The FCC netted almost $4.6 billion after auctioning off 5G spectrum to US carriers. The midband 3.5GHz spectrum will “further the deployment of 5G,” the FCC said Wednesday. More than 20,000 spectrum licenses were awarded, with the FCC to announce more details later this week. “This is a banner day for American leadership in 5G,” …
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T-Mobile Money, the wireless carrier’s banking service, is expanding to Sprint customers. On Monday the nation’s second-largest carrier said that it will allow those who had Sprint to sign up for the T-Mobile-exclusive service. First announced in 2018, T-Mobile Money functions as a regular bank, with accounts held at BankMobile, an FDIC-insured division of Customers Bank. Making the service available …
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T-Mobile has launched yet another ad campaign blasting Verizon’s 5G network coverage, telling the rival carrier that the “truth hurts.” T-Mobile said Wednesday that customers can only connect to Verizon’s 5G network 0.4% of the time because it’s only live in certain parts of some cities. “Odds are you can’t get Verizon 5G, but look at the bright side — …
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Cheap phones come to those who wait. If you had your eye on last year’s OnePlus 7 Pro but couldn’t afford the $699 price tag, your patience just paid off. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Daily Steals has the unlocked OnePlus 7 Pro (8GB RAM, 256GB storage) for $450 with promo code CNETOP7, tying the lowest price on …
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Gaming phones have a niche audience, but their features are often adopted by more mainstream phones later down the line. A great example of this are displays with high refresh rates, which first showed up in 2017’s Razer Phone and the original Asus ROG phone in 2018. Now phones like the Galaxy S20, the OnePlus 8, 8 Pro, Motorola Edge and Edge …
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Its been a busy year for T-Mobile, but the carrier continues to see subscriber growth and says it has now moved past AT&T to become the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier despite the coronavirus pandemic. For its second quarter, which ended June 30, T-Mobile on Thursday said that it added 1.25 million subscribers, 1.11 million of which were postpaid additions. Of …
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T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network is getting a boost. On Tuesday, the self-proclaimed “un-carrier” announced that it has turned on a new version of its 5G network that should allow for better coverage and lower latency. Known as Standalone 5G (or SA 5G), this version of 5G does not need to be anchored to any existing 4G LTE service, enabling …
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Google just announced the Pixel 4A, a new budget phone that’s a serious contender against the likes of the iPhone SE and Samsung Galaxy A51. For starters, those models sell for $399; the Pixel 4A starts at $349. The latter also offers perhaps the best camera in any budget phone, period. That’s according to Lynn La’s hot-off-the-presses Google Pixel 4A …
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This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. Some of the most compelling phones on the planet are made by Chinese brands: OnePlus, TCL, Oppo, Xiaomi, ZTE and Huawei. Many of these devices bring high-end features at prices that undercut premium phones by hundreds of dollars. Others are the first to use new technologies …
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Robocalls, spam calls, fraudsters. However you name them, T-Mobile is taking on this class of unwanted incoming calls in the carrier’s latest bid to win subscribers’ hearts — and maybe aim a little spit at Verizon and AT&T’s eye. During an announcement last week, T-Mobile unveiled Scam Shield, a service to block robocalls and otherwise protect you from scams, like …
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