T-Mobile Will Now Pay Your Early Termination Fee If You Leave Your Current Provider
With an appropriately cheeky name of Get Out of Jail Free Card, T-Mobile has announced that it will pay off early termination fees for customers who want to switch from other major carriers. This includes AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. The total value could be up to $650 per line when you add an eligible phone trade-in.
Here at CES, T-Mobile also announced that its 4G LTE network is the fastest in the U.S., now reaching 209 million people in 273 markets. The provider did its own testing using Speedtest.net, and it came out on top, with Sprint coming in last.
To help enhance its network, T-Mobile says it’s rolling out its Wideband LTE service to deliver even faster speeds to its customers. T-Mobile has debuted a few devices with Wideband LTE capability, including theLG G Flex, Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 and Sony Xperia Z1s. More are likely to come soon.
During its press event, T-Mobile also announced that it added more customers than every other carrier combined in Q4 in 2013—1.6 million—thanks to the momentum of its Uncarrier strategy. In 2013, T-Mobile got rid of contracts, introduced its Jump phone upgrade plan and allowed customers to use data overseas for no extra charge.
As per usual, T-Mobile CEO John Legere took shots at the competition, but he backed up the bluster by announcing 4.4 million customers added in 2013. According to Legere, this makes T-Mobile the fastest growing wireless provider.
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