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T-Mobile Says Hacker Stole Data of 37 Million Customers
U.S. carrier T-Mobile said Wednesday that a hacker obtained a trove of personal data belonging to around 37 million customers.
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Zach Braff and Donald Faison Have a Musical ‘Scrubs' Reunion in T-Mobile Super Bowl Ad
The “Scrubs” stars, who are also longtime pals IRL, teamed up for a hilarious T-Mobile Internet commercial for the Super Bowl that will instantly transport you back to the show’s hilarious 2007 musical episode.
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T-Mobile to Pay $20M After Nationwide Outage Led to Failed 911 Calls
Wireless carrier T-Mobile is paying $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls
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More Than 40 Million People Affected By T-Mobile Data Breach
T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and just over 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach
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T-Mobile Confirms Data Breach, Says It's Investigating Scope
T-Mobile says it is investigating a leak of its data after someone took to an online forum offering to sell the personal information of cellphone users
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Tom Brady's Silly Super Bowl Ad Gives Real Reason He Wound Up Playing in Tampa Bay
T-Mobile ponders the possibility that Brady is a Buccaneer because of poor service with another network.
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T-Mobile Working to Fix Widespread Network Issues
T-Mobile, one of the three largest mobile carriers in the U.S., said it’s working to fix a widespread network issue. The company’s president of technology, Neville Ray, tweeted Monday afternoon at around 4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time that T-Mobile engineers hope to fix the “voice and data issue” soon. At 6 p.m., Ray tweeted that data services were back...
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What T-Mobile Takeover of Sprint Means for You: AP Explains
T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint could mean higher or lower phone bills, depending on whom you ask. A federal judge in New York ultimately took T-Mobile’s track record of aggressive competition into account in ruling Tuesday that the deal would be good for consumers. In doing so, he rejected a challenge by a group of states worried about reduced competition....
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Price Worries Remain After Judge OKs T-Mobile's Sprint Deal
A federal judge has cleared a major path for T-Mobile to buy Sprint for $26.5 billion
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Suspicious Company Dissolves Following NBC Bay Area Investigation Into Potential Student Visa Fraud
Less than a week after NBC Bay Area published an investigation finding more than a dozen possible shell companies may have provided false employment records to thousands of foreign students, one of those companies filed paperwork in Nevada to legally dissolve.
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Suspicious Companies May Be Exploiting Student Visa Program
A months-long joint investigation between NBC Bay Area and NBC News found thousands of foreign students may have used false employment records at more than a dozen potential shell companies to illegally stay in the country after attending American universities. Stephen Stock reports on a story that first aired Wednesday, Nov. 27.
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Cell, Internet Providers Told to Improve Response to PG&E Outages
California utility regulators told communications providers to step up preparations for widespread power outages or other emergencies that could hamper first responders and residents.
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere to Step Down Next Year, Mike Sievert Named Replacement
T-Mobile says Mike Sievert will become CEO in May, following the end of John Legere’s contract. The company said Monday that the move is part of its succession plan.
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CPUC President: Lack of Reliable Backup Power on Cell Towers Risks Public Safety
The state’s top utility regulator on Wednesday berated the state’s major communications providers for “significant” failures of cell, cable and Internet systems during last month’s fires and Public Safety Power Shutoffs – and ordered them to explain what went wrong during a hearing later this month.
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T-Mobile's $26.5B Sprint Deal OK'd Despite Competition Fears
U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone companies in the country. Friday’s approval from the Justice Department and five state attorneys general comes after Sprint and T-Mobile agreed to conditions that would set up satellite-TV provider Dish as...
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AT&T Will Soon Automatically Block Annoying Robocalls
AT&T said this week that it will soon block spam calls or alert customers of suspected spammers. The blocking will first activate for new lines and will then be applied to all existing accounts, the carrier said on Tuesday. The feature will be on by default but can be turned off by users who don’t want it, per rules set...
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Robocalls Are Not Only Annoying — There's an Entire Dirty Industry Behind Them, FTC Reveals
The Federal Trade Commission announced last week a crackdown on robocallers, giving one of the clearest pictures yet of the people and organizations behind the avalanche of nuisance phone calls to consumers. The actions are important because they draw the connection between robocalls, which may seem like mere annoyances, to the fraudulent organizations or illegal mass-calling schemes behind them. “We...
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10 Flags to Know at the 2019 WorldPride Parade
Here’s 10 flags you might see flying at the WorldPride Parade in New York City this Sunday, with a little background on each courtesy of Pride.com.
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Regulators Give Phone Companies New Tools to Fight Robocalls
Federal regulators voted Thursday to give phone companies the right to block unwanted calls without getting customers’ permission first. The Federal Communications Commission’s move could make call-blocking widespread and help consumers dodge annoying robocalls, which have exploded into a problem that pesters Americans on the level of billions of calls a month.
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Police Seek Man and Woman Caught Stealing From T-Mobile Store in Vallejo
The Vallejo Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating two masked, armed suspects who stole multiple electronics from a T-Mobile store Sunday.