T-Mobile News

Yesterday, T-Mobile announced that it reached a deal, pending regulatory approval, to purchase Ka’ena Corporation including all of its subsidiaries and brands at a price of up to $1.35 billion. The purchase price is dependent on if a few incentives are met between now and the time the deal closes.

T-Mobile has repeatedly experienced data breaches over the years. The carrier announced its latest data breach about two weeks ago. This one resulted in data from 37 million customers being stolen. T-Mobile says that customer information was obtained between November 25, 2022, through January 5, 2023. The data was obtained

According to a Reddit post, T-Mobile is readying the launch of a new postpaid Essentials plan. The poster, who has a disdain for the plan, says it will launch on April 21st. It will cost $45/month for unlimited talk and text with 20GB of high-speed data. The interesting part is

A little over a week ago, Verizon subscribers were receiving spam text messages coming from numbers spoofed to look like they were the recipient’s actual phone number. Chris Welch, of The Verge, reported on the issue and was also a recipient of one of the spam messages. The messages read

T-Mobile is scheduled to turn off its legacy 3G network on July 1, 2022. With T-Mobile’s upcoming 3G network shutdown date fast approaching, the company will need to get any remaining customers it has on that network to upgrade their devices before that date arrives or their service will stop

T-Mobile announced today that it has increased the data allotments for its T-Mobile Prepaid Connect plans. The $15 and $25 plans got 500MB data increases to 3GB and 6GB respectively. Some new plan options have also been introduced including a $10 plan with 1GB of data. The new plans and

T-Mobile has announced that on 2/24/2022 a new wireless plan will become available called “Magenta Max.” The plan was announced in typical T-Mobile grandiose fashion, with more hype than bite. T-Mobile proclaimed in a press release that it’s “un-leashing 5G like no one else.” Magenta Max is “the first and

On July 23, 2020, T-Mobile unveiled a couple of new offers that will officially go live on July 24, 2020. As usual with T-Mobile, the announcement came with a whole lot of pomp and circumstance and some truth-bending claims. You can read the full and official press release detailing the

April 4, 2019, was the date that T-Mobile’s then CEO, John Legere, made big and bold promises about the proposed T-Mobile/Sprint merger. A great emphasis was placed on the claim that “The New T-Mobile Will Create Jobs From Day One.” Well, to quote a popular John Legere phrase, “it’s time

April 1, 2020, otherwise known as April Fool’s day was the day the Sprint and T-Mobile merger closed. But did T-Mobile fool government regulatory agencies and the public with that closure? It will likely take several years before we can truly answer that question. But early indications certainly leave a

T-Mobile Prepaid’s tax season offers are here.  The lead offer is for one of several free smartphones including the Moto E6 when customers purchase an $80 service credit.  Another offer being promoted as a tax day deal is 2 unlimited lines for $65/month.  There’s also an offer of 4 lines

T-Mobile Prepaid has launched a new unlimited LTE data plan called “Simply Prepaid Unlimited Plus.”  For $60/month plus taxes and fees, subscribers get unlimited talk, text, and LTE data with 10GB of mobile hotspot at 4G LTE data speeds.  Video streaming is limited to 480p on smartphones and tablets.  After

T-Mobile Prepaid has quietly launched a hot new deal.  Customers who need 2 lines of service can now get a plan with unlimited talk, text and LTE data for $65/month.  The plan is not featured on the T-Mobile Prepaid website, but the carrier is sending out text messages to select

T-Mobile is launching a new plan for those aged 55 years and up.  The new plan is called Essentials Unlimited 55 and it will offer subscribers unlimited talk, text, and LTE data for $40/month with auto-pay billing enabled.  If you need two lines the price is just $55/month with auto-pay

Target is no stranger to BOGO deals.  This week the retail store is running what might be their best BOGO deal ever on prepaid refill cards. It’s at least the best that I have noted. Those who purchase either a Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile Prepaid, AT&T Prepaid, or Tracfone refill card