Among the four national wireless carriers, Verizon has already increased its mobile broadband speed the most, just as the 5G era begins. RootMetrics compared mobile broadband speeds between the first half of 2014 and the second half of last year….
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T-Mobile Sprint Merger Completed: Promises Made on 5G, Rural, More
The T-Mobile Sprint merger has now been completed. The merged company, which will continue to use the T-Mobile name, is poised to be a strong player in 5G, as it now had low-band, mid-band and high-band spectrum to support broad…
Standalone 5G is the Next 5G Investment Area – So What Is Standalone 5G?
Carriers have been making major investments in deploying 5G networks, but there is plenty more to come – and not just in terms of opening new markets and new spectrum bands. The carriers also are making moves to deploy standalone…
Wireless Spectrum Lending is the Latest Trend in COVID-19 Response
With wireless use set to spike as more people work from home during the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, wireless spectrum holders are working together to most efficiently use the available spectrum. That has led carriers and spectrum holders to temporarily…
T-Mobile is Financially Prepared to Close the Sprint Merger
March 19, 2020 — BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced that it is currently financially prepared to close its planned merger with Sprint, based on its previously secured commitments for bridge financing and senior credit facility financing, subject to…
Dish, Others Lend Spectrum to T-Mobile for Coronavirus Pandemic
Dish Network and at least six other spectrum holders have agreed to let T-Mobile borrow their unused spectrum in the 600 MHz band for 60 days so that T-Mobile can boost capacity on its own 600 MHz network during the…
5G Millimeter Wave $7.5 Billion Auction 103 Winners Announced
The FCC has released the winners in Auction 103 of 5G millimeter wave spectrum in the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands, and it looks like the nation’s largest mobile carriers won the vast majority of the spectrum….
Analyst: Not All Mid-Band Spectrum is Created Equal; Sprint Has the 5G Edge
Mid-band spectrum has gained a lot of attention since carriers began deploying 5G over the last year or so. While high-frequency millimeter wave spectrum provides the fastest speeds, its range is limited. And while low-frequency spectrum has great coverage, 5G…
T-Mobile Gets the Fine Crown in Proposed FCC Wireless Carrier Consumer Protection Fines Totaling $200 Million
All four major U.S. wireless carriers face proposed FCC wireless consumer protection fines that total more than $200 million and involve customer location data. According to the complaint announced today, the carriers apparently disclosed customer location information without their consent…
T-Mobile and Sprint Announce Amendment to Business Combination Agreement
February 20, 2020 — BELLEVUE, Wash. & OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) today announced that they have entered into an amendment to their definitive Business Combination Agreement to create the New T-Mobile….
T-Mobile Sprint Win Court Case, Merger Could Close as Soon as April
The T-Mobile Sprint merger could close as soon as April, now that a federal judge has sided with the carriers in a court case brought by the attorneys general of several states attempting to block the merger. The merger “remains…
Sprint and Comcast Start Rollout of Anti-Robocall Technology
February 04, 2020 — OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sprint (NYSE: S) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced today the two companies are now utilizing call authentication technology that helps further protect customers from unwanted robocalls between Sprint mobile customers and…
