by Pivot
Tag: 5G
T-Mobile Makes 5G Upgrades to Support the MLB All-Star Game
Arlington, Texas — July 8, 2024 — Everything is bigger in Texas and that holds true for the Un-carrier’s network preparations for the 2024 MLB All-Star Week celebrations. Today, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced permanent 5G coverage…
5G Wireless Connections in North America Double the Global Average
There was strong 5G wireless growth during first quarter of 2024, with 185 million additions pushing global connections to almost the 2 billion level, according to data from 5G Americas telecommunications trade organization and Omdia,…
Ookla: Mid Band Spectrum Fueling Faster 5G, T-Mobile is Fastest
5G performance in the United States is improving due to the expansion of available mid-band spectrum, according to research posted by Ookla. Ookla also found that T-Mobile reached a median 5G download speed of 287.14…
Providers Get Serious About 5G Laptops
Laptops with cellular connectivity have been around for several years. Until recently, they were a limited market, but that’s beginning to change as providers are getting more serious about promoting them. Less than one million…
T-Mobile Offers Fixed Wireless as 5G Internet Backup Service
Today T-Mobile announced a new internet backup service that relies on the company’s fixed wireless Home Internet offering. The service, dubbed Home Internet Backup, will provide traditional internet service provider customers (those using cable and…
T-Mobile Selects Home Wi-Fi Vendor
Bellevue, Wash. — April 23, 2024 — T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) is shaking up the internet scene (again!) today, introducing two new plans to tackle broadband pain points – Home Internet Plus, the all-in-one plan with…
Ad-Supported App Offers Free Mobile Data Service
A free ad-supported app from TextNow offers free mobile data service with limitations. The company, founded in 2009, already offers free mobile voice service. TextNow’s Free Essential Data offers free data for “vital services,” in…
J.D. Power: 5G Fixed Wireless Has the Highest Customer Satisfaction
Fixed wireless access (FWA) based on 5G has the highest customer satisfaction of five technologies studied recently by J.D. Power. It beat out fiber, cable broadband, DSL and fixed wireless based on 4G LTE. Satisfaction…
FCC Proposal Would Use a Reverse Auction to Award $9B from Rural 5G Fund
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has shared a proposal for a reverse auction that would award up to $9 billion in funding to cover some of the costs of deploying 5G mobile wireless service in rural…
Echostar Gets a Key Win With DoD
Englewood, Colo. — March 18, 2024 — /PRNewswire/ — Today, EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS) announced the contract period of performance extension by the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) FutureG…
Report: 5G Roaming is on the Rise
International roaming enabler BICS saw a big jump in 5G roaming between 2022 and 2023. Consumer and IoT device roaming on non-standalone 5G networks jumped 156%. Non-standalone 5G networks were the first to be deployed…
T-Mobile Turns Up More 2.5 GHz Spectrum, Gains Speed Boost
T-Mobile is taking the first step in adding the spectrum to its Ultra Capacity 5G service that it won in an FCC auction two years ago. During the next few days, the carrier says that…