Deutsche Telekom now has a 50.2% stake in T-Mobile US
Germany's Deutsche Telekom (DT) has finally surpassed a 50% stake in T-Mobile US after years of steadily increasing its ownership in the American company. During a DT general meeting held this week, CEO Timotheus Hoettges...
The 5G project targets closing the opportunity gap in STEM education by enabling accessible, interactive math and science lessons
T-Mobile US announced a partnership with virtual reality (VR) learning platform Prisms VR to support school districts across the U.S. as they implement VR education tools in...
Ray touts VoNR coverage, 4 CA data call
T-Mobile US has already "effectively achieved" its network-related commitments made to the Federal Communications Commission as part of the conditions on its merger with Sprint, says the carrier's President of Technology Neville Ray.
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Greetings from the Midwest as we slowly turn from winter into Spring. Pictured is the Wayne County (Nebraska) courthouse from the week of March 13. Still a good snowpack even as late as last week.
This week’s Brief is...
With the move into higher frequency bands (and TDD), there are coverage range and penetration losses. In standards work, 3GPP has created an option to compensate for this: High-Powered User Equipment, or HPUE. Originally aimed at supporting the communications range boost needed by first...
ABI Research also highlighted that North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific regions are driving 5G FWA deployments
5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are forecast to reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market, according to a recent report by...
Verizon has been struggling to turn the ship around and get back on a solid growth track for the last decade. The good news is they are beginning to show some positive movement. The problem is there is still a long way to go....
Outgoing T-Mobile US President of Technology Neville Ray reflects on the company’s network journey, see “a lot of opportunity ahead for the business”
Recalling his career in the U.S. wireless industry, T-Mobile US President of Technology Neville Ray said he’s been, in some ways, working...
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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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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 those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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In just over 18 months, T-Mobile US has secured 2.6 million 5G FWA customers
At Mobile World Congress Barcelona, RCR Wireless News caught up with Neville Ray, president of technology at T-Mobile US, to discuss 5G progress and where the carrier is seeing the greatest...
T-Mobile tried to knock the growing competitive threat they face from cable TV companies by saying their wireless service is not profitable. What T-Mobile is missing is that profitability does not matter in order to be successful or a threat. The cable television companies...
The two telcos said the new network APIs are integrated onto Microsoft Azure Programmable Connectivity
BARCELONA—Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile US have developed a platform with joint Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) - called T-DevEdge – with the aim of making easier for the global developer community...
Chief Network Officer Ulf Ewaldsson to take the reins as president of technology upon Ray's retirement
T-Mobile US' longtime network guru, Neville Ray, has announced that he will retire from his position as president of technology in the fall of this year.
T-Mo's current EVP...
Early Valentine’s Day greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Florida. Hard to believe that two weeks ago we were basking in the glory of another Chiefs AFC Championship win. Today’s game will be tough, but, like the 2022-2023 season, Coach Reid and the team...
Ericsson announced its latest 5G indoor radio unit, called IRU 8850, which is suited for medium-to-large venue coverage
Ericsson said it has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any...
Verizon landed the most individual awards, but T-Mo's speeds can't be beat
T-Mobile US garnered the overall best 5G experience in the second half of 2022, per Rootmetrics, but AT&T also had a strong performance at the state level and Verizon did particularly well at...
The bulk of the three national carriers' capacity for Super Bowl 57 is on their 5G networks
The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs aren't the only ones who have been preparing for this weekend's Super Bowl LVII—operators have been building out additional capacity...
In the US market at least, FWA seems to be leading new 5G service revenue generation
When Verizon initially launched 5G in 2018, it was a pre-standard mmWave FWA. Since then, and in line with the articulated plan to provide nationwide broadband using wireless and...
2022 was the company's 'best year ever,' says CEO Sievert
T-Mobile US rounded out 2022 with postpaid net customer additions of 1.8 million in the fourth quarter and 6.4 million for the year, beating its guidance and recording record-low churn of 0.88%. Q4 2022 —...
Ericsson breaks down the current (and future) market for FWA, and outlines how operators can effectively monetize the service
Ericsson conducts ongoing research and monitoring of major developments impacting the global ICT industry, its customers, and itself. With regard to fixed wireless access (FWA), the...
T-Mobile US had an average 5G download speed of 186.3 Mbps from September 16 to December 14, 2022
For the seventh consecutive time, Opensignal has declared that T-Mobile US has the fastest 5G download speeds in the United States, hitting an average of 186.3 Mbps,...
Greetings from Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, the location of this year’s MetroConnect conference, is pictured). It’s been a full week of Telco Top Five earnings, and we will devote most of this Brief to results analysis. For those of you...
With colocation, Crown Castle sees double the per site activity at 10% the incremental cost
Based on commentary from Crown Castle EVP and CFO Dan Schlanger at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media and Entertainment Conference, 2023 will be a big year from small cell densification...
