In a video published this week, T-Mobile President and CEO Mike Sievert discussed their “Connecting Heroes” program, which makes 5G access free of charge to public and nonprofit first responder agencies for 10 years. “When we’re at our most vulnerable, first responders are there for us … and they are under more pressure today than […]

Xfinity Mobile, a division of Comcast, has launched 5G service which operates on Verizon’s network. The Verizon 5G network is available in parts of 34 markets nationwide, and where it isn’t available, the service will use Verizon LTE or Comcast Wi-Fi infrastructure. New plan options were launched in conjunction with the 5G announcement. Pricing starts […]

In an interview with CNET’s Daily Charge podcast, AT&T CEO Jeff McElfresh discussed the network’s 5G rollout, including their plans to make 5G more accessible by offering more devices. “You should not assume that 5G is an exclusive capability for the most expensive handsets, and found only in the most expensive rate plans,” he said. […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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: […]

In March 2019, T-Mobile announced that they have started to test home Internet services using 4G LTE. At this time, T-Mobile limited the test to 50,000 customers. Recently T-Mobile promised if the merger happened, they would roll it out nationwide. Now that the merger has been approved, look for this to become a reality soon. […]

Trump administration officials, progressively intent on preventing Chinese global technological domination, keep floating the idea that the U.S. government should take a more direct hand in running next-generation 5G wireless networks. But the notion isn’t terribly popular — not even within the administration. On Thursday, Attorney General William Barr said the U.S. government should consider […]