T-Mobile Expands Coverage Above and Beyond Its Own Maps
Right as travel is on the rebound and inflation is on the rise, T-Mobile is making another Un-carrier move to help people get back out there AND save money
What’s the news: T-Mobile’s latest Un-carrier move, Coverage Beyond, expands coverage and keeps customers connected on flights and in 210+ countries and destinations. Plus, the Un-carrier is giving customers a year of
Why it matters: Travel is back, inflation is on the rise and T-Mobile is changing the travel game AGAIN.
Who it’s for: The millions of people who are looking to travel again.
Check out the announcement video, here: https://youtu.be/-EQoD5eEeME
And the best part? It’s all free. Customers get loads more without paying a penny extra.
This news comes as Americans get back to travel after years of staycations, complications and frustrations. In fact, more than two-thirds of Americans say they’re planning to “go big” on their next trip1. And business travel spending worldwide is expected to jump more than 37% next year to over
“Our mission is to be the best in the world at connecting customers to their world, and that means making sure your phone just works wherever you go – even if you travel beyond our signal,” said
Right now, staying connected while traveling is cumbersome at best, costly at worst and yet ever so critical. American travelers fork over an estimated
Today, T-Mobile is fixing that.
Coverage Beyond: High-Speed Data Worldwide
T-Mobile introduced breakthrough travel benefits with Simple Global in 2013. This changed the game with how Un-carrier customers use their phones when traveling. T-Mobile customers – including businesses – now use a whopping 60 times more data overseas than before. And today, T-Mobile is back at it again.
Starting
This move is another first from T-Mobile, making the Un-carrier the only provider to offer this much high-speed data in this many places … over 10X more locations than AT&T and over 10X more high-speed data than Verizon.
Plus, customers get the same experience of 5GB of high-speed data in 11 European countries —
And T-Mobile is doubling the speeds worldwide across all 210+ countries and destinations (from 128kbps to 256kbps) so customers’ phones just work from the moment they touch down for things like basic navigation and email. This is in addition to the free texting customers already enjoy in those destinations. And it all comes on top of 5GB of high-speed data and free calling and texting for Magenta, Magenta MAX and eligible T-Mobile for Business customers in
Roam on without worry.
In addition, T-Mobile for Business customers will soon get the Secure Wi-Fi mobile app, included at no extra cost with Business Advanced and Ultimate plans. Secure Wi-Fi is a set-and-forget app that, when connected to public Wi-Fi, automatically helps protect customers’ data and enhance their experience on their smartphone – anywhere in the world. It’s perfect for when customers need to get work done and have no choice but to use public Wi-Fi. And it’s 100% on Us.
Coverage Beyond: Free In-flight Connectivity
To keep Un-carrier customers connected in-flight, T-Mobile is working with in-flight Wi-Fi providers to give customers free connectivity WITH streaming all flight long on the biggest
This means T-Mobile customers are connected overseas and now in America’s skyways … at no extra cost. More airlines. More flights. Full-flight connectivity. And better connectivity.
This isn’t the in-flight Wi-Fi of decades past. In addition to texting, browsing and emailing on your phone, T-Mobile customers can also stream, where available, all flight long too. Meaning customers can watch all the streaming services they get for free or at a discount with T-Mobile – like MLB.tv, Netflix, Paramount+, Philo, YouTube TV and more.
Coverage Beyond includes:
- Free connection all flight long on EVERY flight with Magenta MAX, Business Unlimited Ultimate and equivalent Sprint plans.
- Free connection all flight long on four flights the customer chooses per year, with a free hour for every flight after that with Magenta, Business Unlimited Advanced and equivalent Sprint plans.
Coverage Beyond: T-Mobile Customers FTW
T-Mobile’s not just going full throttle on keeping customers connected, the Un-carrier is going to the mat, leveraging the post-merger size and scale of the new T-Mobile to negotiate deals for customers that they can’t get themselves. All so more Un-carrier customers can get back to travel this Summer. Starting
First up, big news for road trippers. The Un-carrier is now AAA’s official wireless partner. And that means T-Mobile customers get a year of
Plus,
Second, to help take the
Finally, with travel prices skyrocketing, the Un-carrier is going the extra mile to help customers save. T-Mobile tapped Priceline to launch T-Mobile TRAVEL with Priceline, a new site with travel deals exclusively for T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile customers. Save up to 40% and never pay full price on hotels or Pay Now rental cars, plus customers can book flights and more!
And while travel deals are advertised everywhere, thanks to the size and scale of the T-Mobile customer base, the Un-carrier was able to negotiate some travel deals so remarkable they can’t be found anywhere else. Just last month, a T-Mobile customer traveling to
Already, during the pilot, customers saved over
Every single T-Mobile customer, including businesses, can head to t-mobiletravel.com or the T-Mobile Tuesdays app, enter their number and get a code to unlock exclusive savings to start planning their next trip today. Easily scroll through ratings, reviews and see the T-Mobile savings in Magenta upfront. Now start saving and get packing!
Coverage Beyond? Check. Free Trips of a Lifetime? Also Check.
To celebrate all that sweet, sweet connectivity and to help jumpstart travel plans, starting
For more information on all of T-Mobile’s travel benefits, head to t-mobile.com/travel. For more information on T-Mobile Tuesdays, head here. For more information on T-Mobile for Business travel benefits, head to http://t-mobile.com/business/plans/travel-benefits.
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