North America – Page 18
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile’s Assurant deal sees in-store repairs U-turn
On-site repairs service moved to Assurant stores a year after T-Mobile retail investment.
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Premium
Elsewhere in T-Mobile US: Business Unlimited Ultimate+ launched with Apple
Startup partners Krikey and Mixhalo leverage operator backing; TMUS builds on Apple pairing.
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M&A
T&Cs proved turnoff for American Tower in Deutsche Telekom deal
American Tower CFO says buyback rights and other T&Cs “not right for us”.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile now world’s largest telco (by market cap)
Ever-expanding American operator overtakes arch-rival Verizon.
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People
Gopalan returns to T-Mobile US boardroom
Telekom Deutschland CEO parachuted in to replace Deutsche Telekom designee Michael Wilkens, who did not stand for re-election.
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Operations
More T-Mobile US layoffs despite merger promises
Further staff cuts at the US operator focus on network engineers and technical positions.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Mobile US first on board as SpaceX promises “end of dead zones”
Coverage Above & Beyond technology partnership targets 500,000 square miles of US soil lacking cellular connectivity.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plots “something special” with T-Mobile US
SpaceX Chief Engineer and T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert set to unveil plans to “increase connectivity”.
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Premium
Deutsche Telekom people moves: new CTIOs at European NatCos
Makedonski Telekom fills vacant CTIO spot with new joiner from rival A1.
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Products & Services
Smith Micro promises better times ahead for T‑Mobile tie‑up
T-Mobile US partner concedes the process has “not moved forward as quickly as we had anticipated”.
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Strategy & Change
T-Mobile and Inseego gear up for anticipated FWA boom
Inseego CEO sees new T-Mobile US 5G business plans as ‘catalyst’ for enterprise adoption of 5G FWA.
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Strategy & Change
DT’s Höttges seeks ‘nerds’ to lead future group
CEO provides his formula for a good leader, highlighting attitude as an important element.
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Financial & Performance
T-Mobile US ups guidance as FWA digs in
US NatCo raises guidance across the board following strong Q2 FY22.
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Premium
New BT Federal CEO outlines revamped strategy
Barthlow aims to grow security portfolio for Global’s US market.
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Premium
Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: Vf Oman partners Tamimah for government-enabled services
Major network outage throws further doubt on Rogers–Shaw combination.
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Public Affairs
T-Mobile US takes $500m hit on data breach
Operator agrees hefty sum to settle class action suit after customer data stolen in cyberattack last August.
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Public Affairs
FCC probes T-Mobile data policy
US regulator queries T-Mobile and its operator peers in data collection and storage investigation.
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Operations
T-Mobile confirms layoffs to ‘better focus resources’
Reports indicate hundreds of recent redundancies at US operator.
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Network & Infrastructure
DT picks Brookfield and DigitalBridge as EU tower allies
Group agrees sale of 51% stake in Austrian and German towers business.
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Premium
TMUS gets people moving with travel tie-ups
TMUS’s latest Un‑Carrier campaign adds travel‑oriented benefits through partnerships with AAA, Rocket Travel, and Shell.