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FCC fines major telcos for selling users’ location data

Ryan Daws — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:43:43 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined major US telcos for illegally selling their subscribers’ location data to third-party data brokers. According to an FCC statement, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US – the latter two having merged in 2020 – were ordered to pay $57 million, $47 million, $12 million, and $80 million, respectively,... Read more »

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T-Mobile ordered to prove it didn’t lie to get Sprint merger approval

Ryan Daws — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:50:53 +0000

T-Mobile has been ordered to prove it didn’t lie to government regulators about its 3G shutdown plans to win approval for its Sprint merger. In a ruling by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), T-Mobile is ordered “to show cause why it should not be sanctioned by the Commission for violating Rule 1.1 of the... Read more »

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T-Mobile CEO: Sprint’s network shuttering won’t really start until 2022

Ryan Daws — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 17:10:39 +0000

T-Mobile has begun shuttering Sprint’s network in a few locations following its acquisition but doesn’t expect to really start until 2022. T-Mobile acquired Sprint for $26 billion earlier this year. Industry observers have been awaiting news on the company’s plans to shutter the old network as the “New T-Mobile” rolls out—which promises 14 times more... Read more »

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Ookla: AT&T beats Verizon in 4G speeds, T-Mobile is the 5G leader

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:23:24 +0000

The latest report from Ookla finds AT&T beating Verizon in average 4G speeds and T-Mobile blazing ahead in 5G. Ookla’s 4G “speed score” for AT&T is 41.23 with T-Mobile quite far behind in second place with a score of 33.69. The other two major operators, Sprint and Verizon, are clumped close to T-Mobile with scores... Read more »

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T-Mobile switches off Sprint’s 5G network following $26.5 billion merger

Ryan Daws — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:14:17 +0000

T-Mobile is switching off Sprint’s legacy 5G network following the merger of the companies which finally closed on April 1st. Sprint’s 5G, which uses 2.5GHz mid-band spectrum, has been taken offline while T-Mobile works to re-deploy it across its own network. Most existing Sprint customers won’t be able to use their current devices going forward... Read more »

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T-Mobile wants to adjust Sprint merger terms like jobs promises, 5G speeds

Ryan Daws — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:59:04 +0000

T-Mobile is seeking to adjust some of the agreements it made in return for the authorisation of its Sprint merger. The “uncarrier” has asked California’s Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to ease three conditions in particular. One of the key arguments made by T-Mobile in favour of its merger was that it would create jobs. Former... Read more »

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