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T-Mobile to pay $90 mn over US fraud charges

Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:51:00 +0100

German mobile phone company T-Mobile has agreed to pay at least $90 million to settle US government claims that it bilked customers with bogus charges, US regulators said Friday.

Japan's SoftBank on course to buy T-Mobile

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 08:39:00 +0100

Japan's SoftBank plans to acquire T-Mobile US through its subsidiary Sprint in a move that would create the world's second largest mobile carrier by revenue after China Mobile, a report said Wednesday.

Hackers could hijack mobile phones

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:49:00 +0100

A tech expert has figured out a way that hackers could take control of mobile phones and make calls or send out unlimited numbers of text messages.

Customers exploit T-Mobile SMS apology

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:12:00 +0200

T-Mobile customers took full advantage of free text messages offered on Sunday in apology for a nationwide service blackout last week.

T-Mobile baffled by massive service outage

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:24:00 +0200

T-Mobile customers are able to use their telephones again after a nationwide network outage on Tuesday evening, but parent company Deutsche Telekom said the cause of the problem remained a mystery.

T-Mobile suffers nationwide blackout

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:01:00 +0200

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile network suffered a major nationwide outage on Tuesday afternoon, disrupting wireless service for millions of customers in Germany.

T-Mobile blocks Skype for German iPhones

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:03:00 +0200

German telecommunications giant T-Mobile will not allow their customers to use the new Skype application for the iPhone, the company told The Local on Tuesday.

New iPhone sold out in Germany

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:55:00 +0200

Just one week after the new Apple iPhone 3G hit the German market on July 11, customers are pressing their noses to empty display cases in T-Mobile stores. Delivery bottlenecks at Apple mean the company can't supply its German partner with enough phones to meet demand, German daily Die Welt reported Thursday.

New iPhone to be released in Germany on July 11

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:15:00 +0200

T-Mobile plans to release the new 3G Apple iPhone on July 11 in Germany, according to news agency Reuters.

T-Mobile slashes iPhone price to €99

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:27:00 +0200

German telecoms company T-Mobile announced on its website Friday that it would drastically drop prices on the basic 8 gigabyte Apple iPhone to just €99 from April 7 to June 30.

T-mobile forms alliance with Yahoo

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:29:00 +0100

Yahoo has gained ground over its arch rival Google in the hotly contested mobile Internet market after sealing an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile in Europe. T-Mobile, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is a mobile operator who is present in 11 European countries, as well as in the USA. It has roughly 31.4 million European subscribers. Google has had an exclusive partnership with T-Mobile until now.