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 […]
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Verizon gives extra 15GB to everyone to help users stay connected during COVID-19 crisis
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 […]
T-Mobile working to increase 4G and 5G speeds during COVID-19 crisis
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 expands 5G to more cities, including Twin Falls and Evansville
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, […]
Upcoming OnePlus 8 series phones will all be 5G
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 5G+ network now available to all – not just businesses
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 […]
AT&T’s faster millimeter wave 5G network launches on March 6th with the S20 Plus and Ultra
AT&T is finally making its faster, mmWave 5G network which it calls “5G Plus” available to customers this Friday the 6th of March, alongside the release of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus and S20 Ultra. The 5G launch will be the first time that customers will be able to access both the sub-6GHz and mmWave […]
AT&T Launches 5G in 22 more cities
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 […]
FCC approves $9.7 billion payout to satellite companies to clear spectrum for 5G
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 […]
Intel debuts 5G chips for servers and base stations, aiming for infrastructure dominance
Intel’s new 5G strategy involves a combination of server chips, ASICs, and base station SoCs that are needed to power the growing 5G infrastructure around the world. After losing the consumer side of things to Qualcomm, Intelfocusing on what it sees as a $25 billion opportunity by 2023 with the 5G market grown. Related posts: […]
