T-Mobile reaches $350M settlement in 2021 cyberattack and data breach impacting 76M people
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by Todd Bishop
1y ago
(Bigstock Photo) T-Mobile agreed Friday to pay $350 million to settle class-action lawsuits brought over an August 2021 cyberattack in which a hacker infiltrated its computer systems to steal sensitive data relating to millions of customers. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier also agreed to make an additional $150 million investment in data security and related technologies this year and next, according to an SEC filing Friday afternoon. The proposed class consists of more than 76 million customers, according to a copy of the proposed settlement filed in the U.S. District Court for the ..read more
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Amazon is publishing new mobile games for the first time since 2015
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by Thomas Wilde
2y ago
(Amazon Image) Amazon is publishing two new mobile games through its Amazon Kids+ service, based on the original Amazon specials Super Spy Ryan and Do, Re & Mi. The new games are both published by Amazon Mobile, which makes them the first mobile games published directly by Amazon since 2015’s Til Morning’s Light and the internally-developed To-Fu Fury, as well as the first mobile games in a new line of Amazon Kids+ Originals. It also represents a continued focus on the children’s media market in Amazon’s current intiatives, along with the Amazon Glow’s recent emergence from beta. Super Spy ..read more
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T-Mobile adds 1.3M customers in Q2, beats expectations with $20B in revenue
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by Laurel Deppen
2y ago
(Bigstock Photo) T-Mobile beat analyst expectations at the end of its second quarter, reporting $20 billion in revenue, up 13% year-over-year, and $0.78 in earnings per share. Analysts expected revenue of $19.3 billion and earnings per share of $0.53. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless company added 1.3 million new customers. It led the industry in postpaid net subscriber growth and service revenue growth. Shares in T-Mobile were flat in after-hours trading. Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced it extended the range of its 5G network, now covering 305 million people. It also reported that now ..read more
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Sen. Patty Murray, Microsoft’s Brad Smith endorse greater internet access through Digital Equity Act
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by Mike Lewis
3y ago
Sen. Patty Murray, D-WA Calling a strong, affordable internet connection for every American a “must-have,” Sen. Patty Murray, was joined by Microsoft’s Brad Smith and other digital access advocates to push for additional federal spending to improve broadband access and affordability across the country.  “It’s time to invest in broadband in a big way,” Murray said in the online conversation about her legislation, the $1.4 billion Digital Equity Act. Smith, president of the Redmond-based tech giant, agreed and called internet access a basic need for everyone. “Broadband had become the elect ..read more
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T-Mobile unveils 5G wireless routers for remote workers, seeking bigger piece of business market
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by Todd Bishop
3y ago
T-Mobile’s new Home Office wireless router. With the work-from-home phenomenon becoming more of a long-term reality, T-Mobile is looking to capitalize on its 5G wireless network — expanded thanks in large part to its Sprint merger last year — to drum up more business from large companies. The Bellevue, Wash., wireless carrier announced a new T-Mobile Home Office Internet service that includes a 5G wireless router for companies to have sent directly to employees’ homes. T-Mobile says it’s attempting to break the “stranglehold that AT&T and Verizon have on the enterprise.” T-Mobile Home Offi ..read more
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T-Mobile tops 100M customers, posts $1.3B in quarterly profit six months after Sprint merger
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by Todd Bishop
3y ago
T-Mobile added a net total of more than 2 million customers in the third quarter, giving it more than 100 million customers for the first time. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless company posted of revenue of $19.3 billion and profit of $1.3 billion, or $1 per share, topping Wall Street’s expectations by both measures. Analysts surveyed in advance of T-Mobile’s earnings release expected the company to post earnings of 43 cents/share on revenue of $18.34 billion. The results represent “the strongest financials in our history,” said Mike Sievert, the T-Mobile CEO, on an earnings call with analys ..read more
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T-Mobile revamps TVision service with live sports and news for $40/month, unveils $50 HUB device
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by Todd Bishop
3y ago
The new TVision service will launch starting on Nov. 1, available on existing TV and mobile devices in addition to the new TVision HUB Android TV device, at right. (T-Mobile Photos) T-Mobile unveiled an overhauled version of its TVision television service on Tuesday morning, along with a new TV streaming device, launching a new challenge to the cable industry and jumping into a crowded and competitive field of video platforms. The revamped TV service is one of the first big competitive moves by the Bellevue, Wash., based wireless carrier following the completion of its $26.5 billion merger wit ..read more
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Microsoft launches Office mobile app and promises new features to simplify smartphone tasks
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by Nat Levy
4y ago
Microsoft is launching an Office mobile app today for Android and iOS designed to make some of its signature software — Word, Excel and PowerPoint — must-have tools for all smartphone users. Microsoft first unveiled the Office app at its Ignite conference in November. The app hit the 10,000-user limit for Apple’s TestFlight beta program just a few hours after the announcement, Microsoft said. Having a unified app means users won’t have to jump between tools as they work on documents, Microsoft says. It also takes up less space and is designed to be more simple and efficient than the individua ..read more
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Federal judge’s ruling clears the way for T-Mobile and Sprint to merge into ‘supercharged Un-carrier’
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by Nat Levy
4y ago
T-Mobile CEO John Legere accepts the award for CEO of the Year at the 2018 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint — the third and fourth largest U.S. wireless carriers — cleared one of its last major hurdles when a judge sided with the companies in a lawsuit brought by attorneys general in more than a dozen states. Judge Victor Marrero rejected three core arguments made by the attorneys general when ruling in favor of T-Mobile: That the combined companies would hurt competition; that Sprint could be a viable wireless carrier on its own; and that ..read more
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Amazon pulls out of Mobile World Congress tech event due to coronavirus, no word from Microsoft
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by Nat Levy
4y ago
(GeekWire Photo)Amazon is the latest tech giant to pull out of the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this month due to the coronavirus outbreak. The tech giant has taken other precautions due to the disease, including restricting travel to China. Amazon joins a growing list of companies, including Sony, NVIDIA, LG and more that have pulled out of the event, which is one of the biggest annual showcases of mobile technology in the world. One company that hasn’t said anything about its MWC presence is Microsoft. The company planned to have a major showcase at the event. We’ve re ..read more
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