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T-Mobile Quickly Expanding Mid-band 5G

Sep 2, 2020, 1:33 PM by Rich Brome

T-Mobile today announced the launch of 5G in valuable 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum in 81 "new cities and towns". Many of the new areas are suburbs of the eight major cities already launched: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.. However some all-new areas include select neighborhoods near Tampa, Boston, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Portland (Oregon). T-Mobile says it is adding mid-band 5G to 1,000 cell towers per month, brining the service to "thousands of cities and towns across the country" by the end of the year. The company is also adding more mid-band spectrum to cell towers already enabled with mid-band 5G, for even greater capacity and data speeds. T-Mobile is the only major carrier with significant mid-band spectrum, which offers a good balance of speed and coverage for 5G service, compared to other bands.

Oct 5, 2021
The FCC today started Auction 110, the third in a series of auctions to sell licenses for valuable C-band (mid-band) radio frequencies that offer a good mix of data speeds and coverage when deployed for 5G networks. All three major US wireless carriers have registered and qualified to bid in the auction.

T-Mobile Details Plans to Keep its Lead in Mid-Band 5G Through 2023

Dec 1, 2021
T-Mobile recently announced that its mid-band 5G network now covers over 200 million people, a threshold that the industry acknowledges as "nationwide" coverage. (Mid-band 5G offers an ideal balance of fast data speeds and broad coverage compared to 5G in other bands.) In an interview with Phone Scoop, T-Mobile executives detailed how they plan to maintain the company's lead in mid-band 5G even as Verizon and AT&T launch mid-band 5G early next year.

Verizon Details C-Band 5G Launch Plans, Promises 10x Data Speed

Jan 4, 2022
Verizon has formally announced plans to launch 5G in the new "C-band" mid-band radio frequencies later his month, and filled in details of what the launch will include. The company is promising to cover 100 million people — nearly 1/3 of the population — with the new network at launch.

FCC Raises Over $22 Billion in Latest Mid-Band 5G Auction

Jan 7, 2022
The FCC's Auction 110 has concluded, with up to 33 bidders paying a total of $22.5 billion for 4,041 licenses out of 4,060 offered. All of the top three national wireless carriers participated in the auction.

AT&T, Dish Big Winners in FCC's Latest Mid-Band Auction

Jan 14, 2022
The US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) just announced the winners of its auction 110, for prime new mid-band radio spectrum ideal for 5G. AT&T and Dish spent the most, each splurging for enough licenses to cover the entire continental US.

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gloopey1

Sep 3, 2020, 4:03 AM

Going Places

From what I’ve seen, T-Mobile is heavily invested in investing: expanding their network and utilizing all the resources they have at their disposal. I believe this is what Sprint could’ve been years ago had they followed Nextel’s lead in doing business and creating infrastructure. Better late than never.

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