The FCC today adopted rules for the 5G Fund for Rural America, which will make $9 billion available to cover some of the costs of deploying service to rural areas that lack higher-speed mobile service. Awardees will be required to…
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C Spire Begins Rollout of Next-generation 5G Service in Mississippi
Ridgeland, Mississippi (October 23, 2020) – C Spire today began rolling out its game-changing 5G service – the next generation of wireless network technology – in the first Mississippi markets with plans to add more areas by the end of…
Spectrum Fight Draws Multiple Billionaires into the Ring with Lucrative Mid-Band Spectrum in the Balance
There’s an interesting battle brewing at the FCC over lucrative mid-band spectrum. A battle that has multiple billionaires directly involved, highlighting the value of spectrum in the 5G age. The battle is over MVDDS spectrum, which is in the 12…
New T-Mobile Venture Fund to Support Young 5G Firms
T-Mobile today launched a venture fund that will invest in early stage and emerging growth companies developing 5G technologies. T-Mobile Ventures will focus on companies developing edge computing, security, industrial IT and “future of work” technologies. The carrier will work…
Auction 107 C-Band Bidders Include AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Dish, Viasat, Cable Companies
Nearly 75 entities have applied to bid in Auction 107, an auction of 280 MHz of coveted mid-band spectrum in the C-band between 3.7-3.98 GHz. The list of would-be C-band bidders reads like a “Who’s Who” of service providers and…
T-Mobile 5G Underlies World Series “BatterCams”
T-Mobile plans for World Series coverage are an effort to meet a subtle but vital challenge facing carriers and their ecosystems in the 5G age — developing attractive applications capable of convincing people of the benefits and value of 5G….
Verizon Private 5G Vs. AT&T Private Cellular Networks: Let’s Compare and Contrast
Verizon said it will partner with Microsoft to integrate its 5G Edge network with Microsoft Azure edge services, a move designed to support private 5G networks for enterprise customers. The Verizon news was released around the same time that rival…
Service Provider Groups Ask Trump to Scrap U.S. Government 5G Network Idea
Seven associations representing communications service providers have written a letter to President Trump urging him not to pursue the idea of a U.S. government 5G network. The letter came in response to a request for information about such a network…
Xfinity Mobile Expands 5G Coverage Nationwide
Oct 13, 2020 — PHILADELPHIA, PA — Today, Comcast announced Xfinity Mobile is expanding its 5G coverage nationwide, offering the latest generation of wireless connectivity across the U.S. Starting October 14, Xfinity Mobile’s nationwide 5G network will be available on…
Verizon 5G Nationwide Launched, 5G Ultra Wideband Expanded
Verizon said today that its nationwide 5G network is now operational and reaches 200 million people in 1,800 cities around the U.S. The company is using the name Verizon 5G Nationwide for the service, which according to the company “runs…
5G Economic Forecast: $8 Trillion Impact on Global GDP by 2030
As 5G becomes more commonplace, it will increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by $8 trillion by 2030, according to a 5G economic forecast from Nokia. A $4.5 trillion investment in 5G and related technologies will support this growth, researchers…
Not the Onion: T-Mobile Unveils a Betty Crocker Layer Cake
October 12, 2020 — BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It’s 2020, things are wild. Like, a wireless-company-teaming-up-with-an-iconic-cake-mix-brand-wild. Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced a culinary confection you need to eat to believe: the magenta Supercharged 5G Un-carrier Layer Cake. Since the beginning, T-Mobile has…
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