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T-Mobile USA announced on Wednesday the next phase of the operator’s “Uncarrier” business model with a bold offer to pay customer’s early termination fees if they switch from competing carriers AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. T-Mobile says it will pay up to $650 per line in some situations. Word of T-Mobile’s plan leaked out earlier this Continue Reading →

Ever since John Legere teased Uncarrier 4.0 on his Twitter account earlier this week, I’ve been racking my brains trying to decide what it’s most likely to be. In terms of its own plans, value and available products, T-Mobile has done about as much as it can do to convince customers to join. It has Continue Reading →

Days after Sprint was revealed to be considering a purchase of T-Mobile US, satellite provider Dish Network is reportedly thinking about making a bid of its own. A potential Sprint/T-Mobile merger would leave the US with just three major cellular carriers and would be heavily scrutinized by the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Continue Reading →

Sprint, the third biggest wireless carrier in the US, is preparing to buy out its rival T-Mobile, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. While a potential deal is a ways off, Sprint is expected to put in its bid in the first half of 2014 and could pay more than $20 Continue Reading →

Sprint is making a big play for college students. The carrier is partnering with Best Buy to offer 12 months of free cellular service to students that purchase a new smartphone from the retailer. The Unlimited, My Way student promotion includes unlimited voice minutes, unlimited texting, and 1GB of data. (Basic feature phones are also Continue Reading →

Motorola’s Moto X is a solid phone, but part of its appeal are the customization options that allow users to engrave things into the back, change the color and even material of the back case and more via the Moto Maker online tool. But that started out as an AT&T exclusive, and remained so until Continue Reading →

The Federal Communications Commission will be auctioning off a slice of national spectrum for the first time in 5 years on January 14, 2014. The block — known as PCH H and in the 1900MHz band — will be opening up at a minimum bid of $1.56 billion. The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Continue Reading →

New Yorkers wondering when Sprint’s LTE machine will finally find its way to the Big Apple can stop wondering – at least those New Yorkers living or working in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Sprint said on Wednesday that it is turning on its new 4G network in those two boroughs on July 30. The official Continue Reading →

Sprint announced new unlimited plans with lower pricing that come with a guarantee promising customers limitless talk, text and data for life. For the Unlimited, My Way plan, customers choose the number of lines they want (starting at $50 for one) and pay $30 per line for unlimited data. By comparison, Sprint’s current Simply Everything Continue Reading →

Sprint has just announced two mobile hotspots and a USB modem from Novatel and Netgear that are the company’s first devices with tri-band LTE, meaning they’re able top operate on the 800, 1900, and 2500MHz bands. Most of its existing devices support 1900MHz alone, which is the only band of LTE that Sprint has currently Continue Reading →