T-Mobile Nearly Doubles Its Supercharged Mid-Band 5G in Just One Month
October 28 2020 - 9:09AM
Business Wire
What’s the news: In just one short month, T-Mobile has
nearly doubled the number of cities and towns that have the
Un-carrier's supercharged 5G experience (mid-band 2.5 GHz). The
Un-carrier has plans to reach 100 million people with mid-band 5G
by end of the year.
Why it matters: Mid-band 2.5 GHz 5G is the “goldilocks”
5G spectrum, delivering a perfect mix of coverage and speed, and
T-Mobile has more of it than anyone in the US. Un-carrier customers
with capable 5G devices immediately see benefits when a tower gets
upgraded in their area.
Who it’s for: Wireless customers and businesses who want
the best 5G experience on America’s largest 5G network.
Largest 5G network? Check. Blazing fast speeds customers can
actually find? Check. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced it
has nearly doubled the number of cities and towns that get
supercharged mid-band 5G, adding even more capacity and superfast
speeds to America’s largest nationwide 5G network. Mid-band 2.5 GHz
5G delivers both broad coverage and fast speeds at the same time —-
and it can even go through walls (looking at you, mmWave!). In
places it’s deployed, average download speeds are already around
300 Mbps — that’s 7.5x faster than today’s average LTE speeds —
with peak download speeds up to 1 Gbps. With today’s announcement,
T-Mobile mid-band 5G reaches nearly 410 cities and towns across the
country. The Un-carrier is rolling out mid-band 5G at a furious
pace, with plans to cover 100 million people by the end of the
year.
“Mid-band is the only way to deliver super-fast 5G speeds that
can reach for miles. And here’s the secret AT&T and Verizon
don’t want you to know: T-Mobile is the only one with big swaths of
mid-band dedicated to 5G. T-Mobile has more mid-band spectrum than
anyone else,” said Neville Ray, President of Technology at
T-Mobile. “We’re the only ones building a transformational 5G
network built on dedicated — not shared — airwaves. And that means
only T-Mobile is capable of making the world’s best 5G network a
reality.”
Why Mid-band for 5G?
Mid-band spectrum is the 5G spectrum. It combines massive
capacity with far-reaching coverage to bring game-changing
performance to more people across the country. Mid-band 2.5 GHz 5G
delivers blazing fast speeds that can rival millimeter wave, but
unlike mmWave, mid-band can blanket large areas with needed
coverage and go through walls, windows and trees. Which means it’s
a more practical 5G technology.
“When it comes to real-world 5G, the only way to get the kind of
performance benefits we’ve been promised is through the critical
mid-band spectrum,” noted Bob O’Donnell, President of TECHnalysis
Research. “Sure, mmWave can be fast, but it’s nearly impossible to
find, while low-band 5G is easy to find, but offers smaller
improvement over existing LTE. With the 2.5 GHz spectrum being lit
up by T-Mobile, however, you get the sweet spot of noticeably
improved performance in a respectable coverage area. That’s the
kind of 5G benefit that consumers are going to notice and
appreciate.”
T-Mobile has America’s largest 5G network and it’s only getting
better as the Un-carrier deploys more mid-band spectrum from
Sprint. T-Mobile’s 5G network covers more than 7,500 cities and
towns across nearly 1.4 million square miles of the U.S. That’s
more square miles of 5G coverage than Verizon and AT&T combined
— 3.5x more than Verizon 5G and 2x more than AT&T. T-Mobile has
pioneered a distinctive ‘layer cake’ strategy to deliver a
transformative, nationwide 5G network for all: dedicated spectrum
across all three layers of 5G — low for far and wide coverage
indoors and outside, mid for broad coverage and blazing fast speeds
and high for super-fast speeds over shorter distances — for the
best 5G experience.
T-Mobile is the only one building 5G with dedicated spectrum
across all three bands, which is important since 5G phones will use
a lot of capacity. T-Mobile has wide open freeways ready to take on
massive amounts of 5G traffic, while Verizon and AT&T have to
steal LTE spectrum from their existing customers to broaden their
5G coverage. Using Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), Verizon forces
5G and LTE customers to share bandwidth, splitting up the capacity
so each technology only gets part of it, taking capacity away from
their current smartphone customers and increasing congestion.
Now with mid-band spectrum, T-Mobile is building on its
nationwide 5G foundation, increasing capacity and boosting speeds
for customers. And it’s rolling out at lighting speed across the
country. Engineers are lighting up 1,000 sites per month with 2.5
GHz 5G and T-Mobile has plans to cover 100 million people with
mid-band 5G by the end of the year.
New mid-band 5G cities and towns:
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Azusa
- Baldwin Park
- Florence-Graham
- Garden Grove
- Monrovia
- Norwalk
- Ontario
- Temple City
- Walnut Park
- West Carson
Connecticut
Florida
- East Lake-Orient Park
- Elfers
- Inwood
- Longwood
- Minneola
- New Port Richey
- Nokomis
- Oak Ridge
- Port Richey
- Sky Lake
- Venice
- Zephyrhills
Georgia
- Dallas
- Grayson
- Johns Creek
- Newnan
- Riverdale
- Smyrna
Illinois
- Arlington Heights
- Aurora
- Batavia
- Bloomington
- Bridgeview
- Champaign
- Channahon
- Cicero
- Dolton
- Elgin
- Elk Grove Village
- Granite City
- Lansing
- Lemont
- Maywood
- Mount Prospect
- Naperville
- Niles
- Norridge
- Oak Lawn
- Pekin
- Richton Park
- Schaumburg
- South Chicago Heights
- Urbana
- Waukegan
Indiana
- Evansville
- Greenwood
- Hammond
- Indianapolis city (balance)
- Lawrence
Kansas
- Overland Park
- Pittsburg
- Wichita
Maryland
- Crofton
- Largo
- Maryland City
- Middle River
- Severn
- Urbana
Michigan
- Center Line
- Clinton
- Eastpointe
- Inkster
- Warren
Minnesota
- Columbia Heights
- Elk River
- Hilltop
Missouri
- Carthage
- Charlack
- Clayton
- Columbia
- Foristell
- Kirkwood
- Lake Mykee Town
- New Bloomfield
- Raytown
- St. Louis
- University City
Nevada
New Jersey
- Brooklawn
- Dover
- East Newark
- East Orange
- Elizabeth
- Fair Lawn
- Glen Rock
- Guttenberg
- Hoboken
- Interlaken
- Kearny
- Linden
- Morristown
- Newark
- Pine Hill
- Pine Valley
- Rutherford
- Secaucus
- Somerville
- Union City
- Wanamassa
- West New York
- Wharton
New York
- Babylon
- Central Islip
- Green Island
- Troy
- West Babylon
North Carolina
- Apex
- Asheville
- Charlotte
- Concord
- Hendersonville
- Valley Hill
- Vanceboro
- Youngsville
Ohio
- Avalon
- Brooklyn
- Cincinnati
- Columbus
- Hamilton
- Hanover
- Lancaster
- London
- McKees Rocks
- Monroe
- Rossmoyne
Oklahoma
- Choctaw
- Del City
- Smith Village
Pennsylvania
- Aldan
- Aliquippa
- Allentown
- Arnold
- Beaver
- Bellmawr
- Bethlehem
- Blawnox
- Brackenridge
- Bridgewater
- Bryn Mawr
- Chester
- Folsom
- Munhall
- New Kensington
- Ridley Park
- Rutledge
- Tarentum
- Upland
- Verona
- Whitaker
- Youngstown
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
- Berry Hill
- Franklin
- Hendersonville
- Knoxville
- Maryville
Texas
- Bacliff
- Cloverleaf
- Fifth Street
- Jacinto City
- La Porte
- Shenandoah
- South Houston
- Stafford
Virginia
- Brambleton
- Broadlands
- Falls Church
- Hampton
- Herndon
- Loudoun Valley Estates
- Manassas
- Manassas Park
- Merrifield
- Richmond
- Springfield
- Yorkshire
Washington
Wisconsin
- Beloit
- Milwaukee
- Neenah
- South Milwaukee
- West Allis
For more information on T-Mobile’s network, visit
www.t-mobile.com/coverage/4g-lte-5g-networks. And follow T-Mobile’s
Official Twitter Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay up to date with the
latest company news.
Capable device required. While 5G access won't require a certain
plan or feature, some uses/services might. See Coverage details,
Terms and Conditions, and Open Internet information for network
management details (like video optimization) at T-Mobile.com.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged
Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its
subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by
T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit:
http://www.t-mobile.com.
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