That's excellent. Having trouble with your CEO, sprint? Hopefully, Sprint collapses, and it will just be 3 major carriers instead. Verizon, AT&T, and T-mobile. How awesome does that sound?
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Sprint Abandons Plans to Purchase T-Mobile
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That's excellent. Having trouble with your CEO, sprint? Hopefully, Sprint collapses, and it will just be 3 major carriers instead. Verizon, AT&T, and T-mobile. How awesome does that sound?
Not so awesome to the FCC. The reason the FCC didn't want Sprint to merge with T-Mobile is because it would have made three carriers and not four.
Your scenario has exactly the thing happening that the FCC didn't want!
However, I am totally with you in regards to Dan Hesse. He needed to go two years ago when NV started.
I'm glad. I'm switching carriers in September when the iPhone 6 drops and T-Mobile was off the table due to Sprint possibly merging. Now they are back on the table.
Yes!!!!
Yes!! Keep competition alive!
T-Mobile is forcing the other carriers to offer more and charge less. This is good for everyone regardless of which carrier you choose. And, by the way, if you are with T-Mobile post-paid, they just upped their basic plan from 1GB to 2.5GB of high-speed data per line if you have 4. You have to call and ask for it.
Yes!! Keep competition alive!
T-Mobile is forcing the other carriers to offer more and charge less. This is good for everyone regardless of which carrier you choose. And, by the way, if you are with T-Mobile post-paid, they just upped their basic plan from 1GB to 2.5GB of high-speed data per line if you have 4. You have to call and ask for it.
Let's hope Deutsche Telekom can find a buyer.
They've been trying to get rid of their North American operation of T-Mobile... but so far they've had no luck.
That has got to be frustrating.
They've been trying to get rid of their North American operation of T-Mobile... but so far they've had no luck.
That has got to be frustrating.
You're too smart for your own good. The deal
Would have gone through w/o govt sueing. ATT internally decided they would lose the case in court (or I'd cost too much money) so they dropped it. In effect they were blocked.
Kudos to dumping the CEO. Sprint was a good company once. At some point, I don't know when, they went full on evil. I've been using TMobile on and off for the last 10 years for various things and they've never been evil.
I don't think they call themselves DT in Germany any more, I'm pretty sure I saw T mobile signs over there too. Anyway I don't see why they want to sell so bad rather than just try to make a go of their US operations? I've never even seen anyone take a guess?
That's so comforting. Gonna switch to Tmo in September when the contracts are up and halve my bill. Really loving the comptetitiveness of them lately.
Yes! As a T-Mobile customer, I'm glad this isn't happening.
Apparently Iliad (a French telecom) wants T-Mobile, but are (was) outbid by Softbank/Sprint. Guess they can go for it now.
Deutsche Telekom is the landline, T-Mobile is the mobile -- similar to Verizon vs. Verizon Wireless, for example.
Apparently Iliad (a French telecom) wants T-Mobile, but are (was) outbid by Softbank/Sprint. Guess they can go for it now.
Deutsche Telekom is the landline, T-Mobile is the mobile -- similar to Verizon vs. Verizon Wireless, for example.
T-Mobile's data coverage will be improving in the near future.
My understanding, and experience, is that their calling coverage is great.
The nest iPhone will be great on T-Mobile, especially with WiFi calling.
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I don't know exactly why... but I'm sure you can look it up.
All I know is... they've been trying since 2011.
Maintain a competitive market with overpriced calling plans comparing to the rest of the world...
thank god. Sprint is a pretty terrible network and they would kill all of t-mobile's recent momentum
This should help ILIAD (French internet and mobile provider) to buy T mobile.
In France, Iliad CEO Xavier Niel is considered as the Steve Jobs of Internet and mobile by bringing a really great services for a very low cost.
For example, look at the Freebox V6 functionallities which was released in the 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebox
This is the Iliad mobile service (called Free Mobile) and history : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Mobile
In France, Iliad CEO Xavier Niel is considered as the Steve Jobs of Internet and mobile by bringing a really great services for a very low cost.
For example, look at the Freebox V6 functionallities which was released in the 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebox
This is the Iliad mobile service (called Free Mobile) and history : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Mobile
Sprint would have ruined T-Mobile with that acquisition.
I'm so happy it didn't happen.
T-Mobile should remain T-Mobile, and Sprint should continue to be crap as always.
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I would say the worst carrier with the worst Customer Service ever.
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I would add that T-Mobile is the best thing that could have happened to the Mobile Service market.
Without them, we would still be paying $.25 per minute, and using our internet with a teardrop.
I'm so happy it didn't happen.
T-Mobile should remain T-Mobile, and Sprint should continue to be crap as always.
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I would say the worst carrier with the worst Customer Service ever.
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I would add that T-Mobile is the best thing that could have happened to the Mobile Service market.
Without them, we would still be paying $.25 per minute, and using our internet with a teardrop.