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Tag: Mobile
Report: T-Mobile, Verizon Are Top U.S. Mobile Carriers for Mobile Experience
T-Mobile and Verizon are the top U.S. mobile carriers for delivering the best mobile network experience, according to new research from Opensignal. The carriers each earned three Opensignal mobile network experience awards. AT&T won the…
Verizon Readies 5G Standalone Core to Support Slicing and More
Verizon said today that it has successfully completed an end-to-end data session over its new 5G standalone core network. The company said it expects to start moving traffic onto the new core in the second…
Verizon IAB Aims to Speed 5G Builds
Verizon and Ericsson have completed a proof-of-concept trial of integrated access backhaul (IAB) technology, which Verizon hopes will speed 5G deployment in the millimeter wave band. Even before 5G, regulatory approvals, permitting, licensing and installation…
AT&T Offers Wireless Savings to Teachers, Nurses and Physicians
AT&T announced yesterday that teachers, nurses and physicians will be able to receive a 25% savings on the company’s Unlimited Starter, Extra and Elite wireless plans beginning Friday. First responders, military and veterans were already…
Qualified CBRS Auction Bidders Total 271, Including Numerous Rural Providers
More than 250 applicants have qualified to bid in Auction 105 of spectrum in the CBRS band, which is scheduled to start July 23. The full total of 271 qualified CBRS auction bidders includes all…
Dish Boost Acquisition Complete: Dish Kicks Off Wireless Business with a Retro Offer
Dish’s acquisition of Boost Mobile, Sprint’s prepaid wireless business, is now complete. The Dish Boost acquisition is valued at $1.4 billion and includes more than 9.3 million customers. Dish also gains a seven-year MVNO agreement…
Report: Verizon Takes Global 5G Speed Crown, But It’s Barely Used
The three major carriers each had something to crow about in Opensignal’s 5G User Experience Report for June. Verizon had the fastest 5G, while T-Mobile had the best availability. AT&T and Verizon tied for fastest…
O-RAN is Hot, as Dish 5G Plans, Pai Comments Illustrate
Dish plans to build a standalone 5G network are moving ahead, as the company today announced two key O-RAN vendors. The company said it will use radio units (Rus) from Fujitsu and cloud-native Open vRAN…
AT&T’s Addition of 28 5G Markets Brings Nationwide Total to 355
AT&T has added 5G to 28 more markets, bringing the total population covered to 179 million people across 355 markets. Some areas of the new markets are using dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS), in which the…
FCC T-Mobile Network Outage Investigation Begins
As promised by FCC Chairman Pai, an FCC T-Mobile network outage investigation is underway. The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced it’s seeking public comment on the effects of T-Mobile’s June 15th network…
Report: Mobile VPN App Downloads Exceed 31 Million in First Five Months of 2020
Thirty-one million mobile virtual private network (VPN) apps were installed during the first five months of 2020 and generated $23 million in revenue on Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, according to data…
Verizon Gets Set to Deploy 5G Nationwide Using Low-Band Spectrum and DSS
Verizon expects to deploy 5G nationwide this year, now that the company has completed successful trials using dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology to enable LTE and 5G services to run simultaneously over low-frequency, also known…