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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. Cellularās 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 customersā 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 likely makes way into final 8 at T-Mobile Match Play
Read full article: Top-ranked Korda likely makes way into final 8 at T-Mobile Match PlayNelly Korda almost certainly 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.
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 yearās Super Bowl ā and, off the field, big-name advertisers competed for viewers' attention with celebrity-filled, glitzy messages.
Weigh in: Which Super Bowl ad dominated? Vote for your favorite commercial of the night
Read full article: Weigh in: Which Super Bowl ad dominated? Vote for your favorite commercial of the nightWhile the Chiefs and Eagles battled it out on the field, thereās always another battle on Super Bowl night ā which commercials came out on top.
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 driverās 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.
Recognize him? SAPD, Crime Stoppers seek suspect in robbery of Metro by T-Mobile store
Read full article: Recognize him? SAPD, Crime Stoppers seek suspect in robbery of Metro by T-Mobile storeSan Antonio police said Metro by T-Mobile on Ingram Road was robbed at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 13. SAN ANTONIO ā Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest in a robbery of a Metro by T-Mobile store on the Northwest Side. San Antonio police said the store in the 5900 block of Ingram Road was robbed at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The suspect approached an employee, made threats and demanded cash and property, according to Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers and San Antonio police are asking anyone with information to come forward.
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 Comcastās 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.
T-Mobile says its working to fix widespread network issues
Read full article: T-Mobile says its working to fix widespread network issuesT-Mobile, one of the three largest mobile carriers in the U.S., said it's working to fix a widespread voice and data issue." The company's president of technology, Neville Ray, tweeted Monday afternoon at around 4 p.m. ET that T-Mobile engineers hope to fix the problem soon. But calls between their customers and T-Mobile customers could have problems because of T-Mobile's issues. T-Mobile became one of the country's largest carriers, along with AT&T and Verizon, after buying rival Sprint.