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Few smartphone users out there are happy with the way most carriers place limits on data plans. Many data plans out there offer you a specific allotment of data each month and if you go over that allotment, you either get charged more or your speed is throttled back. T-Mobile has made an announcement that mobile data users will really love; unlimited 4G data is coming.

T-Mobile has announced what it calls a truly unlimited nationwide 4G data plan. The plan will launch on September 5 and offers no data caps, no speed limits, and no unexpectedly high bills. The official name of the plan is the Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan. T-Mobile says it’s the only carrier in the US to offer completely unlimited 4G data access.

T-Mobile customers on the company’s Classic or Value plans will be able to upgrade their existing service to the Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan. You might be expecting the unlimited 4G plan to cost a lot of money, but it’s surprisingly inexpensive. When added to a Value voice and text plan the unlimited 4G data will cost $20 monthly.

When added to a Classic voice and text plan, unlimited 4G data will cost an extra $30 per month. At that rate, a T-Mobile Classic plan with unlimited talk, unlimited text, and unlimited 4G data would cost $89.99 per month. I suspect this plan is T-Mobile’s way of gearing up for the next-generation iPhone expected to launch next month. The next iPhone has been rumored to support 4G data.

T-Mobile will offer unlimited nationwide 4G data plans starting September 5 is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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With AT&T and Verizon releasing shared data plans this summer, AT&T’s plans appearing just earlier today, T-Mobile has released a statement skewering their competitors’ methods and data plans. Coming straight from the keyboard of Harry Thomas, director of product marketing with T-Mobile, you’ll find T-Mobile appearing very much as the hero while the other two carriers are dashed and set on fire – figuratively. Have a peek and decide for yourself if AT&T and Verizon’s plans are as “costly, complicated, punitive” as T-Mobile says they are.

The following statement comes from T-Mobile’s product marketing department, written specifically by Harry Thomas, the director of that department. We’ve reported a detail rundown of you’ll be dealing with – prices, phone options, data options and more, for the shared data plans from AT&T and Verizon in a post this morning. Now you’re about to read T-Mobile’s take on how it all affects customers.

Formatting via T-Mobile:

“Unlike AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile does not plan on introducing shared family data plans and believes consumers will not benefit from that model. AT&T and Verizon shared family plans are:
· COSTLY – AT&T and Verizon are charging more for what consumers want by raising rates on data, but promoting the “value” by pointing to unlimited talk and text even though today many consumers use less of these services.
· COMPLICATED – both plans force customers to share data when many customers don’t know how much data they’re using, which makes it hard to stay within their limit when trying to balance multiple users.
· PUNITIVE – At the same time that AT&T and Verizon are making it harder for customers to manage overages, they are also charging overage rates of $15/GB for accounts with at least one smartphone.
 
Conversely, at T-Mobile we believe that:
· Customers who pay more, should get more – Rather than having to account for each device on a shared family data plan, T-Mobile customers can use their existing data plan to power multiple devices, while still saving hundreds of dollars annually.
· Data should be worry-free – With T-Mobile’s unlimited data plans, there is no surprise data cap or bill shock.
· Data plans should be flexible and affordable – At T-Mobile, customers have the option of only paying for the amount of data each member of the family believes they will need.” – Harry Thomas for T-Mobile

Do you agree? Are you a T-Mobile customer, or will you be soon given the AT&T and Verizon data plans launched this summer? Let us know!

AT&T shared data skewered by T-Mobile claims is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If there’s one thing we can be certain of, it’s this: T-Mobile’s been anything but cautious about keeping its own Galaxy Note variant under secretive wraps. In a matter of weeks, we’ve spotted it while paying Mr. Blurrycam a visit, making a short stop at the FCC offices and, most recently, showing its phablet self in some purported T-Mo press shots. And although this time it isn’t being as revealing as it has in previous occasions, it’s yet another sign that its eventual entrance into T-Mobile’s smartphone lineup is right around the corner. As a curious TmoNews reader found out, a quick, simple search for Galaxy Note within the Magenta site brings up a plethora of support documents for the device, including bits like software overview, call functionality, media, customization and specs. In case you were planning on snagging one of these once it launches, this might be a good way to become acquainted with the Samsung’s jumbo slab.

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T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm has resigned from the company, a surprise shake-up at the top of the carrier that leaves the firm hunting for a replacement. No specific reasons for the chief executives departure have been given, with T-Mobile USA only saying that Humm will be leaving to take up a career outside of owner Deutsche Telekom, AllThingsD reports.

“Philipp Humm has given the company some important initiatives over the past years” Deutsche Telekom’s Rene Obermann said in a statement today. “Under his leadership the cost situation at T-Mobile USA has vastly improved and he led the company during a difficult phase regarding the planned merger with AT&T.”

That planned merger – and its failure to find FCC approval – proved pivotal for T-Mobile’s fortunes, and not in a good way. Deutsche Telekom had hoped to wash its hands of the troubled US carrier, but instead found itself footing the bill for a desperate 4G LTE roll-out.

Humm will be temporarily replaced by existing T-Mobile USA COO Jim Alling. The carrier has not revealed the identity of any possible candidates for new CEO.

T-Mobile USA CEO Philipp Humm suddenly resigns is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless have inked an AWS spectrum purchase and exchange deal in multiple US markets, with the GSM carrier aiming to repurpose the airwaves for its 4G development. The agreement, which has been submitted to the FCC for approval, covers spectrum in 218 US markets – covering 60m people – and would be used both for T-Mobile’s existing HSPA+ network and for its planned LTE roll-out in 2013.

If approved, the transaction will supposedly improve T-Mobile’s spectrum holdings in 15 of the top 25 US markets. The company specifically cites Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Detroit, Minneapolis, Seattle, Cleveland, Columbus, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Greensboro, Memphis, and Rochester as all standing to benefit.

It’s not going to be an easy deal, however. Some of the spectrum Verizon is planning to sell is in fact still owned by SpectrumCo, Cox and Leap, and those deals need to be approved before T-Mobile’s purchase can go through.

In return, T-Mobile will hand over some of its own spectrum holdings, including coverage of around 22m people, and “certain cash consideration” that has gone unspecified. Several markets will see spectrum-swaps, with the two carriers exchanging holdings so as to re-align or create more contiguous blocks.

“This agreement is in addition to T-Mobile’s previously announced $4 billion 4G network evolution plan,” T-Mobile said in a statement, “which includes modernization of 37,000 cell sites, launching 4G HSPA+ services in the 1900 MHz band and deployment of LTE in 2013.”

T-Mobile and Verizon ink huge AWS spectrum sale and swap deal is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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