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The Plan to Give Android Users Their Own Version of iMessage Is Officially Dead
RCS, or Rich Communication Services, was supposed to unite the Androids. But with the news that Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have all abandoned the effort toward a unified messaging platform, it looks like more turbulent times for the green bubbles. According to telecom news outlet Light Reading, the three big carriers have all pulled out … Continued
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T-Mobile’s Massive 5G Push Includes Home Internet and Free 5G Phones
T-Mobile would really like to bring you aboard the 5G train. As part of its latest Un-carrier initiative, the company announced it’s letting customers upgrade their smartphones to a 5G phone for “free,” offering a $60 home internet plan, and promising unlimited data for all. The carrier telegraphed that it had some big 5G plans … Continued
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The State of 5G in 2021: Are We There Yet?
About two years ago, wireless carriers in the U.S. and South Korea flipped the switches on the first commercial 5G networks. And while 5G is still in its infancy, now seems like a good time to take stock of where 5G is at right now, and where it’s going. For those who have managed to … Continued
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These Are the 5G Phones Worth Buying This Year
There’s more to 5G than overblown marketing hype and some really weird (and in some cases, dangerous) conspiracy theories. Here’s what you actually need to know: 5G offers faster download and upload speeds, more bandwidth, lower latency, and enough throughput to support a household of people trying to connect to the internet (though 5G home … Continued
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T-Mobile Will Stop Saying Its 5G Network Is Better Than It Actually Is
The National Advertising Division (NAD), a division within BBB National Programs, told Verizon over the summer to cut it out with the misleading 5G ads, and now it’s telling T-Mobile to do the same. Add that to the fact that the Federal Communications Commission just fined T-Mobile $200 million for its abuse of Sprint’s Lifeline … Continued
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T-Mobile’s Scam Shield Is the Carrier’s Latest Attempt to Shut Down Phone Spam
While no one likes being jerked around on the phone, the amount of spam and robocalls we’re forced to endure is only expected to increase, so today T-Mobile introduced a new collection of tools and apps designed to prevent annoying calls from hitting your phone. In a livestream hosted today, T-Mobile detailed its new Scam Shield … Continued
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T-Mobile, Which Said Sprint Merger Would Create Jobs, Already Laying Off Sprint Employees
T-Mobile insisted that its dreaded $26.5 billion merger with rival Sprint was all about job creation, saying the two companies would have 11,000 more employees by 2024 than they were expected to as separate entities. But now that the deal’s closed, hundreds of former Sprint employees working under the merged brand will be terminated, TechCrunch … Continued
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Something Weird Is Going On With T-Mobile Today
T-Mobile customers across the U.S. are reporting that they cannot send or receive phone calls, and sometimes text messages. According to TechCrunch, the outage starting around 9-10 a.m. PT (12-1 p.m. ET) this morning, and at the time of this writing, is still the No. 1 trending topic in the U.S. on Twitter. Downdetector shows … Continued