61 Facts About T-Mobile US

T-Mobile US is the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, with more than 110 million subscribers as of the end of Q2 2022.

T-Mobile US provides wireless voice and data services in the United States under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands, and serves as the host network for many mobile virtual network operators.

In March 2013, T-Mobile US introduced a major overhaul of its plan structure, marketed by branding themselves as being "the Un-carrier".

The type of zero-rating that is offered by T-Mobile US allows it to charge higher rates to third-parties, meaning that ISP can prioritize the company that pays a higher premium.

On June 28, 2013, T-Mobile agreed to buy wireless spectrum for the Mississippi Valley region from its competitor U S Cellular for around $308 million, allowing it to expand its 4G network across 29 more markets.

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T-Mobile US upgraded network equipment and back-haul capabilities to enable HSPA, and later HSPA+ and LTE services.

T-Mobile US had finished HSPA+ trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had begun deploying HSPA+ across its network.

T-Mobile US is currently planning to shut down its GSM network sometime in the future, but has yet to set a date.

T-Mobile US had hoped to have its network activated by mid-2007, but as of September 2007, the government users had not vacated the AWS band.

On March 26, 2013, T-Mobile began rolling out LTE in 7 markets: Baltimore, San Jose, Washington, D C, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Kansas City, and Houston.

On February 25, 2014, T-Mobile US announced in its Q4 2013 earnings call that its 4G LTE network covered 209 million people in 273 metro areas.

On October 27, 2015, T-Mobile US announced in its Q3 2015 earnings call that they covered over 300 million people with LTE, reaching their 2015 end of year goal months ahead of schedule.

On May 25, 2016, T-Mobile US announced that it will be purchasing the 700Mhz A-block license for the Chicago metro area.

T-Mobile US refers to its 700Mhz low-band network as 'Extended-range LTE' and claims it penetrates buildings and reaches out farther than its PCS and AWS only network.

In 2018 T-Mobile US has stated they will not discontinue rollout and upgrades of LTE in favor of 5G.

On February 26, 2018, T-Mobile US announced it would roll out 5G to 30 cities by the end of 2018, with compatible handsets delivering early 2019.

On June 28, 2019, T-Mobile US officially launched their 5G mmWave network with the launch of their first commercially available 5G NR device, the Galaxy S10 5G.

T-Mobile US stated that the same network will go live in New York, NY being the first city with all 3 parts of T-Mobile US's "layer cake" strategy to 5G NR of having 3 separate bands on low, mid and high band frequencies.

T-Mobile US intends to deploy this spectrum alongside its C-Band holdings in 2023.

On October 9, 2013, T-Mobile US announced Simple Global, a service included with eligible Simple Choice plans.

On March 7, 2014, T-Mobile US announced this number will be increasing to 122 countries.

On July 15, 2015, T-Mobile US launched Mobile Without Borders, a service included with all new T-Mobile US plans and available as an add-on to grandfathered or promotional plans for $10.

In October 2017, T-Mobile US announced that starting November 12, 2017, LTE-speeds will be limited at 5 GB while data roaming in Canada and Mexico still remains unlimited.

T-Mobile US announced a partnership with US Cellular in California, Iowa, Washington, and Wisconsin to expand 4G LTE coverage.

T-Mobile US has used the term "Hotspot" to represent various products and technologies.

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On September 14, 2014, T-Mobile US partnered up with GoGo to provide free texting on airplanes for its customers.

T-Mobile US included other messaging apps in addition to SMS texting being provided since September 2014.

T-Mobile US has used the term to describe Wi-Fi Access Points that it sold to end users to expand their cell phone network to phones equipped to receive Wi-Fi using a VOIP-like technology.

T-Mobile US's shares traded at over $62 per share and its market capitalization was valued at over US$58.

On January 22, 2021, it was announced that T-Mobile unveiled its newest 5G smartphone plan that offers no throttling called T-Mobile Magenta MAX, the first U S wireless carrier to do so.

On June 2, 2019, T-Mobile US announced the launch of Magenta and Magenta Plus plans to phase out and replace the T-Mobile US ONE family of plans.

T-Mobile US has discontinued the Magenta Plus plan but upgrades their Magenta plan by providing 100 GB of premium data and bumping the high-speed hotspot data to 5 GB without overall price change.

T-Mobile US offers many customers Netflix on Us, which covers the cost of a standard Netflix subscription.

In March 2013, T-Mobile US introduced a new streamlined plan, Simple Choice, for new customers.

T-Mobile US network has carried Assurance Wireless since the 2020 Sprint merger.

GoSmart Mobile was a T-Mobile US branded service that launched in beta on December 7, 2012, and became officially available nationwide on February 19, 2013.

In September 2016, T-Mobile US sold the brand and 326, 000 GoSmart Mobile customers to TracFone Wireless.

On December 13, 2017, T-Mobile US announced its intent to acquire the IPTV provider Layer3 TV, which operates in Chicago and Washington, as the basis of its own subscription television service initially planned to launch in 2018.

On October 27, 2020, T-Mobile US introduced over-the-top streaming services under the TVision branding.

On March 29, 2021, T-Mobile US announced that TVision would be discontinued on April 29, 2021.

On January 22, 2014, T-Mobile US announced that it would expand its products into banking.

T-Mobile US would provide Visa card with banking features and a smartphone money management application with reduced-fee or zero-cost services for T-Mobile US wireless customers.

In 2018, T-Mobile US officially announced its new customer care concept called Team of Experts.

On February 6, 2016, T-Mobile US was awarded the JD Power Award for customer satisfaction in the full-service wireless category for the second year in a row.

T-Mobile US received the highest score ever in the wireless industry.

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T-Mobile US relied on rapper Snoop Dogg as the spokesperson for its T-Mobile Sidekick in a series of commercials late in 2004, the company released a series of Sidekick phones known as the D-Wade Edition for basketball player Dwyane Wade.

T-Mobile US has naming rights contracts with several prominent US sports venues.

T-Mobile US Arena became home to the Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL the following year.

T-Mobile US received a score of 100 on the Disability Equality Index, which measures disability inclusion.

T-Mobile US was awarded a Designation for the top 100 Military Friendly Employer by Military Friendly in 2017 for the tenth time.

T-Mobile US stated that approximately five percent of its subscribers had been affected.

In 2010, T-Mobile US began marketing both its HSPA and HSPA+ services as "4G".

T-Mobile US offers access to voicemail without the input of a password by default.

T-Mobile US's acknowledged the breach after hackers told Vice that they were selling "full customer info" that was obtained from T-Mobile servers.

T-Mobile US is offering two years of free identity protection services from McAfee and is recommending its customers to change their PIN as soon as possible.

One of the lawsuits accuses T-Mobile US of putting plaintiffs as well as members of the class-action to "considerable risk" due to the failure to adequately protect its customers as a result of negligence.

T-Mobile US has determined that the types data that impacts businesses includes Business name, federal tax ID, business address, contact name, and business phone number, as well as the personal information stated in the above paragraphs and that there is no indication that business or personal financial information, including credit or debit card information, account passwords or PINs were accessed by the data breach.

T-Mobile US said that he used a readily available tool to locate an exposed router and that it took him a week to penetrate the customer data stored in a T-Mobile data center near East Wenatchee, Washington.

T-Mobile US provided evidence to support his claim of being responsible for the attack and that he stole the data to create “noise” and get attention.

On September 6, 2021, T-Mobile US customers filed class action lawsuits accusing the company of negligence after hackers exposed personal data of million of current, former, and prospective customers.

Two of the complaints accuse T-Mobile US of violating the US Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, which prohibits companies from engaging in “unfair or deceptive” activities, which includes companies failing to maintain appropriate security measures to safeguard customer information.