T-Mobile to bring ‘Data Stash’ to Pre-Paid on March 22nd
When T-Mobile announced Data Stash for the post paid customers of the magenta flag it was hit and miss when it came to customer excitement. Regardless if it was good for your life and account, the fact remained that it was a good move for consumers who were keeping to data limits. AT&T deemed it […]
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T-Mobile is bringing Data Stash to Simple Choice prepaid customers
With its announcement of Data Stash, T-Mobile brought some really great changes to the wireless industry. On qualifying plans, users have the ability to keep their unused data in a pool that will be saved up for an entire year. Customers can tap into the data whenever they run out of their allotment for the month, which allows users to avoid data overage charges. Up until now, T-Mobile only made Data Stash available for post-paid customers. But that’s changing today, as the Uncarrier has just announced Data Stash is making its way to prepaid customers.
Beginning Sunday, March 22nd, Data Stash will start rolling out to Simple Choice prepaid customers. Every prepaid voice customer with a qualifying Simple Choice plan will receive a Starter Stash (10GB of extra 4G LTE data). When that additional 10GB stash is used up, the customers will begin tapping into their own pools of data. The data can be used for up to a year, and after that, customers will need to start saving up again.
If you’d like a little more information on Data Stash or want to hear a bit of classic T-Mobile trash-talking, follow the source link below. Any T-Mobile prepaid customers excited for this announcement?
T-Mobile now rolling out Lollipop update for the HTC One (M7)
Next in line for the much-anticipated Lollipop update are T-Mobile-branded models of the One (M7) located in the United Kingdom. The 1.3GB upgrade, which is currently being pushed out by HTC carries version number 7.18.531.2 and transports the latest build of the Android operating system to the handset, in addition to a handful of bug fixes, stability improvements and speed optimizations
For those in need of a refresh, the Lollipop upgrade brings support for multiple accounts, improved notifications, a smoother multitasking experience, Ambient Display, smarter internet connections and the recently-announced Material Design guidelines.
To start the update, make sure you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network. Then, from the home screen, press the Menu key, followed by Settings. Scroll to the bottom and tap ‘About Device’, followed by ‘Software Update and ‘Update Now’.
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T-Mobile begins OTA updates with Android 5.1 for the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 7
Earlier today Google let the world officially know what to expect, mostly, from the Android 5.1 Lollipop update. It brings in a lot of things, like Device Protection that lets you lock your device and keep it locked even if someone does a factory reset. It also brought along HD voice calling, dual-sim support and […]
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T-Mobile’s March 18 Uncarrier event could have business implications
Late last week, T-Mobile sent out invites for a New York City event on March 18.
TMoNews has received information over time that T-Mobile is planning to bring its Un-carrier focus to the business market. A recent email to staff and some comments made by executives during a couple of earnings calls also suggest the company’s interest in this market. Therefore, it is likely that this event will cater to it.
The event begins at 1PM ET once again on March 18.
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AT&T beats T-Mobile in JD Power Network Quality Report
J.D. Power released a report containing the results of the big four carriers in the realm of lost calls, slow downloads, failed texts, and other network issues. Verizon took first place as usual, but T-Mobile fell out of second this year, being pushed from its former silver medal spot by its archrival, AT&T. T-Mobile was making gains in certain regions of the US last year, most likely because of its massive expansion in 2014. However, due the added customers in 2015, T-Mobile has seen some added network issues that caused them to become 3rd. As usual, Sprint is in last place in all regions except one.
If it’s any consolation to the Uncarrier, T-Mobile is still highly rated in the realm of customer service and customer satisfaction, due to its new policies and industry-changing moves.
Source: JD Power
Via: GigaOm
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T-Mobile HTC One M7 to see Android 5.0 Lollipop starting March 10th
All those HTC One M7 owners out there holding out on T-Mobile will have something delicious to look forward soon. HTC’s Mo Versi let loose a tweet this afternoon that the magenta carrier has shipped over technical approval for Android 5.0 Lollipop for the first One device and is set to start on March 10th. […]
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T-Mobile customers with the HTC One (M7) to get Lollipop on March 10
This Tuesday, owners of the HTC One (M7) from T-Mobile will see a software update arrive on their handsets. Mo Versi, HTC Vice President of Product Management, announced on Twitter that the Lollipop update is coming on March 10. The over-the-air (OTA) update received technical approval from the carrier which allowed its rollout to be scheduled.
Source: @moversi (Twitter)
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T-Mobile hosting its next event on March 18
The next phase for T-Mobile and its Un-carrier strategy will be revealed in less than two weeks. The carrier sent out invites for an event taking place on March 18 at 1:00PM EST, saying that “this one’s a real piece of work.” There are actual hints included with the invite, but the use of “work” could indicate something relating to business consumers. That is unlikely, though, because T-Mobile really enjoys rallying ordinary consumers.
We will just have to wait and see what John Legere & Co. have coming on March 18.
I think it’s time… March 18! #uncarrier #WeWontStop pic.twitter.com/5gsUdHfozZ
— John Legere (@JohnLegere) March 7, 2015
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AT&T tells T-Mobile to stop complaining about spectrum auction after AT&T complained for years
AT&T wants T-Mobile to stop complaining about the results of the recent AWS-3 spectrum auction. While AT&T spent $18 billion for 251 licenses in the recent auction, T-Mobile paid $1.77 billion for 151 licenses and Verizon spent $10.4 billion for 181 licenses (Dish also spent $13.3 billion for 702 licenses).
As T-Mobile CEO John Legere noted recently, the results of this auction show that yet again AT&T and Verizon are using their financial power to take over any and all available spectrum.
Now, Joan Marsh, AT&T’s vice president of federal regulatory, is telling T-Mobile to stop complaining because the process showed how spectrum was being “efficiently deployed to bring substantial additional data capacity to U.S. wireless consumers.” Additionally, Marsh writes that the money received during the auction will now pay for the country’s interoperable public safety broadband network.
“T-Mobile is a big proponent of competition unless they are facing it in an auction–there they prefer protection…But we didn’t set the prices at auction–the auction competition did.” – Joan Marsh, AT&T’s vice president of federal regulatory, FierceWireless
In terms of this specific argument, both AT&T and T-Mobile have arguments that make sense. While I agree with T-Mobile that AT&T/Verizon are simply purchasing everything in sight with their financial war chest, I agree with AT&T that it is a bit rich coming from T-Mobile who reportedly put down almost $4 billion in bids.
It also doesn’t help AT&T that in this letter telling T-Mobile to stop complaining, AT&T also complained about the spectrum rules which allowed for Dish’s Network to secure such a substantial number of licenses through smaller companies (and therefore save billions).
But why is AT&T even commenting on another company who is complaining about the spectrum auction? Does AT&T realize that nobody complained more consistently and loudly as AT&T in the last year about the new spectrum rules?
As we have written about several times here at Android Authority, AT&T has quite the history complaining about the rules for spectrum auctions. In 2012, AT&T claimed that if they weren’t able to purchase T-Mobile, they would face an absolute spectrum catastrophe and would have to scale back network investment substantially. A year later, AT&T had a change of heart. After pulling off nearly forty spectrum deals in the previous 12 months, AT&T’s CFO John Stephens told investors that AT&T had enough spectrum to last the next five years.
It wasn’t even two years ago that the Department of Justice (DOJ) warned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that they should potentially cap the amount of spectrum that AT&T and Verizon could acquire moving forward to prevent the two companies from hoarding spectrum anti-competitively.
When T-Mobile asked the FCC to set aside portions of future 600 MHz broadcast spectrum for smaller or new entrants last year, AT&T responded by threatening the DOJ and FCC with lawsuits and by spending most of 2014 threatening to stay out of the upcoming spectrum auction. Thankfully, the FCC called AT&T’s bluff and AT&T crawled back to their corner until the auction started.
According to AT&T, the FCC’s new rules restricting AT&T and Verizon from completely hoarding important spectrum was supposed to “force AT&T to decide to spend its money elsewhere, which could undermine the FCC’s congressionally mandated goal of raising enough cash from the auction to … help pay for a new $7 billion public safety network.”
$40 billion later and AT&T yet again looks completely foolish with their predictions.
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