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FCC: Free wireless spectrum won’t harm T-Mobile
ZDNet Government — October 12th, 2008 FCC: Free wireless spectrum won’t harm T-Mobile Posted by Richard Koman @ October 12, 2008 @ 5:24 PM Categories: FCC Tags: FCC , T-Mobile , Spectrum , Federal Government , Wireless , Government , Richard Koman Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to a company that would ...

T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle
Between the Lines — October 22nd, 2008 T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle Posted by Sam Diaz @ 10:37 am Categories: General , Open Source , Hardware Infrastructure , Mobile , Apple , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Research In Motion Ltd. , T-Mobile G1 , Mobile , T-Mobile , Apple Inc. , Advertising & Promotion , Smart Phones , Marketing , Consumer Electronics Let the smartphone wrestling match begin. In this corner - wearing a touch screen, ...

T-Mobile: Churn spikes in third quarter
Between the Lines — November 6th, 2008 T-Mobile: Churn spikes in third quarter Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:20 am Categories: General , Wired & Wireless , Mobile Tags: T-Mobile , Quarter , Larry Dignan T-Mobile said Thursday that it added 670,000 new customers in the third quarter to end with 32.1 million customers. The rub: The carrier’s blended churn is the increasing. The company said its net income was $442 million, down from $452 million a year ago, on revenue of $5.51 billion, up from $4.89 billion a year ago. T-Mobile touted the ...

Review: Waterfield Designs MSI Wind Sleevecase and T-Mobile G1 Ultrasuede Slipcase
The Mobile Gadgeteer — January 18th, 2009 Review: Waterfield Designs MSI Wind Sleevecase and T-Mobile G1 Ultrasuede Slipcase Posted by Matthew Miller @ 2:57 pm Categories: Smartphone , Ultra portable PC , On the road , Review , Linux , Netbook Tags: T-Mobile G1 , T-Mobile , Sleevecase , MSI Wind , Waterfield Designs MSI Wind SleeveCase , MSI Wind SleeveCase , Ultrasuede Case , Notebooks , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets One of the most important accessories for ...

Want a G1? Now, you can make payments
Between the Lines — February 2nd, 2009 Want a G1? Now, you can make payments Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:23 pm Categories: Google , Mobile Tags: Google Inc. , Payment , T-Mobile , Operational Accounting , Smart Phones , Finance , Consumer Electronics , Personal Technology , Sam Diaz Now, here’s a nifty little way for T-Mobile and Google to beef up the numbers on the G1 , the first smartphone built on Android, Google’s mobile operating system - an installment plan. [image] If the $179 is too much for you in the ...

Wireless churn wars: T-Mobile lags the pack
Between the Lines — May 7th, 2009 Wireless churn wars: T-Mobile lags the pack Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:53 am Categories: AT&T , Earnings , General , Sprint Nextel , Verizon , Wired & Wireless Tags: T-Mobile , Wireless , Wi-Fi , Wireless And Mobility , Larry Dignan T-Mobile’s prepaid churn rate was 2.3 percent in the first quarter, dropping it to last place among the leading wireless carriers.  The churn rate, delivered in T-Mobile’s first quarter results , was quite a turnabout compared ...

Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola
Between the Lines — June 23rd, 2009 Verizon, T-Mobile plan Android phones by year's end; boost for Motorola Posted by Sam Diaz @ 2:45 am Categories: Android , General , Google , Mobile , Mobile Roundup , Motorola , Palm , Smartphones , iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone , Phone , Mobile , Palm Inc. , Verizon Communications Inc. , T-Mobile , Apple iPhone 3G , Motorola Inc. , Smart Phones , Advertising & Promotion A lot has changed in the ...

Verizon, T-Mobile lead in wireless customer service; AT&T, Sprint below average
Between the Lines — August 13th, 2009 Verizon, T-Mobile lead in wireless customer service; AT&T, Sprint below average Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:53 am Categories: AT&T , General , Sprint , Sprint Nextel , Verizon , Wired & Wireless Tags: Customer Service , Verizon Communications Inc. , T-Mobile , AT Corp. , Sprint Communications , Product Marketing , Customer Relationship Management (CRM) , Marketing , Enterprise Software , Software J.D. Power and ...

T-Mobile and Sprint? Wild-cards abound
Between the Lines — September 15th, 2009 T-Mobile and Sprint? Wild-cards abound Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:25 am Categories: General , LTE , Mobile , Sprint , Telecommunications , Wired & Wireless Tags: Clearwire Corp. , Analyst , T-Mobile , Sprint Communications , Deutsche Telekom AG , WiMAX , Asset Management , Wi-Fi , Mergers & Acquisitions , Wireless And Mobility T-Mobile is reportedly considering acquiring Sprint in a deal that would create the ...

T-Mobile - All your Sidekick data are belong to ... well, no one ... it's gone!
Hardware 2.0 — October 11th, 2009 T-Mobile - All your Sidekick data are belong to ... well, no one ... it's gone! Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 3:15 am Categories: Mobile Technology Tags: T-Mobile , T-Mobile Sidekick , vCard , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Cellphone service provider T-Mobile is owning up to what could be one of the biggest cloud-computing disasters so far . [image] According to T-Mobile , a server failure at Microsoft/Danger has meant that personal data stored on the Sidekick cellphone has “ almost certainly has been ...

T-Mobile turns Sidekick data disaster into a PR mess
Hardware 2.0 — October 13th, 2009 T-Mobile turns Sidekick data disaster into a PR mess Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 8:20 am Categories: Mobile Technology Tags: T-Mobile , Customer , T-Mobile Sidekick , Microsoft/Danger , Public Relations , Marketing , Corporate Communications , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Over the weekend it emerged that a server crash at Microsoft/Danger had caused significant data loss for Sidekick users on the T-Mobile network . Yesterday T-Mobile released a statement which caused further ...

Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster
Hardware 2.0 — October 13th, 2009 Microsoft needs to come clean over Sidekick/Danger disaster Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 3:41 pm Categories: In the news , Industry , Microsoft , Mobile Technology Tags: T-Mobile , T-Mobile Sidekick , Microsoft Corp. , Sidekick User , Data Failure , Backups , Cloud Computing , Data Centers , Virtualization , Storage So, it seems that a lot of T-Mobile Sidekick users out there have lost data thanks to the Microsoft acquired Danger data center going ...