A labor agency judge has ruled that T-Mobile violated federal laws when it suppressed its employees’ efforts to organize. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile, known for bashing its competitors in the wireless business, is in hot water for the treatment of its own employees. One of the nation’s largest wireless carriers violated federal labor laws by illegally …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the Uncarrier 9.0 event. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — T-Mobile is turning its Uncarrier hindsights onto the business world. The nation’s No. 4 (or No. 3, T-Mobile has argued) wireless carrier on Wednesday unveiled Uncarrier 9.0: a simplified pricing plan for business customers looking to bundle a large number of phone lines. The plans cost …

The HTC One M9 comes with an aggressive replacement program. Andrew Hoyle/CNET HTC is adding a key reason why a consumer might want to give its upcoming One M9 smartphone a chance. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer unveiled on Wednesday the “Uh Oh Protection” program, which guarantees that HTC will send a replacement unit of the One M9 to a customer …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere talks up the carrier’s willingness to buy out device payment plans. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — T-Mobile is again upping the ante with another reason for customers to switch to the “Uncarrier.” The wireless carrier, which may be the third or fourth-largest in the nation depending on who you ask, followed up with its business-centric announcement …

Shaquille O’Neal has some fun with the AT&T commercial. AT&T The price war between wireless carriers maybe cooling off, but their war of words still rages on. AT&T, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier by subscriber base, will fire the next shot with a new campaign promoting its latest claim, “strongest 4G LTE signal,” featuring basketball legends Shaquille O’Neal, Julius Erving, …

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler defends his Net neutrality policy at Mobile World Congress 2015. Stephen Shankland/CNET The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday finally spelled out how it will preserve the open Internet, publicly releasing a 400-page PDF that details its new, stricter regulations for broadband services. The agency’s commissioners voted 3-2 to approve the order last month but did not …

AT&T’s mobility headquarters in Atlanta. Sarah Tew Looks like a lull in the price war between the US wireless carriers. After a particularly cutthroat holiday period, the carriers are raising fees and paring back on promotional offers. “It seems to have stabilized,” AT&T Chief Financial Officer John Stephens said at an investor conference Wednesday. “I feel whole lot better about …

The weight of Apple’s future — and perhaps that of the smartwatch business as well — rests on the shoulders of Apple CEO Tim Cook. Stephen Lam/Getty Images The consumer technology industry has spent the last 18 months hailing wearable devices as the next big thing. But who will want a smartwatch? And, more important, why do you need one? …

The Galaxy S6 Edge has wireless charging built in. Juan Garzón/CNET BARCELONA — Samsung Electronics has broken the ice when it comes to wireless charging. That’s according to Thorsten Heins, chief executive of Powermat, the company behind one of the key wireless charging standards. He said the standard will come packed into any future Samsung smartphones capable of wireless charging. …

CNET Editor Roger Cheng controlling an excavator in Sweden — while at a conference in Barcelona. Sarah Tew/CNET BARCELONA — Thanks to Ericsson, I can check off operating heavy machinery from my bucket list. No, the telecommunications equipment manufacturer didn’t have a massive excavator in its booth at the Mobile World Congress trade show here. But it had the next …