Sprint and T-Mobile make merger case to House committee, pledging to take on cable companies and accelerate 5G T-Mobile CEO John Legere is “salivating” to compete with cable internet providers. So he said Monday in a hearing of… Read More
T-Mobile adds 7M customers over past year, looks ahead to Sprint merger and 5G buildout T-Mobile says 2018 was a record financial year, setting the stage for some lofty goals in 2019, chief among them… Read More
T-Mobile promises not to raise rates if Sprint deal goes through — for now T-Mobile CEO John Legere is ramping up pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to approve his company’s merger with Sprint.… Read More
Super Bowl ad recap: Bezos pushes Post message; T-Mobile offers freebies; Xbox and Alexa score big Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t show up in his company’s latest Super Bowl ad for Alexa. But his message was… Read More
U.S. prosecutors accuse Chinese smartphone giant Huawei of stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, seek extradition of CFO Federal prosecutors have filed suit against Huawei, the largest smartphone maker in China, on allegations of stealing trade secrets from… Read More
Tech Moves: Liz Pearce leaves Streem; T-Mobile hires Swedish telecom vet; and more —Liz Pearce is moving on from Streem, the Portland-based augmented reality startup where she became chief revenue officer last year. Prior… Read More
T-Mobile executives awaiting federal approval for Sprint deal reportedly frequented Trump’s hotel Update Feb. 6: T-Mobile executives spent a total of 52 nights at the Trump Hotel, according to a new report from… Read More
T-Mobile adds a record 2.4M subscribers in Q4 as it works toward merger with Sprint T-Mobile posted 2.4 million net customer additions in the fourth quarter, a record for the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier. The… Read More
Here are the winners and (mostly) losers of Seattle tech stocks in 2018 Whew! Stocks were all over the place in 2018. Things were going well in late summer, but by fall the… Read More
Happy New Year from GeekWire – 2019 Fireworks from Seattle’s Space Needle GeekWire wishes everyone a Happy New Year! This year’s New Year’s celebration included a brand-new light show along with fireworks… Read More
New light shows will highlight New Year’s fireworks extravaganza at Seattle’s Space Needle The roof of Seattle’s Space Needle is crawling with workers installing fireworks this weekend and lighting for the T-Mobile New… Read More
John Legere all but confirms T-Mobile TV’s launch will be delayed to 2019, and promises ‘real, live’ 5G T-Mobile CEO John Legere is outlining how he sees 2019. It’s a vision of 5G, taking on cable and satellite… Read More
T-Mobile reportedly delaying launch of planned TV service until 2019 T-Mobile, which had planned to launch T-Mobile TV this year, reportedly is delaying its debut until 2019. Bloomberg reports that… Read More
Mariners fans tee off on T-Mobile Park and take shots against new Seattle baseball stadium name When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short… Read More
Mariners see magenta: T-Mobile Park is the new name for Seattle’s pro baseball stadium Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a… Read More
T-Mobile-Sprint mega-merger clears U.S. security hurdle, with more approvals to go T-Mobile and Sprint got approval from U.S. national security organizations for their proposed merger as the deal continues to go… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere dishes leadership advice and recipes in new #SlowCookerSunday cookbook All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and… Read More
T-Mobile Money mobile banking launches with special incentives for T-Mobile wireless customers If you thought T-Mobile was just a wireless carrier that takes your money, now it’s giving you a place to… Read More
T-Mobile unveils plans for $160M dramatic refresh of its headquarters campus T-Mobile today unveiled plans for a major renovation project that the company says will transform its Bellevue, Wash. headquarters and… Read More
T-Mobile Field? Uncarrier Park? Report says wireless giant to assume naming rights for Seattle baseball stadium The Safeco Field signage came down from Seattle’s baseball stadium a week ago, and according to a new report, the… Read More
Seattle skyline turns blue in coordinated tribute to late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen Buildings and landmarks across the Seattle region are lit up in blue this weekend in honor of Paul Allen, the… Read More
T-Mobile gets shareholder sign off on pending merger with Sprint T-Mobile has cleared another hurdle in its pursuit of merging with Sprint to create the “New T-Mobile.” The self-proclaimed Un-carrier… Read More
T-Mobile reports ‘best financials ever,’ adds 1.6M new customers in 3rd quarter T-Mobile added 1.6 million customers in the last three months, marking the 22nd straight quarter with more than 1 million… Read More
T-Mobile becomes 1st U.S. wireless company to carry the new 6T ‘superphone’ from China’s OnePlus T-Mobile will carry the new OnePlus 6T, the first time a phone from the popular Chinese manufacturer has been offered… Read More
Bye bye rainy Bellevue? T-Mobile CEO John Legere tells Sprint workers he’d love to live in Kansas Sounds like the host of “Slow Cooker Sunday” might have a thing for Kansas City barbecue. T-Mobile CEO John Legere,… Read More
T-Mobile pledges to power its Seattle-area HQ with 100% renewable energy by 2021 T-Mobile said it will use entirely renewable energy to power its Bellevue, Wash. HQ within three years. T-Mobile said it… Read More
T-Mobile expanding Seattle-area campus with new office lease, report says T-Mobile has scooped up more office space in its hometown of Bellevue, Wash., according to a new report, as it… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere slams Verizon’s new 5G offering: ‘Will never scale … but it is first, right’ Verizon today lit up what it called the “first commercial 5G network on the globe,” but T-Mobile CEO John Legere… Read More
T-Mobile hires CenturyLink CFO to lead planned merger with Sprint T-Mobile has hired a high-profile telecommunications executive to oversee its planned merger with Sprint. Sunit Patel, most recently the chief… Read More
MetroPCS changes name to Metro by T-Mobile, adds Amazon Prime and Google storage perks to phone plans MetroPCS, which merged with T-Mobile five years ago, is rebranding and adding some interesting new perks to its smartphone plans.… Read More
