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T-Mobile Launches New ‘Connect’ $15 Per Month Plan This Week

T-Mobile Launches New ‘Connect’ $15 Per Month Plan This Week

T-Mobile will introduce a $15 per month smartphone plan on Wednesday, the company said.
The new plan, dubbed Connect, includes 2 GB of high-speed data, including 5G where available, as well as unlimited calling and texts. The plan is roughly half the cost of the company’s least expensive current plan. In addition, a $25 per month version of the plan offers the same features with 5 GB of high-speed data.
Originally slated …

T-Mobile and Sprint Renegotiate Merger Agreement, Giving Deutsche Telekom a Larger Stake

T-Mobile and Sprint Renegotiate Merger Agreement, Giving Deutsche Telekom a Larger Stake

T-Mobile and Sprint jointly announced that the two have agreed to an amendment to the merger agreement and that the companies’ boards of directors approved the change.
Under the new terms, T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, will get a larger stake in the combined company, holding 43%.  Softbank, the majority owner of Sprint, will get 24%, while the remaining 33% will be held by public shareholders.
The two carriers are racing to close …

Judge Gives T-Mobile-Sprint Merger a Green Light

Judge Gives T-Mobile-Sprint Merger a Green Light

A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York gave the go-ahead for the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
In approving the deal, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero concluded that the merger is unlikely to lessen competition in the U.S. wireless market.
Shares of both companies jumped in premarket trading.
The judge’s ruling clears one of the merger’s final hurdles for the deal, which can’t close until it …

T-Mobile and Sprint to Verify Calls Between Their Networks to Fight Robocalls and Scammers

T-Mobile and Sprint to Verify Calls Between Their Networks to Fight Robocalls and Scammers

T-Mobile USA and Sprint announced that the two mobile operators are working together to implement fraud-prevention technology between their networks that will prevent mobile subscribers from receiving calls from spoofed numbers as well as from robocallers.
Calls placed on the T-Mobile network to a Sprint subscriber and vice versa will be verified to ensure the number is not spoofed.
“We’re in an arms race with these scammers, and we’ve got to join …

T-Mobile Plans $15 Plan After Merger with Sprint

T-Mobile Plans $15 Plan After Merger with Sprint

Ahead of its not-quite-fully-approved merger with Sprint, T-Mobile teased its plans to offer a $15 per month plan with unlimited calls, texts, and 2 GB of 4G or 5G data.
Currently, the cheapest plan that the self-proclaimed “Uncarrier” offers costs $30 per line and that is with a discount for having four lines on an account.  The new T-Mobile Connect offering would be a prepaid plan.
T-Mobile said it plans to turn …

DOJ Gives Green Light to T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, A Major Hurdle

DOJ Gives Green Light to T-Mobile-Sprint Merger,  A Major Hurdle

The U.S. Department of Justice approved T-Mobile US’ planned merger with Sprint Friday morning.
The news brings the merger one step closer to completion.
The approval came after the two mobile operators agreed to create a new wireless provider by selling certain assets to satellite-TV company Dish.
The move leaves more than 95% of mobile users in the United States in the hands of three companies, namely Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, and the …

T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Hits Roadblock as State Attorneys General Plan to File Suit to Oppose Deal

T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Hits Roadblock as State Attorneys General Plan to File Suit to Oppose Deal

The T-Mobile-Sprint merger has hit a major roadblock: Ten state attorneys general are preparing to file suit to stop the $26 billion transaction.
The deal, were it to proceed, would bring the number of nationwide mobile operators down from four to three, leaving a stronger T-Mobile to compete with AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
The news was first reported by Reuters.
The lawsuit is scheduled to be announced Tuesday afternoon by New York State …