How does Dish Wireless' network look in a match-up against another operator, particularly outside of its market of initial focus (Las Vegas)? Signals Research Group delved into that question in a new report, using Samsung Galaxy devices in extended drive tests in the Twin...
Opensignal looks at 5G experience vs. overall network experience among the three largest U.S. MNOs
T-Mobile US continues to maintain its lead in offering the fastest 5G speeds and availability, but Verizon and AT&T's C-Band deployments are helping those carriers to make some inroads.
That's the...
T-Mo trial reaches 3.6 Gbps speeds using 6CA in sub-6 GHz spectrum
T-Mobile US is laying claim to an industry first: Testing the aggregation of six component carriers in sub-6 GHz spectrum.
The carrier recently completed the testing, working in partnership with Ericsson and Qualcomm...
Newly launched Starlink satellites will support reciprocal access services with MNOs
On Tuesday evening, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 21 Starlink satellites in tow.
Those satellites included the first six Starlink satellites with direct-to-cellular capabilities, essentially acting...
SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites.
The company said that it would be testing up to five devices at different power levels using T-Mobile US' spectrum in...
FCC's auction authority has yet to be reinstated by Congress
It literally took an act of Congress, but T-Mobile US will get access to the licenses the carrier won in 2022.
President Joe Biden has signed the 5G SALE Act, giving temporary authorization to the...
Bill is headed to President Joe Biden's desk
Congress has passed a bill that would enable T-Mobile US and other winners in the most recent auction of 2.5 GHz licenses to take ownership of spectrum licenses that were acquired during a 2022 auction but have...
T-Mobile US, working with Ericsson and Qualcomm, achieved speeds of 4.3 Gbps
T-Mobile US is touting its tests of millimeter-wave spectrum in its 5G Standalone production network, saying that it has been able to hit download speeds of 4.3 Gbps.
Those downlink speeds were achieved with...
Dish Network CEO is also leaving EchoStar merger nears completion
As the company reinvents itself to be a mobile network operator augmented by satellite capabilities brought in by EchoStar, Dish Network stock plummeted to a 25-year low following weak Q3 earnings. The Wednesday earnings call,...
T-Mobile’s legal team reportedly called the class action suit 'unprecedented and speculative'
T-Mobile US has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit related to its 2020 acquisition of Sprint after a U.S. judge ruled in favor of a class action filed by AT&T and Verizon subscribers...
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Covid-19's impact on...
T-Mobile US continues its strong performance, gaining postpaid phone net adds of 850,000 during the third quarter and seeing its service revenues grow 4% year-over-year to $15.9 billion.
Postpaid service revenues saw even better numbers, with a growth rate of 6% to $12.3 billion. Overall...
Starlink is planning to expand its satellite-to-cellular-phone services from emergency texting to include voice, data and IoT service, starting in 2025.
A Starlink website promoting the LEO satellite company's Direct to Cell services promises "ubiquitous coverage" and "seamless access to text, voice, and data...
On the MWC Las Vegas keynote stage, John Saw talks slicing
LAS VEGAS—Network slicing continues to gain momentum, with T-Mobile US CTO John Saw announcing a nationwide expansion of the carrier's network slicing beta program for developers, as well as a new "security slice" service...
Mid-September greetings from Missouri, where fall is beginning to break out. The close of the Royals season is coming soon (opening pic), football is back (although the Chiefs’ opening game left much to be desired) as well as apple cider, pumpkins, and the new...
Labor Day weekend greetings from Louisiana, Texas and Missouri. Pictured is the Venture Global LNG plant in Cameron, Louisiana. Over the last two years, we’ve passed by many times and continue to be amazed at the scale of their operation.
This week’s Labor Day edition...
'It's time to deliver on the promise of 5G," writes T-Mo's John Saw
It's August 2023, roughly four years after mobile 5G began to appear in the United States and still in the early days of 5G Standalone network availability. One of the key features...
T-Mobile US CEO Sievert said the roles being eliminated represent those that are 'duplicative' or are no longer relevant to the company’s current direction
T-Mobile US this week revealed plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce. According to a company-wide email...
Dish claims to have already spent $1 billion on 800 MHz-ready radios
Dish Network has asked for another 10 months to put together enough funding to buy T-Mobile US' 800 MHz spectrum, citing "unprecedented turbulence in the global capital markets" that makes the cost of...
Lahaina being served by temporary site solutions in the wake of wildfire damage
Of the 21 sites taken down by wildfires in Maui, all but five are back in service as of today, according to figures from the Federal Communications Commission.
The agency is tracking...
Telecom carriers continue to work on restoring service in the areas of West Maui impacted by devastatingly destructive wildfires. The official death toll stood at 96 as of early Monday, with hundreds of people still missing and the search and recovery efforts still in...
Will Townsend, vice president and senior analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, discusses 5G hype vs. reality, the ongoing transition from Non-standalone 5G to Standalone 5G, and what T-Mobile US is doing with network slicing. Townsend also discusses his interest in how bridging the...
Greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, the home of this year’s Independent Show. Pictured are Sally Daniels from the National Content & Technology Cooperative (NCTC), Steve Leavitt from Connectbase, and Jim. The NCTC Connectivity Exchange creates a selling consortium of smaller broadband...
T-Mobile also said it plans to expand the network slicing beta to additional application types and use cases in the future
T-Mobile US announced the launch of a network slicing beta for developers based on application type, with the aim of bringing new video calling...
