Putting 5G Speed to the Test in New York City

Are 5G speeds as fast as they say? Cellular providers have been foreshadowing the arrival of 5G. The ultra-fast network of the future- for many months now. But we should not get too excited, at least, not yet. On Friday the 5th of July, T-Mobile officially turned on the switch on it 5G network in […]

5g launches in UK

EE first launched 5g in May 2019 and now this month Vodafone is the second to launch 5g in the UK. They’re launching it in Cardiff, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool. The 5g network can offer up to 100 times faster than 4g. Later this year they plan to have the service in […]

AT&T 5G for Business Launches in Las Vegas

AT&T has officially expanded their 5G service to Las Vegas. However, like other cities they’ve deployed, 5G service in Las Vegas is currently limited to business customers and select developers only. Business customers in Las Vegas can sign up for the Business Unlimited Preferred plan for $90 a month, and two 5G-capable devices are available: […]

AT&T 5G Users See Speeds of 1Gbps at Shape Conference

At AT&T’s Shape Conference in Los Angeles this week, attendees were able to test out the carrier’s new 5G network, and the speeds did not disappoint. A CNet tester using a Galaxy S10 5G phone ran 12 tests and achieved speeds over 1Gbps in all 12, and saw speeds over 1.4Gbps in 8 of the […]

Half of the world will have 5G coverage in five years

Ericsson (ERIC) a Swedish telecom-equipment maker says that “rapid early momentum” and consumer enthusiasm means the switch to 5G is happening much faster than anticipated. In the report 45% of the world’s population will be able to access the next generation wireless networks in 2024. They also revised its estimate for global 5G subscriptions, which […]

Sprint adds Samsung’s Galaxy s10 5G to be released on June 21.

As Sprint prepares to add more 5G cities, they also are adding another 5G phone to its lineup. Sprint has launched 5G service in four cities last month. Sprint has released they are going to be adding the Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G , The New 5G phone will be joining the already released 5G phones […]

How to view 5G networks where you live

A 5G coverage map from Ookla, maker of  Speedtest.net app, provides a detailed look at which 5G networks are live in a given place from a given network, and whether that coverage is commercially available or limited. Want to know how to find out? Follow these steps to track 5G with Ookla’s map: 1: Navigate to www.speedtest.net/ookla-5g-map from any […]

US comes in 30th place for average 4g speeds

Recently OpenSignal ranked 87 countries based on average download and upload speeds, 4G availability, video experience, and latency. US came in 5th place for 4G availability, 58th for video experience, 50th for latency experience, and 39th for upload speeds. The US had an average mobile network download speed of 21.3 Mbps. That was just above […]

Sprint 5G Goes Live in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City

After months of hype, Sprint has officially turned on their 5G network in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Kansas City. Sprint CTO John Saw spoke with reporters in Dallas, saying “This is probably going to be the largest initial 5G launch in terms of coverage and footprint. This is just the beginning.” Sprint is hoping that […]

5G may interfere with Weather Forecasts

The new era promised by the advent of 5G technology provides some exciting opportunities. These include much faster data speeds that will enable far quicker downloads. Besides making it possible to download your favorite movies and videos in a flash, these higher speeds could enable the Internet of things and make for improvements in autonomous […]