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About T-Mobile:
- T-Mobile International AG & Co. K.G. is the mobile communications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT).
- T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS network covers 245 million people with service in 46 of the top 50 U.S. markets.
- A cornerstone of their strong consumer appeal has been its Get More® business strategy to provide customers with the best overall value in their wireless service so they can enjoy the benefits of mobile communications to Get more from life®.
- Operates an all-digital, national wireless network based exclusively on GSM technology.
- Offers consumers and business customers the most advanced mobile communications services available today, including voice, text messaging, and high-speed wireless data services.
- Is one of the fastest growing nationwide wireless service providers, offering all digital voice, messaging and high-speed wireless data services to more than 12 million customers in the United States.
- 12.1 million customers based on third-quarter 2003 reporting.
- The company provides AIM (AOL Instant Messenger® service on select handsets with AIM directly integrated into the user interface - the fastest, easiest and most convenient way to access the service from a handheld device.
- Every phone number automatically has a corresponding e-mail address (phonenumber@tmomail.net) allowing customers and their colleagues to use the Internet to send and receive text messages between wireless phones, devices and personal computers
- Complements its existing national wireless voice and high-speed data network by providing Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless broadband Internet access in more than 3,500 convenient public locations, called HotSpots.
- Has more than 22,000 employees across the country dedicated to delivering on its Get More® promise to provide customers with more minutes, more features and more service.
- Philosophy is to provide customers with the best overall value in their wireless service.
- Every customer, regardless of device or rate plan, can send text messages via their handset to friends and family, no matter which wireless service provider they use.
- Has upgraded its entire national network to provide MMS services, which enables customers to complement their text message with sound, animations and melodies to send to email addresses and compatible handsets.
- GSM is the most widely used digital standard worldwide, accounting for approximately 72 percent of the total digital wireless market.
- Offers handsets with either integrated or attachable cameras from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson that let customers take a picture and send it to any email address or other MMS-capable phone and then talk about it - all from a single device.
- Operates a Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless broadband (WLAN) network with service in more than 3,500 public locations across the country under the name T-Mobile HotSpot.
- MMS enables customers to send short video clips from to email or other MMS-capable phones, giving T-Mobile customers a whole new way to communicate.
- T-Mobile USA is nationwide provider of wireless voice, messaging and data services.
- Customers customers benefit from the GSM technology platform by having the choice to use their same phone and same phone number when traveling internationally.
- Based in Bellevue, Washington, the U.S. operations of T-Mobile International AG & Co. K.G., consists of T-Mobile USA, Inc. (formerly VoiceStream Wireless) and Powertel, Inc. (together "T-Mobile").
- Through Get More® service offerings, customers get more features, more service and more minutes, enabling them to enjoy the benefits of mobile communications to Get more from life®.
- Leverages its national, standards based GSM network to provide customers the latest in mobile communications including wireless data access through its Internet service.
- Entire network has been enhanced to provide 2.5G services with GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), providing customers wireless Internet access through a variety of integrated devices at average speeds of 40 Kbps.
- Offers Wi-Fi (802.11) wireless broadband Internet access in more than 3,500 public locations across the country.
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