Last November, T-Mobile invested nearly $3 billion in the FCC’s Auction 110. This secured them an additional 21 MHz of mid-band spectrum, which they are now using to cover areas with their Ultra Capacity 5G service. These areas will provide service to around 184 million people across the United States. Technically speaking, this mid-band service […]
AT&T Offers New Unlimited Data Plans and Discounts, Only at Walmart
AT&T is now offering a new data plan, as well as discounts on existing plans and new phones. The new data plan, called “Unlimited Max,” is a prepaid plan that is available only at Walmart. It comes with unlimited high-speed 5G data, available HD streaming, unlimited talk and text, unlimited text from the U.S. to […]
FAA Allows AT&T, Verizon to Turn on More 5G Towers
Announced Friday, The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it has agreed that Verizon Wireless and AT&T can safely turn on additional towers for their C-Band 5G deployment. “Through continued technical collaboration, the FAA, Verizon, and AT&T have agreed on steps that will enable more aircraft to safely use key airports while also enabling more […]
Inseego 4G/5G Routers Now Available at 5Gstore
Think back to the first time you saw or used a mobile WiFi hotspot. That’s where our new partner, Inseego got its start. For the past 25 years, they’ve been leading the way by creating entirely new types of devices that allow users to connect wherever they are. By staying at the front of innovation, […]
Verizon 5G Map with Ultra Wide
Verizon recently updated its Verizon 5G nationwide coverage map with its new “Ultra Wideband” C-Band coverage. We now know exactly where Verizon says more than 90 million Americans will be able to get this new C-Band service. According to Verizon Wireless, it offers two types of 5G service: “5G Ultra Wideband and 5G Nationwide. Only […]
T-Mobile Comes Out on Top of OpenSignal’s Latest Report
OpenSignal is known for its mobile analytics. Each year they release a few reports about the major cellular carriers’ networks. They take results gathered from millions of devices, which result in billions of measurements. The latest data gathered, which was collected between September and December of last year, shows T-Mobile is on top once again. […]
Testing Verizon C-Band in New York City
Verizon’s new 5G network is live and PCMag just tested it out in New York City. In summary, C-Band made their connections about 50% faster, once they were able to find the signal. They also noted less congestion on the network, which is likely due to it still being so new. Starting this past Wednesday, […]
T-Mobile Wins Big in New Ookla Performance Study
T-Mobile is boasting about its 5G service again, with an announcement that it came out on top in a new Ookla study. This measured things like 5G speed, performance and availability. In the announcement, they added that it would be moving forward with turning on its 5G carrier aggregation (CA), both with 2.5 GHz and […]
5G rollout continues today, despite FAA concerns
Today is finally the day that Verizon is rolling out their 5G Ultra Wideband (5G UWB) network. Buffer zones around 50 airports have been enabled in preparation. This comes after much back and forth consulting, and arguing, between the FAA, the FCC, AT&T, and Verizon. While things seem to have settled down between the companies, […]
Adding 5G to Glass Wearables
Imagine a work environment, such as a large office or warehouse, where your workers can go mainly hands-free. That’s the future using 5G connected glass wearables. Whether they be for technicians and engineers, or warehouse workers and other remote employees, they can provide the benefit of fast speeds and low latency for real time, high […]