T-Mobile Promises First Nationwide Network Offering 'Real,' Mobile 5G
T-Mobile will launch the first “REAL, NATIONWIDE, MOBILE 5G network” in the U.S., said Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray in a Tuesday blog post. "We are going to dedicate part of the new 600 MHz spectrum we just won to…
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LTE and then part to 5G nationwide. This means T-Mobile is the first company to commit to building a nationwide 5G network. And yes that’s real 5G, not fake 5G! And that’s nationwide Mobile 5G, not Fixed 5G!” T-Mobile has 200 MHz of spectrum in the 28/39 GHz bands covering almost 100 million people in major metropolitan areas “and an impressive volume of mid-band spectrum to deploy 5G in as well,” Ray wrote. “This positions T-Mobile to deliver a 5G network that offers BOTH breadth and depth nationwide.” CEO John Legere also commented in a video blog: “5G will be amazing, and we can’t even imagine all the cool stuff it will bring, just like with our earlier network innovations. That’s why truly mobile 5G has to be nationwide.”