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Wednesday 28 September 2016

Enjoy HD Videos, Superfast Tethering and Internet with T-Mobile and Sprint's Expensive Unlimited Data Plan


These days wireless customers seem to be very fond of high quality video content. Considering their penchant for high quality videos, T-Mobile and Sprint Communications, two of the premiere government cell phone service carriers in the United States, are ready to thrive on this craze of their valuable customers.
They are Heeding Calls:
Both of the premiere government cell phone service carriers have introduced “Easy to Afford” unlimited data plans for cellular phone service users with some compromises.  Sprint Communications added more expensive data plans offering less compromises. Similarly, T-Mobile also followed the footsteps of Sprint Communications and came up with a bit more expensive of a data plan for all of its customers on Monday. 
These new, expensive data plans offered by both of the companies to the users differ in terms of data and other things currently on offer. Let’s see what both of the companies are offering to their valuable customers in these expensive data plans.

T-Mobile One Plus Data Plan:
The company has launched the One Plus data plan during the month of August 2016. It was initially priced at $70 per month. As T-Mobile noticed that some of the cellular phone service users are ready to pay an extra amount of money for enjoying high quality video content, it now has increased this plan price up to $95.

What Is the Difference Between This Expensive Data Plan and more Affordable Data Plans of T-Mobile?

Expensive Data Plan
There is some difference between T-Mobile’s recently launched expensive data plan and the other cheap data plans for cellular service users.
·        Consumers willing to pay more money for the best video content experience can relish full HD videos on their mobile phones.
·       They will be able to use their phone to connect or tether other devices such as a laptop for enjoying superfast internet speed.

Cheap Data Plan:

Coming to the cheap data plan, let’s take a look what it offers: 
  1.  It only provides DVD quality video.
  2. The tethering speed was very slow.
However, users are given unlimited data usage, texting and calling in both of the plans.

This is what Sprint Communication’s Plan is:

Talking about Sprint Communication’s expensive data plan, it was launched by the company at least a week before T-Mobile came up with its own expensive data plan. However, Sprint Communications, a premiere government cell phone service carrier, successfully undercut T-Mobile’s price of the expensive data plan. Sprint Communications raised the price of its expensive unlimited data plan from $60 to $80 as a starting price.

The Difference:

Both the cheap and expensive unlimited data plans of Sprint Communications offer unlimited calling, data usage and texting. The only difference is in terms of the quality of the video content limited by Sprint Communication’s cheap unlimited data plan.

The latest pricing battle is the result of constantly slowing growth of the US wireless market. Consumers are not taking any significant interest in switching their careers either. This has also played a crucial role in slowing down the growth of the wireless market in the entire United States at least for the last five to six years. But with the arrival of Apple’s iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, most of the carriers, including T-Mobile and Sprint Communications, can expect an increase in the defection rate. 

Monday 19 September 2016

T-Mobile Issues Tips for Customers to Stay Connected with Their Loved Ones During Hurricane Hermine in the Southeast


A hurricane named Hermine is expected to strike in the southeast as a category 1 storm tomorrow early in the morning. This is why T-Mobile, one of the government cell phone service carriers in the United States, is preparing its network. The company has deployed its operations and engineering teams and is continuously monitoring weather patterns.

Some of the necessary steps being taken by T-Mobile:

As a government cellphone service provider, the company is leaving no stone unturned to prepare necessary equipment as well as providing supplies to help its valuable customers stay connected before, during, and after the storm.

The company is preparing…
•    Generators for backup
•    COW (Cell-on-Wheels)
•    Fuel tanks

The company has also decided to set up a command center in crucial areas where the storm is likely to impact. The company will closely manage network traffic with the help of its GEO-Redundant Network Operation Centers. If needed, further coordination for responses will be initiated.

Mentioned below are some of the tips suggested by T-Mobile, a government cell phone service provider, to increase their chances of getting connected with their loved ones before, during and even after the storm.

•    Keep your Phone fully charged
•    Save the battery life of your phone
•    Prefer texting over calling
•    Keep your calls short and to-the-point.
•    Don’t let your phone get wet
•    Utilize Wi-Fi calling

Let’s see how following these useful tips will help you connect with your loved ones and do many important things before, or after the storm.

1. Keep Your Phone Fully Charged:
T-Mobile has suggested all of its private and cellular Phone Service users to keep their phone battery fully charged.  You should also charge your cellphone in case of electricity breakdown. Car chargers and portable chargers will be very handy in such a situation to keep you connected with your loved ones. If possible, look for several other options right now in your nearby retail stores.

2. Save the Battery Life of Your Phone:
You must utilize the power saving mode available in your cellphone to save the battery life. Reducing screen brightness, turning all of your location based service completely off and reducing application’s usage and downloads will also help.

3. Prefer Texting over Calling:
Since text needs less network resources, it will be the most productive and easy option to know about the wellbeing of your loved ones during and after the storm, suggests T-Mobile.

4. Keep Your Calls Short and To-The-Point:
The company has also suggested that users keep their calls short and to-the-point to ensure network availability for others during severe weather conditions.

5. Don't Let Your Phone Get Wet:
T-Mobile has strongly suggested everyone to keep their phones dry or cover them using some waterproof covering. This will save your phone from getting damaged because of moisture.

6. Utilize Wi-Fi Calling:
Just in case cellular phone service does not work, then utilizing Wi-Fi is the best option for you for calling or texting purposes. Using Wi-Fi calling, T-Mobile customers will be able to call or text their loved ones. You just need to have a Wi-Fi capable phone in the absence of cellular phone service network, and have a Wi-Fi network connection.
•    iOS users should go to Settings> Phone> Wi-Fi Calling
•    Android Users should go to Settings > More Connection Settings > Wi-Fi Calling

If needed, T-Mobile has suggested all its customers to drop a call to 611 (Customer Care Number) using their handset.

Wednesday 14 September 2016

Verizon Wireless Soon Introducing Three Carrier Aggregation Technology for Boosting Network Speed up to 300 Mbps


Verizon Wireless is all set to speed-up its network like never before. The company is about to exceed its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network speed over 300 Mbps. This is likely to be done using a technology called TCA (Three Carrier Aggregation). 

This technology utilizes separated lanes of spectrum to help them get used as a single wider lane. Its industry competitors like Sprint and AT&T have already been making the most of 2x Carrier Aggregation technology for a while now.  Sprint named it’s version “LTE Plus”. The company has been hiding the availability of Three Carrier Aggregation technology, apparently at its disposal for a long time.

The Possible Outcomes of Verizon Wireless’ Decision of Introducing Three Carrier Aggregation Technology

Using this technology, Verizon Wireless will become the first government assistance cell phone service provider to conduct a large scale roll-out of TCA (Three Carrier Aggregation).  This move to provide more speed and capacity to mobile users surely rang the warning bells for Sprint and T-Mobile. However, both Sprint and T-Mobile have been working on Three Carrier Aggregation publicly. Therefore, it is clear that Verizon Wireless, the government assistance cell phone service provider, needs to pull its socks up to convert its narrow competitive lead in the market into a big lead.

According to the information provided by trustworthy sources of Verizon Wireless, the company has already been using TCA (Two Carrier Aggregation) in most cities whereas Three Carrier Aggregation technology is being utilized in just a very few cities. The company has confirmed the speed range of Two Carrier technology at a maximum of up to 225Mbps. It effectively bonds 700MHz with the 1700 MHz Spectrum. Using Three Carrier technology, this range will easily exceed the speed of 300 Mbps. This variety of spectrum allows the company to add 1900MHz spectrum to make it even faster. 

But the Story Is Full of Twists:

This technology does not support every mobile set. Therefore, it is important for all mobile users interested in using it to have that right phone that is supported by this technology for various reasons mentioned below:
  • This is service will not easily support most of the mobile phones in use today. Users will have to upgrade their government cell phones to one that supports this technology to help them be able to use it.
  • Its speed will also vary as per the individual bandwidth.
  • All of the government cell phone service providers use different speeds for every band of spectrum. This results in the end spectrums used with a varying amount of speed with various width pipes when they are merged together.
  • The level or capacity of those frequency pipes also comes into play.
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All in all, it is not a cakewalk to deploy this technology for utilization over long distances. And Sprint, having a huge amount of spectrum is the best example of it, says a company insider.

That Is Merely the Outline of the Whole Story:

All of the reasons mentioned above don’t completely describe Verizon’s clear intentions behind making this decision. So far, Verizon Wireless has confirmed the list of mobile phones that support Three Carrier Aggregation technology that may include the following mobile phones:
  • Samsung’s Galaxy S7, Note 5, Note 7 and the S6 Edge Plus
  • HTC 10
  • Apple’s iPhone 7
  • LG V20
Verizon Wireless has confirmed the news that they are striving to complete all sorts of firmware updates for phones supported by the Three Carrier Aggregation technology. With the help of this new technology, the company is expecting to expand its consumer base and consolidate on its narrow market lead over Sprint and T-Mobile as a government assisted cell phone service provider. It will be very interesting to see what the outcome of this technology will be on company’s plan to seek new growth in the wireless sector.

Monday 5 September 2016

T-Mobile and Sprint Collaborate for New Market Growth to Compete Against the Alliance of Verizon Communications and AT&T


It appears as if the news of the tie-up between Verizon Communications and AT&T has reached the doorsteps of T-Mobile and Sprint. Perhaps this is why both of the companies have decided to collaborate and close in on the alliance of Verizon Communications and AT&T. It seems to be a kind of strategic reply to gain a competitive edge in the market. Perhaps the tie-up between Verizon Communication and AT&T, the two best cell phone service providers, has surely shaken both T-Mobile and Sprint to the core.

On the other side, Verizon Communications does seem to be affected by this decision of T-Mobile and Sprint. Accurately conducted surveys do get a lot of attention in the cellular phone service market nationwide.

Let's See What Rootmetrics Has to Say 

Rootmetrics, a pioneer in the field of mobile ranking, recently conducted a survey. And the report brought some amazing findings, mentioned below, to light.
  • Verizon Communications managed to top five national categories. The company secured the best provider in overall rankings because of a reliable and lightning fast network and data performance.
  • Brilliant performance during the first half of 2016 put AT&T second in the list.
  • Sprint got 3rd place in the overall rankings because of outstanding call related performance whereas T-Mobile bagged the same place in the data categories for cell phone services.

These findings are nothing more than a snapshot of the way these cell phone service providers are continuously dedicating time, focus and resources towards expanding and reinforcing their networks for seeking new customers and growth.  


Statistics Never Lie. They Speak the Truth Loudly.

Let’s take a look at how this is expected to happen.
  • Both T-Mobile and Sprint expressed their unhappiness about some of the results yet they remained focused on discussions about their considerable improvement in the market of cellular phone service providers. This improvement of up to 1.24% is believed to be way more than Verizon (0.28%) and Sprint’s (0.18%) collective improvement.
  • T-Mobile came out with improved statistics. The T-Mobile think tank focused on marking improvement in other reports whereas it struggled to do the same in Rootmatrics studies conducted for determining the best network.
  • T-Mobile single handedly dominated the results among all carriers with the score of 0.58% in the metro area tests. Almost 40 awards in the category of powerful overall services and nearly 17 awards in a prior survey verify this improvement.
  • Sprint bagged six awards in six major metropolitan cities. The company repeated the same performance with six more awards in the prior surveys. Most importantly, the company has managed to ring the warning bells for the alliance of AT&T and Verizon Communications with 42 wins in a number of metropolitan areas.
  • Verizon Communications managed to sneak in with 0.28% improvement. Moreover, AT&T’s refusal to comment at only 0.18% improvement sums up everything.

This Cat-Fight Is Certainly Getting Very Interesting:

T-Mobile and Sprint are continuously making giant strides towards displacing the two huge cell phone service carriers from the top spot. The main objective of this alliance between T-Mobile and Sprint is particularly to do so in the category of large metropolitan areas. Rootmatrics has confirmed it in its recently published report.

This is enough to prove that the rankings do not have any impact over a company’s market reputation because of their quality services. All in all, T-Mobiles alliance with Sprint indicates cut-throat competition in the market with Verizon Communications and AT&T for new growth and customers.