One of the main selling points with 5G wireless technology to the world is that telecommunications providers have offered the opportunity to enter into new markets and offer new sources of revenue from wireless services. This opportunity to build an Amazon, or something like AWS, leveraging much of the assets that telephone service providers already […]
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 […]
Defense Innovation Board Indicates China is Winning 5G Race
In a report prepared for the US Department of Defense, the Defense Innovation Board indicated that China is well ahead of the US in 5G development. “The country that owns 5G will own many of these innovations and set the standards for the rest of the world,” the report stated. “That country is currently not […]
About one in three Americans think they have 5G service but don’t
Potentially millions of people do not understand whether their smartphones support 5G technology. Decluttr, a phone company that offers refurbishment of cell phones. Declutter has surveyed 2,000 US smartphone owners in late May of 2019 and found that about a third of respondents believed that they owned a 5G smartphone. Of the 40 percent are […]
Expect to wait 2-3 years before 5G phones get cheaper
Some people are lucky and live in the areas where 5g is available. However, the 5g phones are quite expensive considering the limited 5G coverage with the carriers. At least they will still work with 4g if 5g isn’t available. TechRadar attended a meeting with Samsung CEO, DJ Koh, saying that he expects consumers to […]
Early T-Mobile 5G Testing Shows Coverage Advantages vs Verizon (But Not Speed)
T-Mobile has launched their 5G network in 5 cities now, and of course the world wants to know how it compares to the 5G networks launched by other US carriers. Both Verizon and T-Mobile are utilizing high-frequency millimeter wave for their currently-launched cities, which provides amazing speeds but poor coverage. Early adopters of Verizon’s 5G […]
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: […]
Real-life 5G network testing burns through data plan in less than an hour
When receiving the promised speeds on the 5G network could proved dangerous for your data plan. A technician that was testing at Randwick has explained. Was testing at the site about 25 minutes in, after several speed tests & downloading PUBG ( Smartphone game) and two movies from Net Flix, I got an SMS alert […]
T-Mobile launches 5g in 6 cities
On June 28th, T-Mobile will have the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G for sale. They will be launching the 5g service in Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. Customers who are not in these six cities can still purchase the phone and use T-Mobile’s LTE network. T-Mobile at this time is not […]
Verizon. vs AT&T.vs Sprint, Guess who is winning the 5G battle.
In the pitched battle over 5G in the USA, AT&T has been leading the way with fastest peak downloads of 1.8 Gigabytes of data per second. This test was completed in Los Angeles with a Galaxy s10 5G. The same speed test has been run on Verizon branded Galaxy s10 5G phone. The maximum speed […]