For 1,900 T-Mobile call center workers, the weekend is going to be a lot more depressing and…jobless. Reuters has confirmed that rumors from earlier in the day foretelling of a T-Mobile layoff were true. While 1,900 is only ~5% of T-Mobile’s full workforce, it’s a depressing situation for those involved no matter how you look at it. But it’s not all fire and brimstone. T-Mobile is reportedly offering the 1,900 now jobless employees a chance to...

Poor, poor Randall Stephenson (AT&T CEO). It seems that after he failed to successfully acquire T-Mobile U.S.A., the shareholders and directors have decided to trim $2.08 million from his take home pay by way of a smaller cash bonus and reduced stock. Even with the cut in income, Stephenson still garnered ~$18+ million in 2011 – no small chunk of change. Of course, his loss is much less than AT&T’s $4.2 billion payment to T-Mobile as part of their...

Since AT&T announced plans to absorb Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA earlier this year, they have been rather vocal about how easily the U.S. Government and associated committees would accept their buyout/merger of T-Mobile. According to both companies the merger would be better for everyone (actually, it wouldn’t). The only problem: It’s not going well for AT&T/T-Mobile. According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Government has officially filed an...

Previous reports that AT&T may launch LTE phones to coincide with this summer’s/early fall’s LTE network launch in a handful of major cities around the country — Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio — sparked quite a bit of discussion in the tech world. As it turns out, unfortunately, we will have to wait a bit longer for AT&T LTE phones. Speaking today at the Oppenheimer Technology and Communications Conference,...

Josh Levy from Free Press has gone ahead and laid down the top 5 myths (and facts) concerning the ongoing AT&T/T-Mobile merger giving unknowing consumers a quick and concise way to see just how badly they’re about to be screwed. While the government is likely being wooed by AT&T and T-Mobile lobbyists, the Free Press (along with *hopefully* millions of Americans) are able to see straight though the tangled mess of lies and faulty information. No matter...