Category: Networking

April 28, 2021

Another day, another comprehensive report looking at the current state of the war for US 5G supremacy between the nation’s top three wireless service providers. Unsurprisingly, the nationwide data collected by Opensignal in the December 15, 2020 – March 14, […]

April 19, 2021

There is no shortage when it comes to mobile carrier choices today. This is because there are now a number of options other than the Big Four (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile). Mobile Virtual Network Operators or MVNOs are increasingly […]

April 15, 2021

Owned by cable giant Comcast and operating on Verizon’s airwaves, Xfinity Mobile aims to take on the “big three” US wireless service providers (Verizon included) with its aggressive new unlimited plan pricing. While the monthly cost of a single line of unlimited […]

April 6, 2021

T-Mobile just bagged another recognition over the quality of its 5G network, this time for reliability. Its 5G effort already has the widest footprint thanks to the low and slow, but far-reaching bands it started using first, albeit the speeds […]

April 5, 2021

Verizon is determined to provide 5G services to as many customers as possible, and one segment that seems a bit underserved in the enterprise area. Starting this week, Verizon will offer enterprise customers in the United States who want a […]

March 4, 2021

Samsung just became the first 5G phone and network equipment maker to break the 5Gbps download speed barrier northwards, and with off-the-shelf gear at that, including an oldie but goodie Galaxy S20+. Using a combined 40MHz of 4G frequency and […]

February 23, 2021

On Feb. 24, T-Mobile is launching a new data plan for those with 5G-enabled smartphones. It’s called Magenta Max, and it essentially replaces the provider’s Magenta Plus plan. For $57 per-line-per-month, you’ll get unlimited talk, text, and data, along with […]

February 9, 2021

As we continue to transition from LTE to 5G, Qualcomm just announced the world’s first 5G modem capable of reaching data speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second. Devices featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chips, which use a Qualcomm X60 […]

February 3, 2021

This year, a critical mass of US carrier 5G networks expansion and sub-$400 5G phones may usher in a watershed moment in the next cellular connectivity standard adoption rates. After all, Apple made sure that even the cheapest members of […]

February 2, 2021

StarHub is sticking with Nokia as its equipment partner to build out its 5G standalone network. The move is touted to allow the Singapore telco to run 5G services independent of existing 4G network technology. The move comes six months […]

December 10, 2020

5G is catching on quickly. According to a new report by Speedtest, the next-gen mobile network has seen major adoption this year. 5G has also gotten a lot faster, though speeds vary tremendously depending on where you live. Based on […]

November 30, 2020

Swedish networking giant Ericsson has reported that the 5G rollout is progressing faster than expected and that around a billion people worldwide will have coverage by the end of this year. The report says this makes 5G rollout faster than […]

October 28, 2020

Shortly after finally being allowed to complete a merger in the works since April 2018, T-Mobile announced back in April 2020 it had already started to integrate Sprint’s mid-band spectrum into its widespread but sluggish 5G network initially based entirely […]

September 29, 2020

AT&T is not exactly ahead of the US carrier pack in terms of either raw 5G speeds or the availability of its next-gen wireless network, which may have played a role in T-Mobile’s recent surge to the number two spot […]

August 12, 2020

It’s no longer a big secret that Verizon comfortably leads the regional (and even global) 5G speed chart while trailing behind both T-Mobile and AT&T in terms of the actual availability of the next-gen cellular signal due to its objectively […]

August 7, 2020

Just four short months after officially completing its long-in-the-works Sprint takeover, T-Mobile claims to have surpassed AT&T in subscriber numbers, setting its sights on Verizon next on the road to total US wireless industry domination. As you can imagine, recently […]

July 24, 2020

VPN providers often give away little treats to tempt people into subscribing. Sometimes this comes in the form of an extra few months of coverage at the end of a contract, which is nice but not exactly exciting. Some providers […]

July 14, 2020

Just when you’ve finally been able to wrap your mind around 5G and understand the difference between sub-6GHz and mmWave airwaves, and know why low-latency is better than high-latency (which puts you way ahead of the average consumer by the […]

June 24, 2020

Equinix on Wednesday announced that it’s opening of a new data center in Dallas, Texas to support its 5G testing efforts. The company said Dallas, a major communications hub for the southern US, has a highly dense ecosystem of carriers, […]

June 19, 2020

T-Mobile President of Technology Neville Ray had a lot of explaining to do after his otherwise much-lauded network was brought to its knees across the nation on Monday, but now that the catastrophic outage is behind Magenta customers, it’s time […]