It has been months since Verizon and AT&T agreed to temporarily limit their 5G expansion plans due to concerns about how the new wireless standard could interfere with aircraft tools. All this time, the Federal Aviation Administration has been working with the cellular carriers to find a solution to using 5G safely at and around […]
Tag: AT&T
How AT&T’s 5G Network is Contributing to the Department of Defense
AT&T has been implementing 5G service and showcasing its benefits in different areas. Most recently they demonstrated how a Naval “Smart Warehouse” could be created using a variety of 5G-powered technology solutions. During demonstrations, the team working on the project found AT&T’s private 5G network delivered data throughput speeds of 3.9 gigabits per second. The […]
Providing Service During Natural Disasters – How AT&T is Testing 5G on Drones
For the past few years, AT&T has provided cellular coverage at disaster sites around the U.S. They run the network behind FirstNet, a service for first responders. When their services are needed they typically provide this via trucks called COWs (cell on wheels). In the more recent years, the carrier expanded to using a fleet […]
How Do Cellular Home Internet Services Compare?
After roughly a year of getting their 5G home Internet services rolled out, both Verizon and T-Mobile are not only increasing their coverage areas, but their customer base as well. Just recently, T-Mobile reported they had expanded their service’s availability from 30 to 40 million households. For Verizon, they had announced back in January that […]
Does T-Mobile Still Have the Fastest 5G?
You may be familiar with Ookla, or their famous speedtest.net website that lets users easily test their Internet connection’s latency and download and upload speeds. They also run quarterly reports comparing the results between different Internet providers, both fixed and mobile. We’d like to highlight the mobile results only. This first quarter’s results were just […]
Will Cellular Carriers Continue to Invest in mmWave?
Many of the cellular carriers are, or have dedicated a large portion of their capex budgets this year, but this doesn’t mean that millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G deployments are done. Mobile Experts, in a recent report, say that it expects mmWave investments will return in late 2023 and 2024. Companies like Verizon and AT&T have […]
How AT&T is Helping Pave the Road to 6G
With 5G networking becoming more widely available, we’re now learning more about future technologies – 5G Advanced and 6G. According to AT&T news, AT&T has asked the FCC for two, two-year experimental licenses that will be used to “demonstrate the functionality and capabilities” of these newer wireless systems. The carrier will be performing tests out […]
How AT&T 5G and Northrop Grumman Corp. Are Helping the DoD
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a technology company, and AT&T have started a collaboration with the goal of researching and developing a digital battle network. This would be in an effort to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and powered by AT&T 5G and Northrop Grumman’s advanced mission systems. Northrop Grumman and AT&T’s plan is based […]
Did T-Mobile Delay the Sprint 3G Network Shut Down?
Good news for Sprint customers that are still relying on 3G services comes from T-Mobile today. The 3G shutdown was actually scheduled for today, but it has since been pushed back to May 31, 2022. This comes after a delay they set back in January, when they said they would extend it for “partners.” Only […]
What Are the Results of the Opensignal Speed Tests on C-band?
Opensignal has released some findings from tests performed using mid-band services from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. This is their first major report since AT&T and Verizon launched their first C-band service back in January. Prior to C-Band coming out, T-Mobile was and still is using its 2.5GHz nationwide 5G network. This was from the spectrum […]
