Tag: 5G
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The Recap: T-Mobile’s Forced Migration, FCC’s Blackout Rebate Proposal and More
The Federal Communications Commission had a particularly busy week, but T-Mobile has to take the cake for the biggest story of the week – even if it’s one that its customers aren’t going to be thrilled about. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting. But that’s why The…
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T-Mobile is Shutting Down its 2G Network, But Customers Still On it Can Get Free Phones
T-Mobile will retire its 2G networks on April 2, 2024, as the mobile carrier continues transitioning its customers to 4G and 5G networks. If a customer who’s still using 2G isn’t able to purchase a new phone, customers can go to their local T-Mobile store and get a new, replacement 5G phone for free, the…
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T-Mobile Wants to Advance Its 5G and AI Capabilities
T-Mobile unveiled its second corporate venture capital fund to enable the next generation of products and services for businesses and customers. The mobile carrier said private mid- and growth-stage companies can benefit from its 5G network and artificial intelligence to bolster connectivity, according to a release. The new fund will support augmenting T-Mobile’s smart home…
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T-Mobile is Another Step Closer to Unlocking Spectrum It Already Bought For $304M
The U.S. Senate can rarely agree on anything, but it came together on Friday to unanimously pass a bill proposed by Sen. John Kennedy to temporarily re-authorize the Federal Communications Commission to allocate spectrum, a move that gets T-Mobile closer to tapping into spectrum it’s been patiently waiting to get its hands on. Kennedy, a…
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FCC Is Ramping Up its Efforts to Provide 5G Home Internet Access to Rural America
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking further comment on its effort to connect more Americans with a 5G network, with a goal of better using its updated coverage map to dole out needed funds. The FCC released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to “refresh the record” for the 5G Fund for Rural Americans to…
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AT&T Successfully Made a 5G Phone Call From Space
AT&T phone home? Well, sort of. AST SpaceMobile, the cellular satellite company backed by the mobile carrier, placed a satellite call over 5G. It’s the “first ever” 5G connection between an unmodified smartphone and a space satellite. On September 8, AST SpaceMobile used a Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone in a wireless dead zone in Maui,…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…
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T-Mobile, a Wireless Provider, May Be Placing a Bigger Bet on Fiber
T-Mobile may be taking a page out of its telecom rivals Verizon and AT&T and moving in fiber optics in a bigger way. The wireless carrier, which distinguishes itself from its competitors by focusing almost entirely on wireless — home and mobile — is in discussions with the fiber business of Tillman Global Holdings to…
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Comcast Will Launch Its Own Wireless Network To Compete With T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
Comcast has seen tremendous growth reselling wireless service through a wholesale partnership with Verizon. But now, it’s ready to launch its own network to augment that coverage. The company said on Tuesday that it will be utilizing a swath of radio airwaves called Citizens Broadband Radio Service to power the service, which launches in Philadelphia…
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T-Mobile May Finally Get Valuable 5G Spectrum It Bought Thanks to Proposed Senate Bill
T-Mobile has been patiently waiting for $304 million worth of spectrum licenses that it purchased in last year’s Federal Communications Commission auction, radio airwaves it can’t get its hands on because of a political and technical battle raging in Washington D.C. A new proposed Senate bill may help the carrier get around the regulatory red…