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T-Mobile winnning 5G speed war as Verizon and AT&T play catch-up with C-band

January 24, 2022

Via: 9to5Mac

Opensignal is out with its latest report on 5G coverage and performance in the US. According to the results, T-Mobile has increased its lead over AT&T and Verizon when it comes to 5G availability, reach, download and upload speeds. However, […]


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T-Mobile wants you to know its industry-leading 5G is totally safe to use

January 21, 2022

Via: Phone Arena

By building a “nationwide” low-band 5G network first and quickly adding a significantly faster mid-band layer on top of that in many places around the country, T-Mobile has managed to gain a massive lead over its arch-rivals in terms of […]


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EE is still the fastest 5G network arund

January 20, 2022

Via: Tech Radar

EE remains the operator to beat when it comes to 5G speeds and availability, according to the latest report from network testers RootMetrics which says all four operators have shown improvements. RootMetrics conducted 650,000 tests across all four UK nations […]


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Emirates, Air India, and others cancel flights due to AT&T and Verizon’s 5G rollout

January 18, 2022

Via: The Verge

Emirates, Air India, ANA, and Japan Airlines have all announced they’re canceling some flights to the US due to this week’s rollout of C-band 5G over concerns it could potentially interfere with some instruments. This comes as cell carriers, federal […]


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AT&T and Verizon push forward on 5G expansion despite FAA concerns over flight safety

January 3, 2022

Via: 9to5Mac

AT&T and Verizon are going forward with plans to activate additional 5G cellular spectrum. The expansion follows a month-long delay at the request of the Federal Aviation Administration to study how 5G C-Band affects airplane safety equipment. Reuters reports that […]


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5G wireless could still disrupt flights, US airlines warn

December 16, 2021

Via: Tech Radar

US airlines have warned that plans from Verizon and AT&T to deploy C-band 5G could lead to the disruption of thousands of flights and cost air travelers $1.6bn in delays. At a recent US Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chief executive […]


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DISH has big plans for its cloud-based 5G network that go beyond serving Boost customers

December 1, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

The satellite TV honchos from DISH used to be at the forefront of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger opposition, expressing a number of concerns citing lack of competition and the potential boost of plan prices in front of the FCC. […]


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T-Mobile, Verizon Outage Stops Some Users from Calling | Issue NOT on Their End

November 30, 2021

Via: Tech Times

T-Mobile and Verizon’s outage left some customers unable to contact other numbers, whereas others experienced persistent connection issues between calls. T-Mobile, Verizon Outage: What Happened As per the report by The Verge, the outage started at around 2 in the […]


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Desperate to catch up to T-Mobile, AT&T details big 5G+ expansion plans

October 26, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

If you’re a mobile tech enthusiast who likes to keep track of all of the industry’s newest developments, breakthroughs, and well, controversies, you probably already know that not all 5G networks are created equal. That’s especially true in the US, […]


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FTC Questions Personal Data Use of Six of US’s Largest ISPs like Verizon, AT&T, Google Fi, and MORE

October 21, 2021

Via: Tech Times

The Federal Trade and Communication (FTC) is now questioning the likes of Verizon, AT&T, Google Fi, and all six of the largest internet service providers of the US for harvesting personal data without reason. The companies are now called out […]


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Verizon, Samsung, and Qualcomm achieve record 5G mmWave upload speed

October 14, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

As great as it sounds to have nationwide 5G in the U.S., the real joy comes when you find yourself in an area served by mid-band or mmWave signals. Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T use low-band spectrum in order to cover […]


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T-Mobile finally sets a firm shutdown date for its own 3G network

September 16, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

The day some of you might have been dreading for a while is coming relatively soon, although not quite as soon as previously reported. Instead of shutting down its legacy 3G network on October 1 of this year or April […]


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Verizon’s latest 5G UW and 5G Home expansion is as unimpressive as we’ve come to expect

September 10, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

After spreading the blazing fast mobile 5G Ultra Wideband and 5G Home broadband love to three and five new cities respectively just a month ago, Verizon is today adding even more places to both those lists. While that’s certainly nice […]


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Mid-band 5G speeds help T-Mobile win an important award for the first time ever

August 24, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Supported by a treasure trove of mid-band 5G spectrum acquired from Sprint and a breakneck pace of deployment and expansion of said spectrum on top of its low-band network foundation, T-Mobile continues to set records, accomplish previously unimaginable feats, and […]


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NTT taps startup Celona for its managed private 5G service

August 12, 2021

Via: ZDnet

Cellular connectivity in the enterprise has been hyped for more than a decade, but it had largely flopped because WiFi has remained the only viable option for wireless. Older versions of cellular, such as 3G and 4G, didn’t have the […]


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Britain’s BT to end 3G support in two years; iPhone 12 helped 5G market grow

July 14, 2021

Via: 9to5Mac

Britain’s BT announced that it’s phasing out 3G in the next two years as it maintains its plans to bring 5G to the entire country by 2028, reports Reuters. According to BT Consumer CEO Marc Allera, traffic has more than […]


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Vertical location data for 911 calls demanded from AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile by the FCC

June 4, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

The Federal Communications Commission has given AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile a seven-day deadline to deliver vertical location information on 911 calls nationwide. The three biggest US carriers were supposed to deliver on the FCC’s demands by April 3, 2021, and […]


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Verizon goes straight for T-Mobile’s jugular with its ‘biggest 5G upgrade’ deal yet

June 1, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

Seeing as how T-Mobile appears to be slowly catching up with the US wireless industry’s leader in subscribers while already towering above the competition in terms of 5G infrastructure, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that Verizon keeps unveiling […]


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T-Mobile to retire Sprint’s 3G CDMA network in early 2022 – report

May 24, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

T-Mobile plans to discontinue older technologies like Sprint’s 3G CDMA network and reroute the resources to other projects like its LTE and 5G networks. According to an internal memo obtained by T-MO Report, that won’t happen until after January 1st, […]


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T-Mobile’s last-minute Mother’s Day deal can hook you up with a free 5G iPhone 12

May 7, 2021

Via: Phone Arena

If you’ve been holding off on choosing from our comprehensive early list of the best Mother’s Day tech deals of 2021 hoping that T-Mobile would unveil something drastically better at the last minute, you might be disappointed to see the […]