T-Mobile

Experian, T-Mobile US settle data spills for mere $16m

Two breaches: one in 2012, another in 2015 – saw 18m folks' records stolen

Cyber-crime08 Nov 2022 | 4

Letter to FCC: Why are US carriers locking handsets to networks?

'If someone else puts a lock on a thing that you own, and doesn't give you the key, it's not for your benefit'

Networks20 Sep 2022 | 50

T-Mobile US and SpaceX hope to deliver phone service from space

Companies claim 'no modifications .. required' on ordinary cellphones, but analyst says Starlink has 'no authorization to deploy v2 satellites'

Networks26 Aug 2022 | 47

Ex-T-Mobile US store owner phished staff, raked in $25m from unlocking phones

That's just the tip of the iceberg – and now he faces potentially years in the clink

Cyber-crime03 Aug 2022 | 15

T-Mobile US to cough up $550m after info stolen on 77m customers

Oops, did the Un-carrier under-count by 29m punters?

CSO25 Jul 2022 | 8

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones

In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65

Un-carrier? Definitely Unsecure: T-Mobile US admits 48m customers' details stolen after downplaying reports

Affected users to get free McAfee ID protection, so that's OK then

Security18 Aug 2021 | 30

FCC boss orders probe into 'unacceptable' T-Mobile US outage after carrier plays dog-ate-my-homework card

Yup, the old 'leased fiber line broke' excuse

Networks17 Jun 2020 | 7

SoftBank to hang up on T-Mobile stake to shore up its balance sheet

What's a flailing investor to do?

Networks17 Jun 2020 | 1

Staffer emails compromised and customer details exposed in T-Mobile US's third security whoopsie in as many years

And there it is – exactly what telco was fretting over in FY'19 results

Security05 Mar 2020 | 6

Sprint-T-Mobile US merger: Bad for competition? Good for standing up to Verizon, AT&T? NYC court goes with the latter

Judge approves $26bn deal, individual states not quite so happy

Personal Tech11 Feb 2020 | 7

Phew! All that competition in the US mobile industry was exhausting. Thank God for the FCC, am I right?

Analysis Regulator OKs Sprint-T-Mobile US merger because... 5G? Higher prices?

Personal Tech05 Nov 2019 | 20

You are faking it! No, you are! No, AT&T is... Verizon, T-Mobile US execs form 5G circular firing squad on Twitter

Finally, something actually exciting happening with this mobile broadband tech

Personal Tech26 Sep 2019 | 10

New York City sues T-Mobile US over 'abusive sales tactics'

Dodgy dealing in a mobile phone shop? What kind of a world?

Networks05 Sep 2019 | 9

Spri-Mobile? T-Print? Time to think of a nickname: The Sprint/T-Mobile US merger is go

Uncle Sam's legal eagles sign off on $26bn mega-mashup – multiple states still not happy with biz deal

Personal Tech26 Jul 2019 | 33

Wanna sue us for selling your location? Think again: You should read your contract's fine print, says T-Mobile US

Under-fire carrier insists on forcing privacy-trashed punters into out-of-court arbitration

Personal Tech09 Jul 2019 | 19

FCC boss blesses T-Mobile US-Sprint merger amid sketchy promises, lashings of incoherency

Analysis American tech regulation reduced to: If the telcos want it, it must be a good thing

Personal Tech20 May 2019 | 14

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell your location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again*, OK

Security11 Jan 2019 | 24

Senator Wyden goes ballistic after US telcos caught selling people's location data yet again

Rights warrior ticked off after yet another report of whereabouts being flogged to dodgy geezers

Security08 Jan 2019 | 82

Look at me! Phone industry contracts nasty case of 5g-itis

Our 5G is bigger and better than theirs, promise Ericsson, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T

Networks11 Sep 2018 | 20

DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects

Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site

Security31 Aug 2018 | 12

Hackers clock personal deets on 'two million' T-Mobile US subscribers

'International group' of miscreants fingered, financial data said to be safe

Security24 Aug 2018 | 10

Verizon promises to stop selling its subscribers' location data... for now

But T-Mobile US and Sprint? Not so much

Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 14

Sprint, T-Mobile US sitting in a tree, M-E-R-G-I-N-G

It's technically an acquisition, but the headline fit so perfectly we couldn't resist

On-Prem30 Apr 2018 | 13

'Uncarrier' T-Mobile US to un-carry $40m for bumpkin blower bunkum

FCC levies fine equivalent to 32 hours of quarterly profit

Networks16 Apr 2018 | 17

T-Mobile Austria stores passwords as plain text, Outlook gets message crypto, and more

Roundup Warning: Contains extreme stupidity

Security07 Apr 2018 | 24

Talk about a MINER offense! Crypto-cash crafter clashes with T-Mob US in hipster haven

Watchdog steps in after box found fuzzing up signals

Science20 Feb 2018 | 10

T-Mobile US let hackers nick my phone number, drain my crypto-wallets, cries man who lost $20k

PIN 'ignored' – no wonder T-Mob has put out an alert

Security06 Feb 2018 | 21

Can't wait for 5G? Don't then, Gigabit LTE will be around for ages

Yes, it's real

Networks29 Nov 2017 | 20

Qualcomm touts deal with Chinese giants to really consider using $12bn of its chips

Non-binding 'memorandum of understanding' inked with four smartphone builders

Networks10 Nov 2017 | 1

Sprint, T-Mobile US's on-again off-again merger talks are now off

Updated Neither could figure out how to pull it off, but that hasn't stopped SoftBank from buying more of Sprint

On-Prem06 Nov 2017 | 3

Sprint, T-Mobile US reignite mega-merger talks (again)

You want more competition, America? Here's another all-powerful telco monolith

Personal Tech19 Sep 2017 | 6

Telcos waive bills during Houston hurricane recovery

Carriers say they're holding up – more flooding is likely

Networks28 Aug 2017 | 8

Charter sprints from rinky-dink Sprint hints

US comms giant denies buyout rumors, says it prefers Verizon for the time being

Personal Tech01 Aug 2017 | 3

Essentially puzzling: Rubin's hype-phone ties up with… Sprint?

Phone with no customers latches onto least popular major carrier

Personal Tech12 Jun 2017 | 11

Situation normal, blurts T-Mobile, while network continues to crap itself

Someone should inform the marketing team

Networks12 Jun 2017 | 14

T-Mobile goes Apple/Google route by separating phone numbers and devices

'Digits' marks a shift for the phone industry

Networks25 May 2017 | 25

T-Mobile USA sued by parents after their baby dies amid 911 meltdown

'Ghost' calls overload lines, preventing babysitter from getting through for help – suit

Networks11 May 2017 | 35

For the first time ever, Verizon sheds subs: 300,000 punters walk out

Don't worry guys, Yahoo! is coming to the rescue

Personal Tech20 Apr 2017 | 7

T-Mobile US CEO offers kid a year's supply of chicken nuggets for switching from AT&T

And now we are all part of this sickening cycle too

Bootnotes10 Apr 2017 | 26

LTE-U R gd 2 go: FCC gives unlicensed spectrum its coat, pushes it out the door

First devices cleared for sale as chip biz, carriers rejoice

Personal Tech22 Feb 2017 | 5

Verizon is gonna axe its 'unlimited' data hogs

When is unlimited not unlimited? When you use 200GB a month

Personal Tech09 Jan 2017 | 54

T-Mobile USA leaked free access to sites with '/speedtest' in the URL

High school slacker hacker gets LTE for free

Networks19 Sep 2016 | 15

I'm good, I'm fine, solid quarter, real well ... pants Sprint as it limps past, spilling $300m

'Most new customers in nine years'

On-Prem25 Jul 2016 | 6

Huawei sues T-Mobile US: Why can't we be FRANDS with benefits?

Is this really all about a factory robot?

Networks06 Jul 2016 | 5

Special delivery: Activists drop 100,000 net neutrality complaints on FCC

Wheeler gets flooded with gripes about zero-rating

Legal24 Jun 2016 | 27

T-Mobile Czech ad man steals, sells, 1.5 million customer records

Clients might get even more spam, MD says

Security20 Jun 2016 | 19

Twilio woos developers with add-on marketplace and SIM as a service

Cloudy comms unit joins T-Mobile uncarrier push

Edge + IoT24 May 2016 | 1

AT&T credits DirecTV gobble for $41bn quarter

2.3 million new mobile subscribers didn't hurt either

On-Prem27 Apr 2016 |

T-Mobile US gobbles up another 2.2m customers

Its secret? Be a little nicer than Verizon or AT&T

On-Prem26 Apr 2016 | 8

Net neut naught: Netflix throttles its own video

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works!

Legal25 Mar 2016 | 16

T-Mobile US finally lets websites escape Binge On's web vid crusher

Go ahead, torch all our customers' data allowances, says carrier

Legal17 Mar 2016 | 7

EE-gad! Orange webmail cut off in Blighty outage

UK telco says everything back to normal now

Networks09 Mar 2016 | 17

T-Mobile US triples profit, adds two million customers

Continues run of good results, but share price barely budges

On-Prem17 Feb 2016 | 6

FaceTime, WhatsApp UDP streams AWOL on iOS 9 beta with T-Mo US

IPv6 LTE fingered in networking mystery

Personal Tech04 Feb 2016 | 11

T-Mobile US's BingeOn does break net neutrality, says law prof

But where's John Legere's ranty response?

Networks04 Feb 2016 | 16