Editor’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!
T-Mo, Tappy and...
Carriers commit to building out a 5G network that will cover nearly all rural Americans
T-Mobile US and Sprint have committed to building out a nationwide 5G network that will cover the vast majority of the U.S. population, divest Boost Mobile and other concessions, in...
Company execs say they are still confident, enthused about Sprint merger
T-Mobile US continues to outstrip the rest of the industry on customer gains while delivering strong financial performance. T-Mo added 1.7 million total net additions during the quarter, up 15% from the same period...
On April 16, the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," said U.S. Department of Justice officials are "unlikely" to approve a planned merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint "as currently structured."
Not the case according to T-Mo CEO John Legere, who...
Over the last few years, we have been discussing whether to allow or block the proposed T-Mobile, Sprint merger. All along I have said, after weighing the pros and cons, the merger should be approved. However, something new has come up which is causing...
The plan is to serve 50K households with broadband this year
Earlier this year T-Mobile US Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert alluded to an upcoming pilot of a home broadband service using the carrier's LTE network and now, according to the company, the invitation-only pilot...
If you look for events that will kick an industry into high-gear for growth, look no further than the wireless industry, which is primed with 5G, AI, IoT and other new areas. This is important to understand whether you are in management, a worker,...
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile have all announced 5G pricing
As U.S. operators light up commercial 5G networks in select markets with plans to offer nationwide coverage in the 2020-2021 timeframe, we're just now getting a look at how much subscribers will have to pay for...
5G, rural coverage, pricing and which hotels T-Mobile US CEO John Legere prefers included in House hearing
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law convened a hearing to examine the potential impacts of a merger between carriers T-Mobile...
Ahead of House Judiciary Committee hearing, T-Mobile pushes home broadband and rural coverage
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on March 7 again paused its 180-day review of the proposed $26 billion T-Mobile US/Sprint merger; according to FCC documentation, the review period will resume on April...
Reps: Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will reduce jobs, hurt competition
In a Feb. 28 letter to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Makan Delrahim, an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, 37 members of the U.S. House of Representatives express opposition...
Editor’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!
App messaging cuts...
Members of the House's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology grilled T-Mobile US CEO John Legere and Sprint Chairman Marcelo Claure on everything from the commitment of a merged Sprint/T-Mo to the Lifeline program and covering rural America, to trying to discern what the long-term...
FCC makes another $68.1 million available for broadcasters' transition costs
The clearing and repacking of 600 MHz spectrum in the wake of the incentive auction is ahead of schedule, according to the Federal Communications Commission. The commission made another $68.1 million available to support broadcasters'...
Verizon keeps the national network crown that RootMetrics bestowed upon it in the first half of last year, with outright wins in most of the benchmarking company's six categories which held firm in its testing during the second half of 2018.
AT&T, the test company...
John 8:7--'He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone...'
Last week Sprint filed a federal lawsuit against competitor AT&T alleging that the latter's "5GE branding" is false advertising crafted to deceive customers as to what 5G is. AT&T's 5G Evolution...
AT&T, Verizon and now T-Mobile US all exploring 5G fixed wireless opportunity
Verizon's initial go-to-market for 5G is residential broadband offering. AT&T made clear on an earnings call last week 5G as a viable alternative to fixed-line broadband. And now T-Mobile US is planning to...
T-Mo CEO calls "bullshit" on 5Ge
T-Mobile US executives, speaking today on an earnings call, reiterated the importance of the operator's 600 MHz spectrum portfolio to its plan to offer nationwide 5G service in 2020.
According to the company, its 600 MHz spectrum is deployed in...
If the proposed merger isn't anticompetitive, why make that promise, analyst wonders
After the $26 billion proposed merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint was stalled due to the government shutdown, T-Mo CEO John Legere, who has been tapped to lead the combined company--the New T-Mobile--assured...
Ahead of the Super Bowl, T-Mobile US sent out a delightfully ambiguous press release titled "T-Mobile Announces They're Gonna Announce Something." What could it be? Clarity on their long-touted television offering; the availability of 5G-compatible handsets; why CEO John Legere went dark on Twitter...
T-Mobile US refined focus on customer care earns J.D. Power recognition
In August last year T-Mobile US launched "Team of Experts," its answer to the ubiquitous complaints about poor customer care from telecom companies. Now the operator, looking to win approval from lawmakers for its...
The city of Bellevue, Washington, is preparing for 5G with the adoption of a new process to make small cell deployment easier.
The city, where T-Mobile US is headquartered, said that its reexamination of its city code and processes were a response to the new...
As mobile operators prepare for 5G, their existing 4G networks are benefiting from the increased densification, faster speeds and the extension of LTE's reach, according to OpenSignal's most recent report.
Though the first true 5G mobile network — one using 5G 'new radio' technology — has yet...
Much of the activity on 5G spectrum in the US to date has focused on millimeter (mmWave) spectrum, but it is not clear that mmWave spectrum will be suitable for mobile 5G network deployment in the near to mid-term future. High-band spectrum offers higher...
