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T-Mobile Plans to Retire Legacy @Home Service

T- Mobile sought FCC approval to discontinue its @Home service nationwide. A filing said it has about 24,000 customers using the service and asked for approval to drop service on or after March 31. “@Home is intended for residential and…

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small business subscribers who have a broadband connection and who subscribe to a T-Mobile wireless service,” said the filing. “To use the service, customers obtain a T-Mobile @Home routing device, insert a SIM card from T-Mobile, and attach it to a broadband connection device, such as a modem. The customers can then attach any regular telephone to the routing device, which routes the calls over the Internet.” The carrier said it wants to discontinue the offering because it's retiring the underlying unlicensed mobile access platform; the company alerted all @Home customers of plans to shutter the service.