T-Mobile tries to lure Android fans with special monthly Galaxy S4 pricing

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T-Mobile announced pricing plans today for Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 phone. Starting April 24 on T-Mobile.com, you can order Samsung’s flagship smartphone for $149 up front and pay $20 per month for 24 months thereafter. It’s part of T-Mobile’s new Simple Choice Plan, which separates the cost of wireless service from the purchase of a phone… Read More…

T-Mobile customers wait in line, swap Androids for iPhone 5

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University of Washington student and T-Mobile customer Mustafa Ahmed got up earlier than normal Friday morning, giving himself enough time to pick up his iPhone 5 and still make it to campus for his 9:30 a.m. lecture. But he was a little surprised when he arrived at the Wallingford T-Mobile store just before 9 a.m…. Read More…

MetroPCS delays vote after T-Mobile beefs up bid

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Two weeks after a top advisory firm recommended that MetroPCS shareholders vote against the merger with T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom — T-Mobile’s parent company — has beefed up the offer. Deutsche Telekom has reduced the amount of debt MetroPCS would carry from $15 billion to $11.2 billion and also lowered the interest rate on the debt, calling… Read More…

Tempted? T-Mobile offers zero-down iPhone 5 for trade-in of iPhone 4 or 4S

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T-Mobile USA, gearing up for its long-awaited launch of the iPhone 5 on Friday, is making a new attempt to lure customers of rival carriers who are still carrying around older versions of the Apple smartphone. The Bellevue-based company tonight announced a new offer to provide an iPhone 5 for $0/down to people who trade… Read More…

T-Mobile adds 579,000 subscribers in Q1, reportedly weighs new deal for MetroPCS

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T-Mobile is starting to show some momentum as it gets ready to unveil the iPhone on April 12 and roll out a new payment system for wireless service. The Bellevue company said that it added 579,000 customers during the first quarter, bringing the total customer count to 34 million for the country’s fourth largest carrier…. Read More…

Report: Visual voicemail and LTE coming to unlocked iPhones on T-Mobile this week

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T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones will be receiving a carrier update this Friday, enabling LTE and Visual Voicemail for their mobile devices. TMoNews is reporting the news, adding that unlocked iPhones will now receive full support from T-Mobile. This news comes days before T-Mobile offers the iPhone 5 for the first time on April 12,… Read More…

MetroPCS to shareholders: Say yes to T-Mobile merger

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MetroPCS shareholders are making it quite clear that they think the proposed merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is for the better. MetroPCS sent a letter to its shareholders Monday, urging them to vote to pass the merger when the vote is expected on April 12. The company wrote that there could be “no assurance that… Read More…

GeekWire Radio: With iPhone in hand, T-Mobile tries to shake up the wireless business

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[Editor's note:  Be sure to join us in person April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for the first time, at the HUB Seattle in Pioneer Square.] T-Mobile USA this week made a series of attention-getting moves — finally landing the iPhone, and rolling out a major change to the way its customers will… Read More…

T-Mobile confirms layoffs as part of ‘operational changes’

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Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA, which earlier this week unveiled a major overhaul of its business, today confirmed that it is making an unspecified number of job cuts “to better align our business with our new strategy and position T-Mobile for growth.” The cuts aren’t believed to be related to the company’s planned merger with MetroPCS. The… Read More…