In a continuation of its outreach to rural America, T-Mobile has announced grants to 25 communities in what the carrier says will be a continuing stream of grants. The communities receiving T-Mobile grants are Atmore and Wedowee, AL; Clarksville, AR;…
A new report from 5G Americas identifies a broad range of telecom provider connected car opportunities, including providing cellular connectivity and multi-access edge computing (MEC) to support intelligent transportation systems designed to make roadways safer and more efficient. The 32-page…
T-Mobile and vendor Visual Labs are partnering on a project designed to turn first responders’ smartphones into body cams and communications tools. The goal is to save money over purpose-built systems. The technology provides body camera, digital camera, audio recorder…
T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile will launch in 2,300 Walmart locations and on Walmart.com on October 18. Additional options and plans, including its Magenta MAX plan will be phased in by November 1. On the earlier date, consumers will be…
Global mean download speeds on fixed and mobile networks increased 31.9% and 59.5%, respectively, from July 2020 to July 2021, according to the latest release of the Speedtest Global Index. Fixed broadband attained median speeds of 107.50 Mbps and mobile…
The Gulf Coast region is just beginning to recover from Hurricane Ida, with significant impact on cell towers in the state of Louisiana. According to an FCC progress report, as of August 30, 52% of cell towers in the hurricane’s…
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert today posted a blog post on the company’s website to update customers on the status of the cyberattack earlier this month and the steps the company has taken since. “The last two weeks have been humbling…
Published reports say that a T-Mobile hack resulted in a breach that could affect as many as 100 million customers. Data breaches exposed nearly 188 million customer records in the first half of the year, according to one report. Among…
August 17, 2021 — SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inseego Corp. (Nasdaq: INSG), a leader in 5G and intelligent IoT device-to-cloud solutions, today announced that its MiFi® 8000 4G LTE mobile hotspot is now commercially available at UScellular stores and UScellular.com. The MiFi…
Verizon yesterday said it has expanded its 5G Home fixed wireless and 5G Ultra Wideband mobile services. Consumers in parts of Austin, TX, and Gresham, OR can now access Verizon’s 5G Home broadband and 5G Ultra Wideband mobility services, while…
Although LTE is still used for most private wireless networks, 5G’s private wireless share is increasingly quickly, according to a new report from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). GSA tracks at least 370 companies around the world that have…
The FCC has released a preliminary interactive mobile broadband map based on data provided by the nation’s four largest mobile carriers. The map is based on new parameters that were designed to overcome problems with previous carrier-submitted data — and…
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