T-Mobile Shareholders Demand Upswing


Profitability for the wireless carrier will likely come through acquisition or a public offering, but neither path is clear.

By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
September 15, 2009 12:04 PM


T-Mobile USA's top two shareholders want the wireless provider to be on the way to new profitability by the middle of next year -- or else -- according to the latest report of many swirling around the company.
Another option -- a perennial one -- would have T-Mobile's German parent Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) acquire Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S), but that deal would be fraught with spectrum compatibility problems. Sprint uses CDMA while T-Mobile is building its network on Advanced Wireless

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I have an old Sony Ericsson T226 from back when Cellular One was still in business. One of my employees needs a cell phone briefly and I would like to buy a prepaid SIM card and use it with this phone. I really don't want a postpaid account because he's only going to be using this phone for a few weeks at most. Will the T Mobile prepaid SIM card be compatible with this old phone? I looked on the T Mobile website but didn't find any answers there.

Thanks.

I have called tmobile for the last month (approx 5 times). I am experiencing dropped calls and sometimes getting call failed. I have been transferred from person to person. From technical support to customer care to cancellations. Oh My Goodness. Still no results. They have made me replace my sim card and replace my phone and still the same issue. Where do I go from here because I still have 6 months left in contract and its $200 to cancel. 😡

What interesting is it says "most affordable unlimited rate plans"

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/16/leaked-t-m ... »

Why is it that Tmo has this idea that they require the extension of a contract when someone wants to modify an account?!!? Contracts are SUPPOSE to be for equipment upgrades !!ONLY!!

With ATT I can make ANY kind of changes +/- to my account at ANY time and it doesn't effect my contract. I have been contract free with ATT for 4yrs, and my mother has been contract free for 6 months.

This is really frustrating, I hate contracts!!!! Contracts are marriage to a business!!! Marriage is suppose to be with a woman, not a business!!! Whatever happened to EARNING a customer rather than binding them to a contract!!!

Contracts are SUPPOSE to be for equipment upgrades ONLY!!! Not rate plan changes.

ok so i have had T-Mobile since they were Voicestream which was a atleast 7 years back. The only problem is that i always change my # and it will be a lot of research to get the originating # that i had because it was on my fathers account until i was able to get it on mine.. So my acct is showing a 4 yr tenier.. So the problem is that i lost my phone and didnt have insurance. i upgraded about 5 months ago and now im stuck without a phone. I called T-mobile to see what they can offer me and there was nothing.. Do you guys not give additional discounts for valued customers?


**note - i have never called into get credit or complain about my bill before.. But i really need t-mobiles help..

I currently have a BB
with the ecomnomic times as they are I'm trying to save as much as possible.
I'm not up for an upgrade. I was looking into getting a cheaper phone and maybe trying to drop the internet down to something cheaper, if not completely. I was looking at some phones online, that are unlocked and can be used with Tmo service. Can I still use the internet and go down from BB data to something cheaper?

So for those of us PhoneScoopers that frequent tmonews.com, there has been a lot of talk about Project Dark, a seceret t-mobile project that is supposedly meant to launch t-mobile off of the number 4 natinoal cell carrier spot. there have been rumors that it's going to involve a new handset lineup, plan restructuring, rebranding, or all/none of the above. Has anyone heard anything different?

is crap service

So big that it has a code name "project black" and is supposed to lift T-mobile out of the the number 4 spot among national carriers! (I hear a buyout announcement.) Or maybe this could be a HOAX, who knows. Well i'm going to sit back and see what happens. Here's is the link below:

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Big-announcement-com ... »

Somebody please leak project black.I have to know. Why wont anyone leak it.

I'm interested to see what will happen at the end of this debacle. It's hard to believe that Danger wasn't more prepared for emergency data recovery.

I wish Danger would provide a courtesy line Sidekick users could call for some sort of compensation... we'll see.

Got it and ate it. The new T-Mobile is now called. DAS MOBIL
Every rep has to have a shaved head and blue eyes.

Hey guys,

😁

I wanted to see if there was any info on 2009 4th quarter phones. Any new Touch Screen models coming up?

Thanks 😎

How do I do it?

What does the + mean on a telephone number?

I'm leaving the US for good next spring and I am currently under contract with TMo.

What is their policy on this?

Hey ya,

Short story; My wife is due for a upgrade and as much as I am considering taking her off T-Mobile (I really want to put her on a service with 3G in our area, T-Mobile doesn't have 3G here yet) I am not canceling out T-Mobile just yet.

I have narrowed it down to 3 phones I think she would enjoy. Here are the current details:

She has MyFaves, Unlimited Text and Data. She has a G1. She has had many phones before (lol, working for T-Mobile had its perks) including such phones as the Wing, the Dash (still a personal favorite), shadow, Behold, Sidekicks and many different non-smartphones.

I would really like to get her into one of them Nokia N series but you cant upgrade to those.

No Blackberries. Yes, I know the value of ...
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If you change your rate plan will it extend your contract and if so why do they not explain this to me when i change it.

I am considering getting a GSM unlocked phone and using it for T-mobile. Just wondering which plan would T-mobile charge for Internet. $19.99 (unlimited internet and messages for regular phones) or $35( smartphone unlimited internet and messages). Thanks for the help.