Verizon CEO Released info on Tuesday targeting markets such as 5G home and 5G commercial. Offering faster throughput speeds and the low latency of the 5G Verizon backed network. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg mentions that 5G will bring new and exciting services such as Apple music to some of the data plans, also adding Netflix style […]
AT&T Reveals 5G road map
AT&T plans to roll-out a nationwide, fifth-generation wireless network for businesses in 2020, the company said on Monday, intensifying the battle between top cellular providers to be the first to unveil the high-speed offering outside of select U.S. cities. The Dallas-based firm said its new 5G network, currently available in 12 cities including Atlanta, Dallas, […]
People Confused about 5g
Everyone is talking about 5g, but do they really know what it is? More than four out of five Americans have no idea what 5G is, according to a new survey of 2,500 US consumers done exclusively by PCMag.com. Carriers are not doing a very good job at explaining 5g. Some already think they have […]
Sprint President Points Out that AT&T 5G is not True 5G
In an interview with Yahoo at CES last week, Sprint president of Business Jan Geldmacher expressed his irritation at AT&T’s decision to market their upgraded LTE network as “5G E”. “They call it 5G, but we believe it’s not 5G. We roll out the real 5G. It’s based on our 2.5 gigahertz spectrum. It’s based […]
SureCall Introduces Force8 5G Cellular Signal Booster
FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Special to CES – SureCall, the performance leading cell phone signal booster manufacturer, today announced the Force8, the industry’s first 5G signal booster. Available in Q2 of 2019, the Force8 will give users increased 5G connectivity for commercial buildings in urban, suburban, and rural areas across the United States. […]
Study Shows Americans Expectations for 5G
A survey from HarrisX, commissioned by T-Mobile, shows that more than half of Americans are aware of 5G and excited for what it will offer – even though most Americans do not have access to 5G yet. Respondents who were aware of 5G have high expectations for it, with 90% believing it will be better […]
Georgia Senators Pursue Regulations to Promote 5G Development
A Georgia Senate study committee voted unanimously last week to pursue statewide regulations related to where and how cellphone companies can install their equipment. The goal of the regulations is to promote 5G wireless development in the state by giving cell carriers access to public rights of way to install their cell equipment as long […]
AT&T Upgrading Phones to 5G E, Not to be Confused With Real 5G
AT&T has been upgrading their LTE network, and in an arguably misleading move, AT&T will begin showing “5G E” on LTE phones in areas that use the upgraded LTE services. This service is NOT true 5G service – it is a faster, upgraded 4G LTE service – but AT&T is calling it “5G Evolution.” “If […]
T-Mobile and Sprint Get Closer to Merger
Sprint and T-Mobile got one step closer on their journey towards merging, with approval coming in from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on Monday. This committee is a government panel that reviews deals involving foreign investors and is an important step for the two carriers to clear. There are still other […]
Rumors of 5G-Capable Samsung Galaxy Continue
With 5G set to take off in 2019 with continued rollouts from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile, everyone is wondering when they will be able to buy a phone that will be able to take advantage of the new networks. Samsung has been rumored to be readying a 5G-capable Galaxy S10+, possibly with a model […]
