T-Mobile has finally brought Band 71 support to a data-only mobile hotspot device! The Coolpad Surf is T-Mobile’s newest hotspot and although it is fairly basic in terms of features, it does support T-Mobile’s newest LTE spectrum – 600MHz Band 71. Why is this important? T-Mobile is aggressively rolling out Band 71 across the country […]
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2018 Mobile Internet Year in Review & Looking Forward Into 2019
2018 has been yet another wild ride in the world of mobile internet! The undeniable biggest story of the year was the surprise release of an actual (mostly) unlimited mobile hotspot data plan from Verizon, once again making Verizon an obvious Top Pick for anyone with serious mobile data needs. But there were plenty of […]
AT&T to “Upgrade” Millions of 4G/LTE Phones to Pretend They Are 5G
UPDATE (2/5/2019): Apple Embracing 5GE Label in iOS 12.2 As we reported in December (original story below), several Android phones have been updated to display “5GE” over the past several weeks, and it appears as if Apple customers will soon be getting an “upgrade” to 5G on AT&T too. Over the past few days some […]
Republic Wireless Offering 20GB Data-only Sim Cards Through Amazon
T-Mobile/Sprint reseller Republic Wireless is now selling an interesting and unique data-only, prepaid, one-time-use, plug-and-play SIM card. Available only through Amazon, the sim can be installed in any unlocked, GSM-compatible device and comes in 30 and 90-day versions. Although advertised as “unlimited” data, it only includes 20GB of high-speed (4G/LTE) data per 30 day period, […]
Two Networks, One Pocket – Carriers Are Finally Starting to Provision Smartphone eSIMs
One of the headline features of this year’s crop of new iPhone models (our story) was support for having two cellular plans active at once – on one device. Apple has enabled this feature by pioneering eSIM (embedded SIM) technology that allows you to use one traditional physical SIM card, and one virtual SIM installed […]
Carriers Preview Upcoming Mobile 5G Technology & Devices
This week in Hawaii mobile chipmaker Qualcomm is hosting its Snapdragon Technology Summit featuring the first public demonstration of standards-based 5G technology, and the first (almost) hands-on previews of several upcoming 5G devices. Verizon and Inseego have used this event to announce the MiFi 5G NR, Verizon’s first 5G hotspot. And AT&T and Netgear have […]