T-Mobile US added 627,000 net postpaid phones during the second quarter of 2021
T-Mobile US touted continued strength in customer gains during the second quarter and shrugged off the coming loss of Dish Network wholesale customers to AT&T, saying that the additional capacity on its...
The $5 billion, 10-year deal involves an MVNO arrangement, AT&T providing 5G transport for Dish, and more
Dish Network and AT&T recently struck a $5 billion deal to move Dish's wireless customer traffic — including customers of its Boost Mobile, Ting Mobile and Republic Wireless...
5G is bringing 'positive impact and performance improvements ... to all operator networks,' says GWS CEO
Ahead of its annual comprehensive network analysis, network benchmarking company Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) released a look at carrier 5G networks and pegged AT&T's 5G network as having the...
There are two kinds of people in the world, says Grant Castle: Those who answer a call from an unknown number, and those who assume it's a spam call and let it go to voicemail.
Castle, who is VP of engineering services and quality...
Verizon's network performance continues to be strong, but both AT&T and T-Mobile US are seeing a streak of performance improvements, according to the most recent round of testing from Rootmetrics.
In Rootmetrics' analysis, AT&T saw significant improvements at the national and state levels of...
T-Mobile doubled its lead in 5G download speed over the competition, according to OpenSignal
OpenSignal’s latest 5G user experience report concluded that T-Mobile US, for the third time in a row, had the fastest download speed during the time period measured. In fact, the carrier’s...
Those interested in throwing a 5G-themed dinner party, may already be aware of the “exquisite” Torres 5G Garnacha red wine from Spain. T-Mobile US, however, has given us yet another option to serve our thirsty guests, and unlike the Torres winemakers, T-Mobile is in...
The EM9190 and EM9191 are industrial-grade 5G sub-6/LTE NR modules
Sierra Wireless has completed the testing of its 5G Sub-6/LTE NR embedded modules — the EM9190 and the EM9191 — with NTT DoCoMo on its 5G network in Japan. Now, customers can deploy connected...
Availability, reliability and speed are three key aspects of a mobile network -- but when it comes to 5G, it appears that each of the three national networks are excelling at a different one of those aspects, at least according to Rootmetrics' analysis.
The...
Greetings from Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC, where the wildlife is plentiful. Pictured is a red-tailed hawk that was on our dock this week. Herons, ducks, geese (and goslings), hawks, buzzards, loons, osprey… we have it all on the Lake.
This week was originally going to...
C-Band auction winnings not enough for AT&T, Verizon to catch T-Mobile on mid-band 5G
Despite the more than $80 billion its competitors AT&T and Verizon dropped in the recently-wrapped C-Band auction, T-Mobile's pace of 2.5 GHz deployment, and sheer breadth of spectrum holdings, sets...
T-Mobile US this week report a strong first quarter marked by 1.2 million postpaid net subscriber additions and 773,000 postpaid adds. T-Mo reported total revenue of $19.8 billion with net income of $993 million. In what CEO Mike Sievert described as a "beat-and-raise quarter,"...
As Dish Network works to delay T-Mobile US' plans to sunset the former Sprint CDMA network on which many of Dish's Boost Mobile customers still rely, the Rural Wireless Association has joined with seven other groups in sending a letter to the Federal Communications...
As T-Mobile US works to double its enterprise market share from less than 10% over the next five years, T-Mobile for Business Executive Vice President Mike Katz sees it as a "fundamental Un-carrier story," according to a new blog post. Acknowledging the comparative market...
Lumen Technologies, formerly CenturyLink, using its fiber and edge assets for enterprise 5G services
According to the "Un-carrier," it wants to double its enterprise market share in the next five years. During a March analyst event, T-Mobile executives discussed the role of 5G in driving...
ditor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Deciphering the 600...
In its latest round of speed test data collection, Ookla ranks T-Mobile US' 5G as the fastest during the first quarter of this year, clocking a median 5G download connection speed of 82.35 Mbps. AT&T was second with 76.60 Mbps and Verizon Wireless third...
There are two pillars that support the 5G user experience: Availability and performance. According to a new report from Rootmetrics, T-Mobile US is leading in 5G availability across US cities, but AT&T's 5G provides the best performance and AT&T and Verizon both win high...
T-Mobile is shutting down their TVision pay TV service. So, what does this mean for their future? They have been talking about entering and changing the pay TV space for years. They thought they would be successful in pay TV like they have become...
T-Mobile users in rural areas were impacted the most from transition to SA 5G
In August of 2020, T-Mobile US claimed a world’s first with the launch of a nationwide standalone (SA) 5G network that uses its 600 MHz spectrum. Launched its 2019, T-Mo’s 600...
The 5G experience at this year's Super Bowl saw a dramatic improvement over what was available to users last year, according to testing by Global Wireless Solutions.
GWS tested the networks of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US and said that all three of them achieved...
Crown Castle finished 2020 with approximately 50,000 small cells on air, and has increased its backlog of small cells committed or under construction to approximately 30,000, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors.
In the call, the executive also highlighted...
T-Mobile US announced five-year, multi-billion-dollar agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to continue expanding its 5G network nationwide.
Part of the network investment following last year’s merger with Sprint, these new deals will enable T-Mobile US to add 5G coverage, capacity, speed and advanced...
TVision streaming service builds on LTE-based home internet service
In recent months, T-Mobile executives have pegged the number of radio sites their crews are touching as upward of 700 per week in their effort to put the 2.5 GHz spectrum that came with the Sprint...
