Author: Michael Ginsberg

T-Mobile announced today that it has completed its merger with Sprint. In a statement, T-Mobile said that the will result in a “transformative 5G network” for consumers and businesses. The merger will allow the two companies to share their range of assets, combining T-Mobile’s wide but low-speed low band and short distance but higher-speed high […]

This week, President Trump signed two bills related to wireless and broadband into law: the Secure 5G and Beyond Act and the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act. The Secure 5G and Beyond Act requires the president to develop a strategy to secure and protect 5G technology. The president has 180 days to consult […]

With students and non-essential workers staying home to study and work, access to affordable internet is incredibly important. To help their users stay connected without incurring pricey overage fees, Verizon is giving all of its customers an extra 15GB of data through the end of April. Users on an unlimited plan will be able to […]

With the coronavirus keeping people home and more and more Americans transitioning to telecommuting and online schooling, the demand for fast and reliable internet access is soaring daily. T-Mobile is working to increase their network capacity by utilizing 600MHz spectrum from other companies and expanding their partnership with Sprint. For the first part of their […]

T-Mobile has continued their rapid expansion of their 5G network with several launches around the country this week. Coverage is now available in Twin Falls, ID; Corvallis, OR; Jackson, TN; Bozeman, MT; and Evansville, IN. Coverage is available around the hubs of those cities, as well as some additional surrounding areas: Twin Falls: Buhl, Wendell, […]

OnePlus confirmed to CNET that the upcoming OnePlus 8 series of its phones will all be 5G-capabe. CEO and co-founder Pete Lau explained that “going forward, we’re all in on 5G”. “I want to restate our commitment to 5G and our long term investment,” he said. “We’ve been investing in 5G for several years and […]

AT&T’s super fast mmWave “5G+” network is now available to consumers. Until now, AT&T had reserved their mmWave network only for business subscribers, while consumers could only access their slower but more widespread 5G low band network. AT&T users will need the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra to take advantage of […]

Today, AT&T 5G has gone live in 22 more cities around the country, bringing the total to 80 cities nationwide to have AT&T 5G service. The service went live in more areas of New York, Ohio, and California, which already had AT&T 5G in some spots, as well as a variety of other places from […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to approve a payment package of $9.7 billion to satellite companies using the 3.7GHz to 3.98GHz band, to clear 280MHz of spectrum that will be auctioned to 5G carriers. This “C-band” spectrum is important for 5G development, and the auction could begin in December of this year and continue […]

According to sources, the new line up of Samsung Galaxy S20 phones will be the first unlocked phones that work on all of the major US carriers’ 5G networks. There will only be one hardware version of the S20+ and S20 Ultra sold by all carriers, so even if you buy it with a carrier’s […]