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T-Mobile USA Welcomes "America's Favorite Pastime" Back to Arizona
[March 05, 2012]

T-Mobile USA Welcomes "America's Favorite Pastime" Back to Arizona


PHOENIX --(Business Wire)--

With baseball coming back to Arizona this month, T-Mobile (News - Alert) USA, Inc. is excited to provide fans and customers with unique ways to share their game-day experiences using the latest wireless products and services from T-Mobile. Powered by America's Largest 4G Network, T-Mobile provides exciting offerings that help customers capture and enhance the all-American pastime in the spring.

"Thousands of baseball fans are traveling to Arizona and will want to share their game-time experiences not just through calls, but also through texts, status updates, and picture and video sharing," said Dennis McSweeney, vice president and general manager of T-Mobile's Southwest Region. "At T-Mobile, we understand that baseball is for sharing, and our applications and services do just that on our fastest network ever."

T-Mobile Customers Score With Unique Wireless (News - Alert) Services

With mobile devices making it possible to share every fastball, strikeout and home run, fans attending pre-season games can use several T-Mobile services and features. Some of these include the following:1

  • T-Mobile® TV in mobile HD2 - Keep kids - and kids at heart - entertained during the seventh inning stretch with on-the-go access to live and on-demand TV programs.
  • Bobsled by T-Mobile® - Easily connect with friends and family by making free VoIP calls and accessing free, unlimited group messages to share photos, videos and even stadium locations using your data plan.
  • T-Mobile® Wi-Fi Calling - For traveling fans staying in hotels, receive enhanced coverage indoors and make calls back home over Wi-Fi.
  • FamilyWhere application - Part of a big group traveling to the games? Keep track of friends and family members on their way to the stadium using their mobile phone locations.
  • Amazing 4G devices - T-Mobile's newest 4G devices help fans stay entertained and connected, including popular smartphones such as the Nokia Lumia 710, HTC (News - Alert) Amaze 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II; our newest tablet, the T-Mobile® SpringBoard with Google (News - Alert); and latest mobile hotspot offering, the T-Mobile® Sonic 4G Mobile HotSpot.
  • Video and still captures - According to a recent T-Mobile survey,3 smartphone owners are less likely to carry other devices. In fact, more than half (53 percent) of smartphone users feel they can leave behind their camera. With T-Mobile's HTC Amaze 4G, fans can take advantage of advanced digital camera features such as SweepShot, allowing them to capture ultra-wide panoramic shots of the game in a single motion.
  • Video messaging - Live in the moment by capturing all the home runs and great plays on video and share with others who couldn't catch the game live.

What a Difference a Year Makes

To enhance their game-time experience, T-Mobile customers can also take full advantage of the continuous network improvements that T-Mobile has made to its network throughout the state of Arizona. Over the past year, T-Mobile has made significant network upgrades and enhancements, including the following:

  • T-Mobile has more than 500 4G cell sites throughout the Phoenix area and 635 4G sites throughout the state of Arizona.
  • In 2011, T-Mobile brought its fastest 4G services to many of baseball's springtime Arizona cities, including Phoenix, Mesa, Peoria, Surprise, Glendale and Tempe.

More information about T-Mobile's network coverage in Arizona and T-Mobile's Personal Coverage Check tool are available at http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx.

Forgot to Pack Your Charger?

The excitement of attending these games can make anyone forget to pack their favorite mobile accessories, but T-Mobile has you covered. Whether you're in Arizona for the games or you just need some amazing new mobile accessories, T-Mobile stores near all major league ballparks in the state of Arizona will be offering a 25 percent discount on all mobile chargers and accessories throughout the entire month of March. This offer is in honor of America's favorite pastime coming back to Arizona this spring. Below is a list of stores where this offer is currently available:





 
5215 West Indian School Road, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ
(623) 247-2035
 
9918 West Happy Valley Parkway #1010, Peoria, AZ
(623) 572-3051
 
2625 South Plaza Drive, Suite 400, Tempe, AZ
(480) 636-0322
 
937 North Dobson Road, Suite 101, Mesa, AZ
(480) 649-4046
 
555 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 107, Tempe, AZ
(480) 921-5340
 
2814 North 44th Street, Suite 108, Phoenix, AZ
(602) 954-8874
 
3175 East Thomas Road, Phoenix, AZ
(602) 956-0898
 
7131 West Ray Road, Suite 41, Chandler, AZ
(480) 785-0347
 
3111 West Chandler Boulevard, Suite 2168, Chandler, AZ
(480) 855-8594
 
5000 South Arizona Mills Circle, Space 246, Tempe, AZ
(480) 897-2394
 
815 East Baseline Road, Tempe, AZ
(480) 491-0204
 

1 Capable device required.

2 Mobile HD TV can deliver a bit rate of 800 kbps and 16:9 resolution; the bit rate and resolution you experience will vary based on many factors (e.g., programming, network connection and device).

3 Survey Methodology

This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of T-Mobile USA Dec. 20-22, 2011, among 2,573 adults ages 18 and older, of whom 235 will be first-time smartphone buyers in 2012 and 988 are current smartphone users who will remain smartphone users in 2012. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables, please contact [email protected].

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA, Inc. is the U.S. wireless operation of Deutsche Telekom (News - Alert) AG (OTCQX: DTEGY). By the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, approximately 129 million mobile customers were served by the mobile communication segments of the Deutsche Telekom group - 33.2 million by T-Mobile USA - all via a common technology platform based on GSM and UMTS and additionally HSPA+ 21/HSPA+ 42. T-Mobile USA's wireless products and services help empower people to connect to those who matter most. Multiple independent research studies continue to rank T-Mobile USA among the highest in numerous regions throughout the U.S. in wireless customer care and call quality. For more information, please visit http://www.T-Mobile.com. T-Mobile is a federally registered trademark of Deutsche Telekom AG. For further information on Deutsche Telekom, please visit www.telekom.de/investor-relations.


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