Called it. T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. agreed to combine in a $26.5 billion merger, creating a wireless giant to compete against industry leaders AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. — Read on http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-29/sprint-t-mobile-in-26-5-billion-deal-to-take-on-at-t-verizon
GSM call encryption code cracked, published for the whole world to see — Engadget. Yet another reason to avoid GSM. This is rad. So, for those of you who don’t know, if you are in the US, and your cell phone bill comes from AT&T or T-Mobile, this affects you.
Well, there you go. Apple’s next big iPhone feature is likely Verizon. So much for the “But GSM sucks here” argument. I thought Apple was tied to AT&T until 2011. I guess not. Shorting T anyone?
From a consumer standpoint, this just makes all kinds of sense. T-Mobile is generally regarded as having the worst cellular service of any carrier in the US market. Oftentimes, calls to handsets on their networks get redirected to voicemail without a single ring on the device. Incidentally, this does wonders for battery life, as the… Read More T-Mobile Sprint Merger
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