Amazon wants to buy a mobile wireless service. Reuters reported Thursday that the tech giant is interested in acquiring prepaid wireless service Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint. Part of… Read More
One of the chief concerns of the mega-merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is that it would reduce the number of major U.S. wireless carriers in the U.S. from four to… Read More
T-Mobile’s plan to merge with Sprint won a key supporter Monday. FCC Chair Ajit Pai said he will recommend that his colleagues approve the merger thanks to commitments by the… Read More
T-Mobile added another 1.7 million customers during the first quarter of 2019 as the company waits for regulatory approval of its $26 billion merger with Sprint. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More
T-Mobile’s proposed $26 billion merger with Sprint is facing a roadblock from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Justice Department officials… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere has taken the case for the megamerger with Sprint to the public in recent weeks, and today he released his latest pitch for the deal: Jobs.… Read More
Two leaders from Washington state butted heads Tuesday in the other Washington over T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint. T-Mobile CEO John Legere testified before the House Judiciary Committee on the… Read More
T-Mobile spent $195,000 at President Donald Trump’s Washington D.C. hotel since announcing plans to merge with Sprint in April 2018. Anthony Russo, T-Mobile’s vice president of federal legislative affairs, confirmed… Read More
President Donald Trump wants to see deployment of the super-fast wireless technology known as 5G — and, inexplicably, 6G, which does not yet exist. “I want 5G, and even 6G,… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is “salivating” to compete with cable internet providers. So he said Monday in a hearing of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee over his company’s… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere is ramping up pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to approve his company’s merger with Sprint. The bombastic CEO pledged not to increase rates for customers… Read More
Update Feb. 6: T-Mobile executives spent a total of 52 nights at the Trump Hotel, according to a new report from The Washington Post. That’s 14 more nights than the 38… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint got approval from U.S. national security organizations for their proposed merger as the deal continues to go through the regulatory wringer. T-Mobile announced the Committee on Foreign Investment in… Read More
T-Mobile has cleared another hurdle in its pursuit of merging with Sprint to create the “New T-Mobile.” The self-proclaimed Un-carrier said it has gotten shareholder approval to combine with Sprint.… Read More
Sounds like the host of “Slow Cooker Sunday” might have a thing for Kansas City barbecue. T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who never shies from saying just what he’s thinking, did… Read More
T-Mobile has scooped up more office space in its hometown of Bellevue, Wash., according to a new report, as it prepares to bring Sprint into the fold, creating a much… Read More
T-Mobile has hired a high-profile telecommunications executive to oversee its planned merger with Sprint. Sunit Patel, most recently the chief financial officer and executive vice president at CenturyLink, will take… Read More
The Federal Communications Commision needs more time to consider whether to approve a multibillion-dollar merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The FCC sent a letter to the two companies Tuesday, explaining… Read More
Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting down in Seattle after $250K bikeshare fee passes ‘Magic: The… Read More
T-Mobile and Nokia have formed a new $3.5 billion partnership to speed up deployment of a next-generation nationwide 5G wireless network. Nokia, which Microsoft infamously acquired in 2014 and then… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint certainly think their plan to join forces is good for the public, and now regulators want to hear from the people. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is… Read More
The CEOs of T-Mobile and Sprint made the case for their merger before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday, in the first hurdle on their race to merge. T-Mobile’s John Legere and Sprint’s… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere believes the future of the American innovation economy comes down to his company’s intended merger with Sprint. At least, that’s the case T-Mobile is making as… Read More
T-Mobile has promoted its Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert to the role of president, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Sievert inherits the role of… Read More
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The $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner was approved by U.S District Court Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday, a landmark ruling expected to pave the way for other media… Read More
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson knows a thing or two about wireless carrier mergers. He was leading the company when it tried to acquire T-Mobile back in 2011, but the transaction… Read More
Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, is working with a lobbying firm hired by T-Mobile, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal’s Julie Bykowicz. The… Read More
Verizon Communications held its annual shareholder meeting Thursday morning south of Seattle, in Renton, Wash. Why Renton? That’s one of the questions GeekWire asked Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam… Read More
RENTON, Wash. — Sitting across from Verizon Communications Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam in a conference room overlooking Lake Washington this morning, it seemed fitting to point out that we… Read More