As a result, T-Mobile claimed that it undercharged Lyca Mobile. The court filing says, “Lycamobile could have and should have learned, and upon information and belief did know, that the invoices were underreporting data usage by Lycamobile subscribers.” This went on for over a year, according to T-Mobile; by August 2022, all of Lyca Mobile’s subscribers were accounted for in T-Mobile‘s billing records and invoices to Lyca Mobile reflected the actual amount of data consumed by its subscribers.
Lyca Mobile refused to pay the higher invoice amounts allowing T-Mobile to request a higher deposit. Lyca Mobile failed to pay invoices for September, October, November, and December 2022. The whole mess ended up in court with Lyca Mobile claiming that T-Mobile wouldn’t honor the terms of their MVNO agreement. In a filing made to the FCC, Lyca Mobile accused T-Mobile of withholding important technology from its U.S. unit and it urged the FCC to block T-Mobile‘s $1.35 billion purchase of Mint Mobile (which eventually did close).
Lyca Mobile subscribers might need to buy a new phone for the MVNO’s transition to AT&T from T-Mobile. | Image credit-Lyca Mobile