T-Mobile outage cuts off users across the US

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

T-Mobile’s network is having an issue with voice and data service. There was a huge spike in outage reports on Down Detector starting at around 1 PM ET today, with many people across the US suggesting on that site and Twitter that they’re having prob...

Samsung’s Galaxy A71 5G comes to the US on June 19th for $600

Posted on 15/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Don’t despair if you want a new Samsung phone somewhere between the cheap-but-cheerful Galaxy A51 and the more powerful Galaxy S20 family — relief will soon be at hand. Samsung has announced that the Galaxy A71 5G will be available to buy in the US t...

T-Mobile offers 5G in all 50 states through a roaming deal

Posted on 01/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

T-Mobile has become the first carrier to provide 5G coverage in all 50 states... in a manner of speaking. The network now offers 5G in Anchorage, Alaska not through its own network, but through a roaming deal with GCI. It’s far from ubiquitous covera...

T-Mobile customers can send RCS messages to Android users worldwide

Posted on 26/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The rollout of Rich Communication Services (RCS) in the US and much of the world has been a slow affair. However, the next-generation replacement for SMS and MMS messaging just got a much-needed boost from T-Mobile and Google. The companies say they'...

Alphabet’s Loon and AT&T will tackle global crises with internet balloons

Posted on 06/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Alphabet’s “balloon-powered internet” — Project Loon — has been active for five years now. Born of Google’s X Labs, the initiative sees balloons floating 20km high in the stratosphere, beaming internet to people below. Its primary function is to brin...

John Legere leaves T-Mobile’s board of directors a few weeks early

Posted on 25/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

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 Sie...

T-Mobile expands access to 5G now that it owns Sprint

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Now that the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is complete, T-Mobile is ready to make some network changes. It’s expanding access to 5G frequencies, and it will allow Sprint customers to use T-Mobile’s 5G if they have a Galaxy S20.T-Mobile is using the 2.5 GHz...

You can now set up Google Fi on your iPhone using an eSIM

Posted on 16/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It should now be considerably easier to give Google Fi a whirl if you’re an iPhone user. As spotted at 9to5Google, you can now activate Google Fi on recent iPhones (XR, XS and newer) using an eSIM. So long as you’re a new customer, you only need the...

T-Mobile family plans will include Quibi free for one year

Posted on 02/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Just yesterday, T-Mobile finally completed its Sprint merger. Today, it has more big news. When Quibi launches on April 6th, T-Mobile customers on the Magenta family plan will get a free year of the mobile-first video service. After a year of both fr...

T-Mobile completes Sprint merger

Posted on 01/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Right on cue, T-Mobile has completed its merger with Sprint. As of today, the two carriers are one -- they'll do business simply as T-Mobile. They're also clearly confident in the transition, as CEO John Legere is stepping down early rather...

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