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Japan's SoftBank reduces its investment losses with gains in Alibaba and other holdings
Read full article: Japan's SoftBank reduces its investment losses with gains in Alibaba and other holdingsJapanese technology giant SoftBank Group has reported a smaller loss for the April-June quarter compared to a year earlier.
T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debt
Read full article: T-Mobile to buy almost all of U.S Cellular in deal worth $4.4 billion with debtT-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, and further consolidating the industry.
FCC fines wireless carriers for sharing user locations without consent
Read full article: FCC fines wireless carriers for sharing user locations without consentThe Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent.
Top-ranked Korda cruises to T-Mobile Match Play final and will face Maguire
Read full article: Top-ranked Korda cruises to T-Mobile Match Play final and will face MaguireNelly Korda raced out to an early lead and beat the self-destructing Narin An 4 and 3 on Saturday in the semifinals of the T-Mobile Match Play to put herself a match away from her fourth straight LPGA Tour victory.
Top-ranked Korda makes way into final 8 at T-Mobile Match Play
Read full article: Top-ranked Korda makes way into final 8 at T-Mobile Match PlayNelly Korda kept her hopes alive for a fourth consecutive LPGA Tour victory by shooting a 3-under 69 on Friday for a three-day total of 1-under par in the T-Mobile Match Play, putting her into the quarterfinals for the start of match play.
AT&T's network is having problems: What you should know while navigating a phone service outage
Read full article: AT&T's network is having problems: What you should know while navigating a phone service outageCustomers of AT&T, the country’s largest wireless provider, are reporting widespread outages.
Super Bowl ads keep it heavy on the celebrities, light on the politics
Read full article: Super Bowl ads keep it heavy on the celebrities, light on the politicsThe Kansas City Chiefs were crowned victorious over the San Francisco 49ers in this year’s Super Bowl — and, off the field, big-name advertisers competed for viewers' attention with celebrity-filled, glitzy messages.
T-Mobile to pay $20M after outage led to failed 911 calls
Read full article: T-Mobile to pay $20M after outage led to failed 911 callsWireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls.
Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breach
Read full article: Data of 40 million plus exposed in latest T-Mobile breachThe names, Social Security numbers and information from driver’s licenses or other identification of just over 40 million people who applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach, the company said Wednesday.
T-Mobile offers up yet another TV streaming service
Read full article: T-Mobile offers up yet another TV streaming serviceYet another service provider is jumping into the TV streaming wars. This time it's T-Mobile and its TVision service with live news, entertainment and sports channels, starting at $10 a month. And most similar streaming services have found it difficult to sustain low prices over time. And TVision Channels, which lets you sign up for individual channel streaming services, starting with just three: Starz, Showtime and Epix. A slew of new streaming services started to challenge traditional TV providers and dominant streaming services like Netflix over the past year, including Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max and Comcast’s Peacock service.
Japan tech giant SoftBank's profits rise on investments
Read full article: Japan tech giant SoftBank's profits rise on investmentsTOKYO Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp.'s said Tuesday that its profit rose 12% in April-June from a year earlier as its investments added to its coffers, including sales of its shares in U.S. carrier T-Mobile. Tokyo-based SoftBank reported Tuesday a fiscal first quarter profit of 1.2 trillion yen ($11.5 billion), up from 1.1 trillion yen in the previous fiscal year. Quarterly sales inched down 2% to 1.45 trillion yen ($13.7 billion). The company compared the crisis to the hard times of the Great Depression of the late 1920s and early 1930s. It already operates in Tokyo, as well as Nagoya, Fukuoka and other urban areas in Japan.
FCC calls hours-long T-Mobile service outage 'unacceptable'
Read full article: FCC calls hours-long T-Mobile service outage 'unacceptable'NEW YORK The head of the U.S. communications regulator said T-Mobile's nationwide, hours-long outage Monday was unacceptable and that the Federal Communications Commission will investigate. T-Mobile, one of the country's three largest cellphone service providers, said it had a voice and text wireless issue" that began around noon EDT Monday. The company blamed an internet-traffic issue that caused problems with its network for the outage. But calls between their customers and T-Mobile customers could have run into trouble because of T-Mobiles issues, creating the impression of a widespread communications failure. T-Mobile paid a $17.5 million fine for two nationwide service outages on the same day in August 2014, which together lasted three hours and prevented customers from being able to call 911.
People just received messages originally sent on Valentine's Day
Read full article: People just received messages originally sent on Valentine's DayPixabay(CNN) - Text messages received overnight on Wednesday caused confusion, misunderstandings and even alarm for some recipients. The messages appear to have originally been sent on February 14, Valentine's Day, but were received more than eight months later with Wednesday's time stamp. The issue occurred across all four major carriers in the United States and affected both Apple and Android devices. Some said they received text messages from ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends that led to awkward conversations. The person who originally sent the text should have a record of the message in their archives.
How life has changed in Northern California's power shutoff
Read full article: How life has changed in Northern California's power shutoffStop signs are displayed at an intersection where traffic lights are out due to a PG&E power outage in Napa, California. (CNN) - California's biggest utility has cut power to hundreds of thousands of residents to prevent wildfires, catching some by surprise despite months of warnings. PG&E cut power Wednesday to nearly 800,000 customers in Northern California, beginning a series of planned outages. And major cell phone companies say they're working to ensure the cell service does not go off, too. "We have permanent generators in key cell sites to ensure they remain in service and other sites are prepared with battery backup," T-Mobile says.
DOJ approves T-Mobile's mega-merger with Sprint
Read full article: DOJ approves T-Mobile's mega-merger with SprintJustin Sullivan/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images(CNN) - T-Mobile's mega-merger with Sprint can move forward, the Justice Department said Friday, paving the way for an unprecedented combination of America's third- and fourth-largest wireless providers. For weeks, Sprint and T-Mobile have been negotiating an agreement with the DOJ to address concerns that the merger may harm competition. Those airwaves could help rural Americans gain access to mobile Internet, according to the Justice Department. The Sprint and T-Mobile merger would help fulfill those goals, he said. The states, Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed to a trial date of Oct. 7 in federal court in New York.