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T-Mobile beat expectations for its fourth quarter earnings report,  posting revenue of $19.8 billion and earnings per share of $0.74. Analysts expected revenue of $18.9 billion and EPS of $0.57. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless company added a net total of 1.4 million customers in the quarter, topping Verizon and AT&T. It now has a record-high 103.4 million total customers. Shares were up more than 2% in after-hours trading. T-Mobile stock is up more than 40% over the past year. T-Mobile’s continued growth follows the company’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint, which was completed last year after a  lengthy legal battle and extended regulatory review . The acquisition is helping T-Mobile build out its 5G network, which it claims is the largest and fastest in the U.S. Last month T-Mobile launched its new home internet service as part of the latest “Un-carrier” move and in March unveiled 5G wireless routers. . @TMobile  is off to a terrific start in 2021 & here’s a snapshot

Netflix added a record number of new subscribers in 2020, helped by a surge in home viewing.

Police in Pasadena and Long Beach vowed data from license plate readers wouldn’t be used to enforce civil immigration laws. But records tell another story.

Calls to many businesses now result in recordings about “unusually high call volume.” The reality, experts say, is that there aren’t more calls — but fewer agents answering phones.