Archive for the ‘T-Mobile’ Category
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Today: a 2G refurb. Tomorrow: the world
Chinese kit supplier Huawei has scored a win with EE, signing a deal to upgrade the operator's 2G infrastructure and hoping to be in prime position when it comes to 4G too.
Over the next four years, Huawei will replace the entire 2G network that ...
Posted in 3G, 4G, Mobile Networks, Orange, T-Mobile |
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Not even promises of a new Sidekick can keep T-Mobile from hemorrhaging customers, it seems, as the company reported significant losses in its Q1 statement for 2011. According to reports, 471,000 contract customers either failed to re-up, or outright canceled their contracts. Stacked against a shortcoming growth of just 372,000 prepaid ...
Posted in Financial, T-Mobile |
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Just last week, T-Mobile launched its new Bobsled brand of VoIP and data services. The service launched with a Facebook app that lets users make a phone call with their computer and social network’s built-in chat window. We tested it when it launched and found it easy to use. You install the VoIP ...
Posted in Apps, Facebook, T-Mobile, VoIP |
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
T-mobile is renewing their commitment to helping people stay connected on the cheap with Bobsled by T-mobile. The new brand kicks off with its Bobsled application for Facebook, providing the site’s more than 500 million users worldwide with free, one-touch calling. If you’ve been waiting for Facebook to offer free voice chat, ...
Posted in Apps, Facebook, Social Networks News, T-Mobile, VoIP |
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Enter the repentant villain, stage left
Everything Everywhere has suspended its practice of taking 10 per cent of charitable donations, and claims it is now working on an alternative, and more sustainable, model.
EE had been taking the cut from text donations to cover its costs, other than those charities selected as "partners" ...
Posted in Orange, Other News, T-Mobile, Telecoms |
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Just covering costs guv'
Everything Everywhere has been taking 10 percent of charitable text messages, excepting its selected charities, on the flimsy excuse of having to cover its processing costs.
The problem is that it seems the other network operators are more generous with their cut, passing on the entire payment, so ...
Posted in Orange, Other News, T-Mobile, Telecoms |
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
Just when we thought T-Mobile was about to rock the world by offering bring-your-own-phone customers an insanely cheap unlimited plan, we're hearing that the company has strangled the $60 unlimited version of Even More Plus in the crib -- TmoNews snagged a supposed internal communique that claims the plan was canceled at ...
Posted in Mobile Networks, T-Mobile |
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
T-Mobile's just gone official with the new unlimited plans we caught wind of a few days ago, and while they are truly unlimited by numbers, they're not completely unlimited in functionality. The plans cost $79.99 for Even More customers (buy a subsidized device on contract) and $59.99 for Even More Plus subscribers ...
Posted in T-Mobile |
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
UK network plays its hand
T-Mobile has announced its subsidised iPad 2 pricing - stating that you'll be able to pick up the next-gen Apple device for £199 if you're already a customer of the network.
If you're signing up as a new customer, the price goes up to £229.
For that, you'll be getting ...
Posted in Apple, iOS, iPad, T-Mobile, Tablet PC's |
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Ofcom, the UK version of the FCC, is currently sitting on two fat bands of prime 4G spectrum, at 800MHz and 2.6GHz, but it won't be doing so for long. This morning has seen an announcement from the independent regulator that it's looking to sell off those airwaves to the ...
Posted in 3 / Three, 3G, 4G, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone |
