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Emergency Location Service Announced for US Android Owners, Provides Better GPS Data to 911 Centers

Tim September 19, 2018

Should you ever need it, placing a call to 911 on your Android phone will now let responders on the other line know much more about your location. Announced today, Google is launching ELS (Emergency Location Service) in the US with RapidSOS, T-Mobile, and West...

Carriers are Going to Bring Out All New Pricing Tricks With 5G

Kellen September 17, 2018

5G pricing has me worried. Once 5G gets here, I'm fully expecting my wireless bill to increase. Carriers have poured billions into their next-gen networks and they are going to want someone to pay for the investment. Sprint has already confirmed that they plan...

First 5G Phones Probably Won’t Work Between Carriers

Kellen September 17, 2018

5G will be great, some day. Mobile 5G in the US will start to arrive over the coming months, first with AT&T and a 5G hotspot product, followed by Verizon in early 2019. T-Mobile and Sprint will trickle in 5G too. When that happens, and the first phones...

‘Big Four’ US Carriers Create Project Verify, the “Future of Mobile Authentication”

Tim September 12, 2018

Our Big Four carriers in the US, which is Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, announced a Mobile Authentication Taskforce at MWCA this week. This taskforce is focused on the future of mobile authentication, and with Project Verify, the companies think...

T-Mobile’s Band 71 is in 1,200+ Cities, Guys

Kellen September 10, 2018

T-Mobile's 600MHz spectrum is a thing that T-Mobile customers should care deeply about. This is the band 71 LTE that will expand T-Mobile's network into rural areas and buildings before it becomes 5G. It's the band you should be making sure your next...

Bunch of T-Mobile Samsung Phones Picked Up Updates

Kellen September 5, 2018

If you own a Samsung phone that was sold by T-Mobile, there is a good chance that your phone will see an update very soon, if it hasn't already. The T-Mobile Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, Galaxy Note 8, and Galaxy Note 5 are all picking up new software right now. I...

T-Mobile Data Breach Affects 2 Million Customers, Financial Data Not Compromised

Tim August 24, 2018

Announced by T-Mobile this morning, the carrier was hit by a data breach on August 20, with roughly 2 million customers affected. Compromised information includes names, billing zip codes, phone numbers, email addresses, account numbers, and account types....

DEAL: Last Day to Pre-Order Galaxy Note 9 and Get Free 15,000 V-Bucks or AKG Headphones

Kellen August 23, 2018

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 arrives in stores tomorrow and that means the pre-order period is almost over. Actually, today is the last day for pre-orders, so your chance to pick-up the freebies that were part of pre-ordering a Note 9 are slipping away. To recap,...