AT&T’s 5G network is continuing to grow, though it still remains limited to business users. On Thursday the wireless carrier announced that it has turned on 5G in Las Vegas, its twentieth city to get its 5G mmWave network (what AT&T calls “5G+”). Exactly where the 5G network will appear in the city isn’t yet …
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I’m sitting on a park bench on a sunny Friday in Randwick, a Sydney suburb just a hop, skip and jump away from Bondi Beach. I’ve stopped to smell the roses like a retiree, except instead of feeding the birds breadsticks I’m perusing the Google Play store for a game. I feel like some chicken dinner. PUBG it is! I …
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Visible, Verizon’s $40 prepaid network, is removing its data speed caps. After previously offering unlimited data on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, the company announced Wednesday that it will be removing the speed limit that capped data to 5 Mbps. The restriction has been removed for both current and new users, with pricing remaining at the same $40 per month with …
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The Federal Communications Commission has given Verizon permission to lock the new phones it sells to help curtail theft. The agency granted the waiver so the carrier could start locking the phones for a period of 60 days. The lock prevents consumers from swapping out SIM cards and using a phone on another network. in February when it filed for the waiver, Verizon explained …
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In three days, T-Mobile customers will be able to purchase the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, the company announced Tuesday. Similar to the Verizon and AT&T’s Galaxy S10 5G phones, T-Mobile’s variant will utilize mmWave technology, with the new 5G network available in parts of six major US cities: Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York. Customers who …
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It’s fitting that I tested AT&T’s 5G network at the Warner Bros. studio in Los Angeles. Both Hollywood and 5G aim to take our wildest ideas and make them real. In AT&T’s case, it’s the promise of high-speed mobile data over a cellular network, which could revolutionize how we use our phones, computers and connected devices. In the little time …
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Britain is among the first countries in the world to launch a commercial 5G network. Leading the charge is EE, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, which switched on the service in six major UK cities. Armed with a OnePlus 7 Pro 5G handset, I’ve been testing the network in various 5G-enabled cities around the country and while I’ve had some …
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The pending merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has been filled with twists and turns worthy of any summer blockbuster. From the years-long “will they, won’t they” dance between the two, to the recent scramble to win regulatory approval for the $26.5 billion deal, things have been anything but simple. The Federal Communications Commission has endorsed the deal, praising its potential …
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Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks is leading an effort to scrub US telecommunications networks of gear from companies such as Huawei that’re thought of as a threat to the country’s security. With US operators racing toward deploying gear to build the next generation of wireless, known as 5G, the Commerce Department has blacklisted Huawei and several other companies because of …
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Will Dish be the savior to T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26 billion merger? It depends on which report you want to believe. After recently being rumored to have interest in swooping up the assets T-Mobile and Sprint would divest, on Friday the New York Post reported that Dish CEO Charlie Ergen could be “months away” from completing the deal. By combining …
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