T-Mobile has almost 20 times more 5G cities than AT&T and Verizon combined, according to a new analytics report by Ookla. T-Mobile is sitting on 5,013 cities with 5G — and that’s before adding in the former 5G sites of Sprint after the carrier’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint — while AT&T has 237 5G cities and …
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Samsung’s Galaxy A71 5G has another home at a US wireless carrier: Verizon’s joins AT&T and T-Mobile in bringing Samsung’s midrange 5G phone to its shelves. The new phone, available for preorder July 9 before being released on July 16, will be Verizon’s most affordable 5G phone yet at $650. Like the AT&T and T-Mobile variants, Verizon’s A71 5G (which it calls …
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AT&T is updating its first responder discount program, expanding the savings to now include teachers, nurses and physicians. The new update, which goes into effect on July 10, offers those who work in on one of those fields a monthly discount of 25% on the company’s latest unlimited plans (known as Unlimited Starter, Extra and Elite). This discount would extend …
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Hello freedom, goodbye tethering. That’s what I thought when I first opened the box for the new Lenovo Flex 5G, the first 5G-powered laptop we’ve been able to test, and the first most consumers will be able to purchase. Now I can go anywhere, do anything, and not be at the mercy of coffee shop Wi-Fi systems or tethering to …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. This was supposed to be the year 5G went mainstream. Huge swaths of the world would be blanketed with coverage. Every major handset maker — including Apple — would offer a wide variety of 5G phones. After years of hype and last year’s …
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Which US carriers are doing best with their early 5G performance? A new report from wireless tracking firm OpenSignal gives a good look at where things currently stand as all three major wireless providers begin to ramp up their new networks. In its latest awards, released Tuesday, OpenSignal crowned Verizon’s millimeter-wave 5G network the fastest download speeds while giving T-Mobile …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The coronavirus crisis in the US rages on, but many broadband and wireless customers who are struggling to pay their bills may no longer benefit from a promise service providers made to the Federal Communications Commission to keep them connected and to waive …
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Verizon has led the charge in using 5G as an alternative to standard home broadband, even if the service is in just a few markets with a limited number of customers. But the company is upgrading its 5G Home offering in Houston to cover more people and offer a speed boost. Houston has been an early 5G city for the carrier, …
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The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G is now available in the US at T-Mobile, Sprint and Samsung. The relatively low-cost 5G phone will also become available at AT&T and Verizon later this summer. It has a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-O display and a price of $600 in the US. (It will be £519 in the UK; the US price converts to about …
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If your T-Mobile service was down on Monday, you were not alone. The third-largest wireless carrier had widespread issues across the country impacting the ability to make calls and send text messages starting shortly after 9 a.m. PT Monday and ending more than 12 hours later. At 10:03 p.m. PT Monday, Neville Ray, T-Mobile’s president of technology, tweeted that texting …
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