Public records reveal T-Mobile’s plan to make Seattle a 5G hub in partnership with UW and tech giants T-Mobile wants to make the Seattle region the capital of 5G innovation, and it has brought along an all-star cast… Read More
Today on GeekWire: Startup releases distinctive headphones; HQ2 is hot; inside Bill Gates’ brain Would you wear these headphones? Would you buy them for $399? Those are the big questions as Seattle startup Human releases… Read More
Inside T-Mobile’s new device testing lab, where the ‘Un-carrier’ is gearing up for national 5G rollout T-Mobile is pulling back the curtain on a new device testing lab in its hometown of Bellevue, Wash., as it… Read More
FCC moves to greenlight T-Mobile merger with Sprint despite pending lawsuit T-Mobile and Sprint crossed another checkpoint Wednesday on their path to merge and create a $146 billion wireless company. The… Read More
Oregon joins multi-state lawsuit to block T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint Critics of T-Mobile’s newly approved merger with Sprint are particularly concerned about the impacts on rural Americans, who are often… Read More
Scoop: T-Mobile acquires mobile marketing startup PushSpring to bolster advertising tech T-Mobile’s pending megamerger with former rival Sprint garnered worldwide attention. But another T-Mobile acquisition flew under the radar as the… Read More
Justice Department approves T-Mobile’s $26B merger with Sprint Federal regulators approved T-Mobile’s blockbuster merger with Sprint on Friday after 15 months of negotiations, paving the way for the… Read More
T-Mobile adds 1.8M new customers as rumors of Sprint merger approval swirl T-Mobile had what it called a record Q2, however the results were a bit anti-climatic for observers waiting for a… Read More
T-Mobile and Taco Bell together again on Taco Tuesday, with launch of T-MoBell stores That ringing coming from inside select T-Mobile stores isn’t just phones — it’s a certain fast food bell. Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More
T-Mobile accuses states suing to block Sprint merger of ‘dwelling in the past’ T-Mobile is firing back at a coalition of states that sued to block the telecom company’s proposed merger with Sprint.… Read More
Dish could save T-Mobile-Sprint merger with reported $6B deal for spectrum and Boost Mobile A potential $6 billion deal with Dish Network could pave the way for approval of the T-Mobile-Sprint merger. Bloomberg reported… Read More
President Trump lauds ‘geniuses in Silicon Valley’ but claims tech titans ‘discriminate against me’ in same interview President Donald Trump appeared this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box, talking about tariffs and trade. But President Trump also used… Read More
Amazon as a wireless carrier? Company reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint Amazon wants to buy a mobile wireless service. Reuters reported Thursday that the tech giant is interested in acquiring prepaid… Read More
Regulators want T-Mobile and Sprint to spin off new wireless carrier to ease competition concerns One of the chief concerns of the mega-merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is that it would reduce the number of… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint shares rise as FCC chairman recommends approval of merger T-Mobile’s plan to merge with Sprint won a key supporter Monday. FCC Chair Ajit Pai said he will recommend that… Read More
Tech Moves: T-Mobile’s TV lead departs; Madrona Venture Labs adds Seattle startup marketing vet; and more — T-Mobile‘s head of home and entertainment, Jeffrey Binder, has left the company. Binder was the CEO of television technology… Read More
Internal memo: T-Mobile shakes up marketing leadership to integrate Metro and launch ‘confidential new initiative’ T-Mobile is making changes to its marketing leadership to further integrate the newly named Metro by T-Mobile into the broader… Read More
Experts from Google, T-Mobile and other tech frontiers weigh in on the future of AI Artificial intelligence can rev up recommendation engines and make self-driving cars safer. It can even beat humans at their own… Read More
T-Mobile adds another 1.7M customers as CEO continues touting merger with Sprint T-Mobile added another 1.7 million customers during the first quarter of 2019 as the company waits for regulatory approval of… Read More
T-Mobile Money goes national: ‘Un-carrier’ doubles down on banking as next target for disruption T-Mobile is taking its mobile banking service, T-Mobile Money, out of the pilot phase and rolling it out nationally. The… Read More
T-Mobile teams up with Comcast to rein in robocalls T-Mobile is teaming up with Comcast to detect robocalls between the two networks, the companies announced Wednesday. The partnership is… Read More
T-Mobile-Sprint merger faces uncertain future amid reported resistance from DOJ T-Mobile’s proposed $26 billion merger with Sprint is facing a roadblock from the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a… Read More
T-Mobile HQ campus sells in massive $468M deal Just months after T-Mobile committed to stay at its Bellevue, Wash. headquarters, the owner of the campus has decided to… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Podcast: T-Mobile Park, Jack Dorsey’s smartphone, and other random items of questionable relevance Almost every week, at the end of the GeekWire Podcast, we feature our “Random Channel” segment, discussing random items of… Read More
Here’s what to know about T-Mobile’s new TV service as it takes on cable incumbents T-Mobile today unveiled its first take on cable TV: A set-top box that gets to know users’ viewing habits with… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere claims Sprint merger will create thousands of new jobs as deal faces scrutiny T-Mobile CEO John Legere has taken the case for the megamerger with Sprint to the public in recent weeks, and… Read More
T-Mobile lands major content deal with Viacom for its upcoming wireless TV service T-Mobile’s upcoming wireless TV service got a major boost today, as the so-called “Un-Carrier” inked television heavyweight Viacom to a… Read More
Microsoft, T-Mobile band together with blockchain startups for new Cascadia Blockchain Council A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for… Read More
My, oh magenta! T-Mobile customers will see extra perks at Seattle’s newly renamed baseball stadium The Seattle Mariners like to say that their fans are “True to the Blue,” but the new look and some… Read More
Rep. Pramila Jayapal grills T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Trump hotel stays Two leaders from Washington state butted heads Tuesday in the other Washington over T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint. T-Mobile CEO… Read More
