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T-Mobile, possible acquisition target?

AT&T makes the most sense. However, I really love T-mobile and how they have been very creative to stay competitive…

Amplify’d from blog.connectedplanetonline.com

T-Mobile’s perfect merger partner? Try AT&T

The perfect partner for T-Mobile would be none other that AT&T (NYSE:T). They use the same technologies, GSM and HSPA, and while they may be running 3G on different bands, that might actually work out to their advantage. I can envision AT&T using T-Mobile’s AWS HSPA network as a sort of super-3G overlay strictly for data cards and other high-bandwidth devices. It’s easier to procure USB dongles at T-Mobile’s weird frequencies than it is smartphones. T-Mobile’s HSPA networks are newer than AT&T’s and can be upgraded to faster versions of 3G more cheaply and more easily.Read more at blog.connectedplanetonline.com
 

T-Mobile Sidekick data is gone…

Amplify’d from gigaom.com

When Cloud Fails: T-Mobile, Microsoft Lose Sidekick Customer Data

If you ever wondered what would happen when a cloud service fails, then you don’t have to wonder much. Earlier today customers of T-Mobile and the Sidekick data services provider, Danger, a subsidiary of Microsoft lost access to all their data. There are some who believe that this data wipeout is because of a botched upgrade. Why it happened matters little to those who are unlikely to get their data backRead more at gigaom.com
 

Orange and T-mobile unite

some big mobile news from across the pond…

Amplify’d from www.guardian.co.uk

Orange and T-Mobile to create UK’s largest mobile phone company

Orange and T-Mobile

Orange and T-Mobile are merging their UK operations to create the country’s largest mobile phone operator, with 28.4 million customers or 37% of the market, leapfrogging rivals O2 and Vodafone.

Read more at www.guardian.co.uk
 

T-Mobile’s dilemma..

I have always admired T-Mobile’s efforts to compete against the larger wireless carriers.  However, it seems that they are now being squeezed at both ends of the market (post-paid and pre-paid).  With regard to coveted higher end phone users, T-Mobile’s got all their 3G eggs with the G1.  On the low end, they face heavy competition with Boost, Cricket, Virgin Mobile, Metro PCS etc…

Amplify’d from telephonyonline.com

With the economy forcing wireless users to cut costs, T-Mobile’s incremental growth is clearly being driven by prepaid. But it’s exactly in prepaid where the biggest price completion lies, said Craig Moffett, senior analyst at Bernstein Research. According to Moffett, T-Mobile saw its customer retention costs skyrocket 64% over the last year. Though overall customer churn fell slightly from 2.4% to 2.3% quarter-over-quarter, churn of high-value contract customers, which could be the first evidence of the mass customer migration from postpaid to prepaid for which the industry has been bracing, Moffett said.

Read more at telephonyonline.com
 

new T-mo Sidekick!

overall, what i love is more and more handsets including different social networking capability on the phone.  our friends at Qik have been able to get on this and I think we will see some great opportunities for innovators in the mobile-social space…

Amplify’d from www.mobilecrunch.com
T-Mobile officially announces the 3G Sidekick LX, coming May 13
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Beyond the 3G, Facebook/Myspace/Twitter home screen support, and all of the other new features (see the big list below, along with a bunch of shots), we’re probably most excited about the new 3.2 inch 800×480 (WVGA) screen.Read more at www.mobilecrunch.com