Sprint today (Friday May 31st) is officially entering the 5G fray – rolling out its first 5G phone and mobile hotspot, with coverage provided in four launch cities – Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, and Kansas City. And because Sprint is launching 5G on mid-band 2.5 GHz spectrum – it is claiming to be able to cover […]
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T-Mobile / Sprint Merger Back On Track With FCC Greenlight
The long-in-the-works T-Mobile / Sprint merger got a huge boost today when FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he now plans to recommend approval of the merger, subject to some commitments and concessions being made by T-Mobile around deploying 5G technology. From his statement: “The companies have committed to deploying a 5G network that would […]
Verizon 5G Plans Come With Unlimited Data, Tethering and 4K Streaming
Verizon came out with more details on its mobile 5G service for the Above and Beyond Unlimited plans (different than the 5G home internet service), tied to the pending release of the Samsung S10 5G smartphone and the news is very promising. Mobile 5G service will include: unlimited high-speed 5G data unlimited 5G mobile hotspot/tethering […]
Verizon 5G Service Launches Early – 700Mbps Speed Tests Reported
UPDATE: May 16th, 2019 Verizon’s first true 5G phone went on sale today, as expected. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is a beast of a phone – with a huge 6.7″ screen, and a hefty $1,300 starting price. And unfortunately, it will be obsolete within a year, once the second generation of 5G devices reach […]
Verizon Mobile 5G Service Launching April 11th – In Just Two Cities
UPDATE (April 4, 2019): Verizon launched a week early to attempt to lay claim to launching the world’s first 5G smartphone service. We have published a story on the launch here: Verizon 5G Service Launches Early – 700Mbps Speed Tests Reported Verizon at last announced the first details of its upcoming mobile 5G plans this morning – […]
5G Getting Practical: Qualcomm Announces Second Generation X55 5G Modem Chipset
Fifth generation cellular technology is coming, and every carrier is cranking the hype machine up to eleven talking about how this amazing new technology has the potential to usher in dramatic improvements in connectivity – with insanely fast speeds and lower latencies that will usher in a whole range of new applications. Verizon rushed to […]
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