Mobile International the world’s fifteenth-largest mobile-phone service provider by subscribers and the fourth-largest multinational after the UK’s Vodafone, India’s Airtel, and Spain’s Telefónica.
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Ultra Mobile, an MVNO specializing in international SMS and voice, is taking the unlimited calling plan and making it global — at least to landlines in 40 countries. Read more »