T-Mobile saw $1.3 billion in 2020 post-merger run rate synergies; guiding up to $3 billion in 2021
T-Mobile US this week touted 2020 as it's "best year ever" as CEO Mike Sievert put it, and laid out an ambitious plan to extend its mid-band 5G...
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 can aggregate T-Mobile's 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz 5G bands
Samsung this week debuted its latest flagship, the Galaxy S21, with across-the-board feature advancements and, of course, support for non-standalone and standalone 5G both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave. Of interest n...
In October T-Mobile expanded on a pilot project by opening up an LTE-backed fixed wireless access home internet service to some 20 million households. This week CEO Mike Sievert provided more color on the carrier's FWA strategy and how the company's television service, TVision,...
Chilly December greetings from Lake Norman, where “Santa Jim” was busy distributing Christmas treats to the neighborhood dogs. They are certainly an attentive bunch.
Thanks for the many responses to last week’s Brief. As seen below, content/streaming developments seem to occur daily, and we are...
December greetings from Springfield, MO, and Davidson, NC. Pictured is yours truly standing in one of the world’s largest coal shovels (used for strip mining in rural Missouri in the 1950s). This particular shovel is prominently displayed in a small town (Rich Hill) in...
Analysts pressed Verizon on millimeter wave 5G network coverage during sell-side analyst meeting
T-Mobile US Vice President of Technology Neville Ray is confident in the carrier’s 5G “coverage leadership.” Speaking recently at the virtual BCG/New Street Research 5G Conference, Ray touted the reach of T-Mo’s...
T-Mobile is launching their new pay TV offering called TVision. With a growing list of new competitors, will this be successful? Let’s take a look at the growing industry, the new and existing competitors and the secret to a successful pay TV service in...
NAD determined that some of T-Mobile's 5G claims are misleading
After an examination of T-Mobile US’ claims about its 5G network, the National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs has found that the carrier’s ads have been potentially misleading consumers.
While NAD determined that some...
100 million people will be covered by T-Mobile US 2.5 GHz 5G by year-end, nationwide by the end of 2021
In providing third quarter fiscal reporting this week, T-Mobile US executives provided an update on the progress of integrating the Sprint network and migrating customers...
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...
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In Early August, T-Mobile claimed a world’s first with the launch of a nationwide standalone 5G network that uses its 600 MHz spectrum. T-Mo initially launched its 600 MHz 5G network last year and reached nationwide coverage--200 million people covered--using the non-standalone architecture. With...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? John Saw, T-Mobile (Ep. 23)
T-Mobile's John Saw, executive vice president of advanced and emerging technologies, discusses the operator's latest 5G milestones; how T-Mo is investing in innovation via its T-Mobile Accelerator and the 5G Open...
Twin Cities latest to get Verizon's mmWave 5G Home service
As U.S. carriers invest in both 5G network expansions and new services built on the network, both T-Mobile US and Verizon made announcements today with the former lighting up its 2.5 GHz spectrum in 121...
T-Mobile US and American Tower have signed a new long-term agreement which will enhance T-Mobile’s access to American Tower’s U.S. sites, both companies said in a release.
The deal is expected to deliver up to $17 billion in incremental revenue for American Tower.
The infrastructure deal...
Every major wireless carrier now has a new CEO. I’ve been a wireless analyst for the last 35 years, watching the industry and commenting on more companies than I can count. With that said, I am very excited right now because I believe the...
The Atlanta suburb of Peachtree Corners, in Georgia in the US, is to deploy an AI-based smart city management system to run as a single control window for the city’s entire IoT development.
Peachtree Corners is home to the Curiosity Lab smart city project, funded...
Hi again from Davidson, where the dog days of summer are continuing. Pictured is our pooch, Abby, stealing some relief from our neighbor’s sprinkler system.
This week, we will celebrate the end of Auction 105, also known as the CBRS auction. We will define themes...
T-Mobile's 600 MHz standalone 5G network
In Early August, T-Mobile claimed a world’s first with the launch of a nationwide standalone 5G network that uses its 600 MHz spectrum. T-Mo initially launched its 600 MHz 5G network last year and reached nationwide coverage--200 million people...
Mid-month greetings from “move in” weekend at Davidson College. Attached is the “scene” at the College as they grapple with containing outbreaks while maintaining the liberal arts community that makes Davidson special. It’s an experiment that will likely have fits and starts but will...
Greetings again from Charlotte/ Lake Norman. Pictured is a double rainbow from July to celebrate a week of consistent market highs as well as a pretty darn good first earnings report from T-Mobile. We will analyze four key parts of their conference call, then...
T-Mobile US claimed a global first with activation of standalone 5G in 600 MHz
T-Mobile US CEO Mike Sievert and President of Technology Neville Ray, discussing the operator's second quarter financial results, touted the expansion of 600 MHz-based 5G coverage with the recent activation of...
Summer greetings from Charlotte and Lake Norman, NC. This has been a news-filled week. In our Q1 2020 preview, we described a “bingo card” that a few Sunday Brief faithful use as more of a tongue-in-cheek way to manage through hours of earnings calls. ...
Carter will continue to serve T-Mobile as a strategic advisor through the end of this year
Peter Osvaldik will be taking over the position of CFO at T-Mobile from Braxton Carter, who is retiring his magenta cowboy hat after seven years. Osvaldik is currently SVP...
FCC declines to comment beyond a tweet from Chairman Ajit Pai
T-Mobile US customers experienced widespread voice and text outages that the carrier said were "resolved," as of 10:03 p.m. PST yesterday. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on Twitter yesterday wrote, "The T-Mobile...
