Today we’re going to go over some details and tips for activating your cellular modem or router. First, a little background information before you get started. Each cellular device – whether that be your cell phone, a mobile hotspot, or a cellular router – has an IMEI number. This is much like a serial number, […]
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How Many 5G Devices Were Certified in 2021?
The Global Certification Forum (GCF) tests, certifies, and connects mobile and IoT products to networks and services. Each year, they publish a Mobile Device Trends report. Its recent report highlights the quick moving migration to 5G, with over 30% of all devices in 2021 integrating the technology. GCF has over 150 device manufacturers, located across […]
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 […]
How Tile Arrays Can Help Improve the 5G Signal
5G service has been available for several months now, but there are still no amplifiers that support the 5G frequencies. Currently, if you need to boost your 5G signal, you’ll need to do so with a lonely antenna. Back in January we wrote about a plastics company that had been working on hardware to help […]
What is the Controversy Over 5G Home Internet
How well 5G Home Broadband solutions perform could affect telecom stocks over the next few years. This is because not all parties are convinced that 5G wireless is going to succeed, or at least be capable of competing with cable broadband services. While T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have begun marketing and selling their 5G Home […]
What is the Status of 5G in the U.S.
While carriers in the U.S. continue to challenge and compete with one another, both China and Korea are still miles ahead of the U.S. when it comes to the 5G race. It looks like it will be a repeat of what happened with 4G LTE as our country was behind back then as well. The […]
What Do I Need to Know About the 3G Shutdown?
As 5G becomes available in more areas, and on more frequencies, the 3G networks are getting closer to their shutdown dates. This could be a serious problem for some companies as some services still operate over the 3G frequencies. On February 22nd, AT&T is scheduled to be the first carrier to shut down its 3G […]
How Will 5G Affect the Way We View the Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Verizon Wireless is about to make 5G history at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show. They started their journey to provide 5G Ultra Wideband service to 100 million users nationwide and now they’re making even more 5G services available with 5G Home Internet and 5G Business Internet. The most exciting thing to come from this […]
How Can 5G Change Your “Live” Sports Experience
Up until more recently, every sports fan would likely agree that the best way to watch live sports is in a loud stadium packed with other like minded fans. Due to the changes we’ve all had to face with the pandemic, it’s now more difficult to feel comfortable around thousands of strangers. At-home tech is […]
Verizon plans to turn on around 2,000 5G towers this month
According to sources from Reuters, Verizon Communications Inc plans to turn on around 2,000 additional towers this month. This is all part of its next phase of C-Band 5G deployment after the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed with both Verizon and AT&T that it was now safe to turn on more 5G towers. […]