Stepping up to the 5G game is Dish Network, who back in May reported they had plans to make their 5G network the end all, be all, of networks. Later, they also vowed to cover at least 10k sites with their 5G coverage by the end of 2022. Dish’s big play here is to utilize […]
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Verizon’s CFO Discusses Progress with C-Band & Fixed Wireless
At the beginning of November, we reported about the stop AT&T and Verizon had to put on rolling out their respective 5G C-band services due to FAA regulations. As the FAA continues to work with the FCC on this, Verizon’s CFO Matt Ellis is confident that the delay won’t linger more than 30 days. Ellis, […]
T-Mobile Certifies the Sierra Wireless XR Series Routers on the 5G Network
Sierra Wireless, a world leading IoT solutions provider, announced today that its AirLink® XR Series cellular routers architected for 5G performance, are certified to operate on T-Mobile’s 5G network – the largest, fastest and most reliable in the United States. This includes the models XR80 and XR90. The supercharged AirLink XR90 is purpose-built for public […]
5G Stats from RootMetrics Favors T-Mobile
As T-Mobile’s lead in the 5G race soars – both in speeds and reliability – AT&T and Verizon’s positions are too close to call at this time. This is according to newly released data from RootMetrics (refer to the November Scorecard). Tests were completed in about 60 cities, out of a total 125 they will […]
How to Create a Schedule for Your OneTalk Phones
With the holiday season coming up, you may need to adjust your phones, since let’s face it, no one wants to answer a phone while eating turkey, visiting with family and watching football. Fortunately, One Talk makes it quick and easy to change the schedules and allow you to enjoy your time off. While everyone’s […]
T-Mobile To Notify Sprint Customers of 3G Sunset
Customers with Sprint 3G dependent devices will be receiving a letter from T-Mobile stating on January 1, 2022, Sprint’s older 3G (CDMA) network will be retired. If they are still using a device that is dependent on Sprint’s 3G network or that does not support VoLTE, they will need to upgrade to a more modern […]
Update your Pepwave BR1 & Transit Mini Before the 3G Sunset
Are you using the Pepwave MAX BR1 Mini (Cat 4) or Transit Mini cellular routers? With the pending shutdown of 3G services next year, we want to make sure you upgrade your device. If the update is not completed before the 3G shutdown, it may fail to reestablish its cellular connection. For the firmware download […]
Avoid Costly Cellular Overages By Disabling this new iOS 15 Feature
With the latest iOS update, 15, there is a new option that allows you to let iCloud backups use your cellular data. Due to the amount of time these backups can take, it could cause you to quickly burn through your cellular data allotment. Even worse, this setting is enabled by default! If you want […]
T-Mobile will retire Sprint’s LTE network in June 2022
It seems like quite some time ago now that we learned T-Mobile and Sprint would finally be merging their networks. Finally, T-Mobile has announced that it will retire Sprint’s LTE network this upcoming June. This comes about a year and half after shutting down Sprint’s 3G network. This is just the next step in T-Mobile’s […]
FCC Updates the US Cellular Coverage Map
It may be no surprise that not everyone that lives in the USA has access to high speed Internet. Some only have the option of cellular broadband service, which of course requires good cellular reception. Those of you who fall into this category will be interested to know that the President and the FCC are […]
