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.
T-Mobile is bucking the trend of focusing single-mindedly on faster networks. Using a new antenna technology, it’s building better, more consistent mobile data networks. T-Mobile will roll out the new technology… Read more »
Carriers have lowered prices on cellular-enabled tablets and tablet data plans, cracking open a market that had remained untapped until last year. Read more »
Though Verizon had a big quarter for tablet connections, it actually lost feature phone and basic smartphone subscribers in Q1. Those customers are likely going to T-Mobile and arch-rival AT&T… Read more »
After a two year wait, the FCC is again taking up a proposal that would create a shared spectrum band between government uses, carriers and the public. Read more »
NFC has failed to see any real uptake in most Western markets, and Bluetooth-based technologies like Apple’s iBeacon are suddenly getting a lot of attention. But there are a few reasons… Read more »
AT&T’s Next isn’t just proving popular with customers. It’s proving popular with its accountants. The move away from subsidized phones gives it a new equipment revenue stream while keeping its newly… Read more »
The well of big regional carriers has almost dried up, so Verizon is looking to much smaller operators to acquire. It’s now targeting Mobi PCS and Golden State Cellular. Read more »
During the first quarter of 2014, changes in technology meant new products on the market, new roles in the enterprise, and structural changes for the IT department. Read more »
The FCC has issued its proposed rules for the 2015 incentive auction, which aims to repurpose a sizable chunk of the UHF TV band for 4G. The FCC will make its… Read more »