Category: 5G
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T-Mobile Takes First Place Overall in Speed Tests
T-Mobile announces the “UnCarrier” has outperformed its competitors in an overall 5G performance test run by Ookla, a company providing network intelligence and connectivity insights. “The network we’ve built stands as a testament to T-Mobile’s unwavering dedication to our goal of providing customers with the best experience possible,” said Ulf Ewaldsson, President of Technology at…
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Verizon Named J.D. Power’s Top-Rated Mobile Carrier For Overall Quality
A new study released by J.D. Power titled the 2023 U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance Study Volume 2 rated mobile carriers on their overall call quality and reliability factors, naming Verizon the best of the bunch. From January through June of this year, the study evaluated 26,215 wireless customers in six different regions, looking at…
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Fixed Wireless Home Internet is Becoming Even Faster As Cord Cutting 2.0 Comes For Comcast & Spectrum
Upload speeds hit a new record high with the use of Ericsson’s uplink Single User Multiple Input Multiple Output (SU-MIMO) and Uplink Carrier Aggregation alongside MediaTek’s T830 CPE tri-antenna platform. Combined, the technologies reached upload speeds of 565 Mbps during a demo using a 2.1 GHz Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) band with a 3.5 GHz…
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Solar Powered 5G Internet Is Here As 5G Goes Green
Ericsson is committed to environmental responsibility and has been working on the development of a sustainable 5G site in Plano, Texas. The company announced its new energy-smart network solution earlier this week offering an efficient and sustainable mobile network that is powered by renewable energy sources, such as solar power. “We’re thrilled to announce this…
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DISH is Reportedly Issuing Another Round of Layoffs As Cord Cutting Grows & 5G Focus
DISH Network is allegedly cutting jobs as the company moves to reduce operational costs and expenses throughout the business. DISH Network has been restructuring the company since 2020, and this is not the first round of layoffs to have occurred since. DISH has laid off around 3,000 employees in recent years. The exact number of…
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Metro by T-Mobile is Advertising Home Internet for Just $20 a Month
Metro is one of T-Mobile’s prepaid internet brands and recently has been heavily advertising a $20 5G Home Internet deal. Metro is hoping to entice more people to sign up across the Midwest by leaning into T-Mobile’s $5 autopay discount and the $30 discount provided to low-income households through the Affordable Connectivity Program. So no,…
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Verizon Improved & Expanded 5G & 5G Ultra Wideband In Over 70 Cities. Is Yours on the List?
Verizon is at it again, expanding 5G upgrades to more cities and states in recent months. Over 200 million people across the U.S. can get connected to 5G Ultra Wideband. June saw a large increase in places receiving upgraded connections for 5G and 5G Ultra Wideband and Verizon is still working on increasing coverage while…
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We Tested Out T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Here is Our 2023 Review – Speeds, Pricing, & More
Competition in the world of home internet has been a dream for many cord cutters. Now thanks to T-Mobile and others finally, there is real competition for home internet. No longer are you limited to DSL, Cable, and maybe a fiber internet option. Now there are a growing number of other options, including T-Mobile’s 5G…
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AT&T Successfully Tests LTE Internet From Space
AST SpaceMobile completed the first-ever space-based call using an everyday smartphone last April after working hard to create the first space-based cellular broadband network. Today, the company announced further tests have been successful at providing download speeds over 10 Mbps with its BlueWalker 3 technology using 4G cellular communications, another history-making event. “This is an…
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T-Mobile’s 5G Home Internet Is Getting Better With New Modems
T-Mobile is gearing up to launch two new home internet devices this year – The Arcadyan TMOG4AR and the Sercomm TMOG4SE. Each is building off of its predecessor modem models, these new upgraded versions hopefully will provide users with more reliable connections and faster speeds, even with a weaker connection. The Arcadyan TMOG4AR is an…