Operators in South Korea and China embrace network sharing to accelerate 5G deployment
As carriers ready an initial slate of commercial 5G services, it's apparent that the next-generation of mobile networks will require major capital investment in network densification to deliver on multi-gigabit mobile broadband,...
T-Mobile US will pay a $40 million fine and admit fault in a settlement involving failure to complete rural calls while inserting illegal false rings so that it appeared to consumers that the calls were going through.
The settlement is the result of a Federal...
Six years ago, T-Mobile US was crashing and burning. It was the worst performer in all of wireless. In order to survive, they needed the right kind of new leadership with big ideas. So, they hired John Legere as CEO. He studied the wireless...
Steel in the Air President Ken Schmidt has some recent analysis of what the national distribution of 100,000 small cells over the next few years could look like, if you assume that deployment will more or less follow population. His estimates crown California as...
Rohde & Schwarz said it is the first test company to validate Rich Communications Services conformance tests, amid growing global momentum for RCS.
RCS is a set of IMS technology features that seeks to enable mobile operators to compete with over-the-top messaging services such as...
T-Mobile US continues its efforts to clear 600 MHz spectrum as quickly as possible. The carrier has a new agreement with a Dallas/Fort Worth-area broadcaster, NBC 5/KXAS-TV, to move to its new frequency in late May of this year so that T-Mobile US can...
Big four carriers touted comparative spectrum positions as key to 5G plans
Deutsche Bank's annual Media, Telecom and Business Services Conference always provides excellent insight into mobile operator growth strategy, including investment in network infrastructure and growth in service revenues. In the U.S. the competitive...
Braxton Carter talks 2018 priorities for network and business, and discusses T-Mobile 5G strategy
T-Mobile US CFO Braxton Carter, speaking during a keynote session at the Deutsche Bank 2018 Media, Telecom and Business Services Carter, called out competitors for 5G-related marketing claims that reflect each...
Mobile World Congress is the industry's biggest showcase of the year, and if you can manage to sift through the hype and the sheer volume of show news, you can get a pretty decent idea of where the telecom industry is putting its energy...
T-Mo plans 5G deployments, 25K LAA small cells
T-Mobile US laid out plans to start building out 5G and "5G-ready" capabilities in 30 markets this year, pinning its 5G strategy on mobile, smartphone-based 5G services once devices are available in 2019.
T-Mobile US said that it "plans...
Just a few short years ago, T-Mobile US was crashing and burning. Then they brought in new CEO John Legere and he breathed life back into the tired lungs. His “Un-carrier” strategy seems to be working. The company has been growing thanks to his...
Should CBRS rules be designed for carriers or for everyone else?
The 3.5 GHz band is seen globally as a 5G band and, in the U.S., as a key to providing private LTE as well as 5G. As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission considers rules...
T-Mobile US continues its streak of ongoing growth, rounding out 2017 with both a fourth quarter and a full year of impressive numbers: services revenues at $7.8 billion for the quarter, up 7.1% year-over-year. Total revenues at $10.8 billion in the quarter, an increase...
NB-IoT will complement existing LTE Cat 1 and Cat M1 network support
The internet of things (IoT) consists of a huge variety of use cases that come with a widely varying set of network capacity and coverage needs. To address this large market, operators around...
Mobile carriers are bringing Midwestern cities up to speed in network performance, making noticeable improvements in speed and capacity available to consumers in both large and mid-sized markets outside the big coastal cities, according to the latest metro area rankings from RootMetrics.
This is the...
Taking stock of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile US and Sprint deployments of gigabit LTE
The combined features that deliver gigabit LTE were enhanced and adopted by standards-setting body 3GPP in October 2015 with the group’s Release 13. The primary building blocks of gigabit LTE are:
4X4...
Verizon and AT&T both saw big dips in network speeds after introducing unlimited plans, according to OpenSignal, but those impacts have largely been mitigated and speeds are improving as the first anniversary of industry-wide adoption of unlimited plans approaches.
In February 2017, Verizon finally made...
As T-Mobile US CEO John Legere wraps up his fifth year with the self-described "un-carrier," the company is proving that it can continue to add customers even in a relatively stable market with low churn rates. This week T-Mobile released preliminary subscriber numbers for...
There have been a wave of announcements from U.S. carriers in the past few weeks regarding plans for commercialization of 5G. The momentum comes as the 3GPP last month adopted the non-standalone 5G New Radio specification, and is working toward finalizing the standalone variant...
5G test designed to explore inter-vendor millimeter wave system
In a recent field test, T-Mobile US connected a Nokia base station with Intel's 5G Mobile Trial Platform using the 28 GHz band in an outdoor environment in its hometown of Bellevue, Wash. T-Mobile US called...
T-Mobile US said that it expects to launch more than a dozen smartphone models with 600 MHz support this year and that it has already extended 600 MHz coverage to nearly 600 cities and towns.
The carrier said that in 2018, it "will launch more...
SoftBank has been on a buying spree since Sprint/T-Mobile US merger talks were scrapped
Based on a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, SoftBank and its subsidiaries Galaxy Investment Holdings Inc. and Starburst I Inc. have increased ownership stake in the U.S....
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Sprint makes major exec shuffle following T-Mo merger breakdown
After months of speculation, in November merger talks between Sprint and...
The biggest mobile tech news on Twitter this week as the buzz that 5G New Radio is officially here, with the non-standalone specification being ratified by 3GPP this week in Lisbon, Portugal.
https://twitter.com/SylviaLuUk/status/943785590092451841
It was no surprise -- the technical work was complete back in late...
