Tag: 5G
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Everything We Know About T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Starlink 5G Partnership
A year ago today, T-Mobile and SpaceX unveiled a partnership to combine the former’s spectrum with the latter’s network of low orbit satellites for more comprehensive wireless coverage, an initiative they coined “Coverage Above and Beyond.” But what’s happened since that buzzy announcement? After the Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal to help satellite providers…
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Google Fiber With 5 Gbps Speeds is Live in Austin
Starting today, Google Fiber customers in Austin, Texas, can sign up for symmetrical 5 Gbps speeds, marking a big speed boost in the market. Customers who order will get a Wi-Fi 6 router, two mesh extenders, a 10 gigabit Fiber Jack and professional installation, with service costing $125 a month, the company said in a…
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Why AT&T is Late to the 5G Home Internet Party
AT&T on Tuesday made its first big push for its 5G-based Internet Air service, going live in 16 markets. That’s more than two years after T-Mobile launched its own 5G home internet service and five years after Verizon went live with its first 5G Home market. So why the long wait? “We’ve always been working on…
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T-Mobile’s Metro Says it Has the Answer For Comcast & Spectrum’s Hidden Fees and Price Hikes
Metro by T-Mobile launched Nada Yada Yada, a new campaign and lower priced plan that takes a big shot at its cable rivals. In a blog post on Tuesday, the prepaid service’s new campaign promises ‘simplicity, predictability and transparency’ while accusing Comcast and Spectrum of hidden fees and price hikes. The campaign also promises wireless…
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AT&T’s 5G Home Internet and Wireless is Getting a Speed Boost
AT&T said it’s adding more C-band spectrum – radio airwaves critical to ferrying data from your phone to nearby cell towers – to its 5G network to boost the speed and capacity of its wireless and 5G Home Internet service. The company has been deploying spectrum in the C-band and 3.45 GHz frequencies, which are…
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DISH Wants To Give You Cheap 5G Home Internet Service As Cord Cutting 2.0 Grows
One of the hottest areas in cord cutting right now is 5G home internet. Finally, cord cutters can now cancel their Cable TV service and their cable internet service, breaking completely free from cable TV. This move has started what is becoming known as cord cutting 2.0. So what is cord cutting 2.0? Cord Cutting…
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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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For The First Time, Free OTA TV Will Be Delivered By 5G
WWOO-LD Boston is striving to become the first U.S. 5G broadcaster. The company recently filed for an experimental license with the Federal Communications Commission. Bill Christian owns WWOO and is excited about expanding 5G from being exclusive to wireless carriers to branching into the broadcasting realm. “Recent developments in technology on both the transmit and…
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T-Mobile 5G is Getting Even Faster With Better Performance
Today T-Mobiel announced that it is dedicating more spectrum to its 5G Standalone network that will offer faster speeds and enhanced performance with the Samsung Galaxy S23. “5G SA is the future of wireless, delivering a whole new level of performance – faster speeds and lower latency (improved response times). 5G carrier aggregation allows T-Mobile…