T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom claims it owns the exclusive rights to the color magenta
German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, which owns wireless carrier T-Mobile, claims that it owns the exclusive rights to the color magenta.
Carriers
T-Mobile unveils its 5G network in the US
The Deutsche Telekom-owned carrier claims it’s the biggest 5G network in the United States with coverage of more than 1 million square miles, much of that in rural America.
2020 iPhones said to feature the most advanced 5G chips, made by Qualcomm
All three iPhone models that Apple will release next year should boast the world’s most advanced 5G chips made by Qualcomm, a new report claims.
US cities and states ranked by mobile network speeds
Open Signal published its study of LTE mobile network speeds conducted in a bunch of countries, including the United States, and the results are eyebrow-raising but not shocking.
Security flaws in both 4G and 5G networks let attackers intercept calls & track locations
Major US telcos and almost all of the cell networks outside the US are vulnerable to these attacks, in addition to many cellular networks in Europe and Asia.
Verizon is now offering free access to Apple Music
Apple has just expanded its reach with free Apple Music membership now being offered as a perk to Verizon Wireless customers who are on the carrier’s Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited plans.
T-Mobile’s new Caller Verified feature offers more protection from scammers and spammers
“It’s a bad day to be a scammer,” said the carrier as it launched a new feature that offers customers even more protection from scammers and spammers than before.
Your location data may have landed in the hands of bounty hunters and the black market
While carriers record locations of customers’ devices on their network, they have little oversight in terms of monitoring how that data is being used once sold to a third party.
Apple launches carrier billing for Apple ID purchases in a further seven countries
Carrier billing is a convenient payment method for Apple ID that charges iTunes and App Store purchases to your mobile phone bill (or deducts them from your prepaid amount).
T-Mobile enters mobile banking with a new Money service
T-Mobile’s launched a new mobile banking solution, T-Mobile Money, available as an app for iPhone and Android.
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon won’t support eSIM until later this year on 2018 iPhones
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon won’t support eSIM, at least for now. The support is necessary for dual-SIM functionality on the 2018 iPhones.
How Apple tried, and failed, to push carriers toward adopting a standardized iMessage
Former iOS chief Scott Forstall has revealed that Apple once tried to talk major wireless carriers into adopting a standardized version of its proprietary iMessage service.
