Tmobile United Kingdom
Tmobile is a United Kingdom-based company well known for offering mobile telecommunication products and services. With innovation, they are creating a whole new world of experience getting advanced nationwide 4G LTE network for millions of customers.
The company has subsidiaries and also operate its flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile.
Tmobile got launched in 1990s
Tmobile originally came as the world's first GSM 1800 network under a different name Mercury One2One. Mercury One2One was launched by Mercury Communications further getting rebranded as One2One.
The company then brought major investments forming a joint venture between Mediaone Group and Cable & Wireless plc for a short period.
In 1999, the network was purchased by Deutsche Telekom changing the brand name to T-Mobile in 2002. In 2007, bigger merge came with Orange UK getting their full hold on about 37% of the market.
In 2010, the network came along with EE allowing their customers to switch to EE tariff while up-gradation. The parent organization EE
closed the website of T-Mobile in 2013 and just allowed them to continue as brand.
Now the UK market has over 700 stores of EE where one can get the EE products alongside its 4G service and the company's fiber-optic broadband roll-out.
Do they have a faster network and what are their best plans?
They operate on GSM network technology helping you get connected with your loved ones abroad.
They have Magenta plans under which one gets unlimited texting and data in 210+ countries and destinations without international roaming charges. Magenta Plus plans are also there to help you get data at double speed allowing you to make calls from many cruise and ferry lines.
Now they are planning for 5G technology getting you faster speed on the same price of your current plans. Their HD Voice has already enhanced in-call audio performance raising standard of communication services.
With VoLTE, they have faster call connection improving voice call reliability in areas of a weaker signal.
Their connections also work well on smartwatch, tablet, and computer. Besides, they also have put efforts to protect you from scammers by identifying their calls. They brought us all the benefits of connectivity at no extra cost.
What's their rank among competitors?
Among competitors, EE is the provider of best mobile coverage across the UK. All Orange and T-Mobile customers are introduced to newly formed EE 4G network according to Everything Everywhere.
Was the company under investigation in 2009?
Yes, the company came under investigation for illegal trade of personal data of millions of customers in 2009.
The employee of the company took advantage of the lax data security controls and sold out information to third party companies.
This data was used by rival companies to hamper the image of T-Mobile in the market and breakdown its profit margin.
What's in news?
On 28th August 2019, T-Mobile has launched eSIM for their post-paid customers thus helping people to use both work and personal numbers on a single smartphone.
