T-Mobile looks to be “all systems go” ahead of its launch of a low-band 5G network this Friday. On Monday the carrier announced that it has turned on the network and has begun accepting preorders for its first two low-band 5G phones ahead of the public launch later this week. Both previously announced, the first …
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The states trying to stop the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint say their case is simple: Reducing the number of nationwide wireless carriers from four to three reduces competition and is “under well-established law, presumptively illegal.” That’s the gist of the 30-page court document filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra …
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News of the weird: Ryan Reynolds, the man inside Deadpool’s red-so-bad-guys-can’t-see-him-bleed suit, just purchased an ownership stake in mobile carrier Mint Mobile. And apparently he’s a cheapskate at heart, because Mint is currently running a pretty sweet promotion: The 12GB plan for $15 per month for the first three months. See it at Mint Mobile 2020 Holiday Gift Picks Holiday …
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Verizon is throwing its 5G network into Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday. It’ll make the annual event an “augmented reality and hologram experience,” Verizon announced last week. 5G, already available in some parts of the US by Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, is being tapped by smartphones to provide faster speeds and more capacity, as well as AR/VR experiences. .shortcode.newsletter h2 {width:100%!important;} For the Thanksgiving parade, Verizon is …
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Around 2.6 billion customers will have subscriptions to 5G service by the end of 2025, according to a forecast by Ericsson on Monday. The new wireless networks will cover up to 65% of the global population by then, and handle 45% of all mobile data traffic, the networking giant predicted. That’s quite a jump compared with two years ago when Ericsson predicted …
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T-Mobile’s efforts to close its deal with Sprint are picking up steam ahead of a Dec. 9 trial date with opposing attorneys general. On Monday, the wireless carriers flipped one of the biggest states yet, with Texas attorney general Ken Paxton announcing that his office has “reached a settlement with T-Mobile resolving the state’s antitrust claims against the proposed merger” …
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After turning on a millimeter-wave 5G network for developers and business users over the past year, AT&T is just about ready for regular consumers to begin using out its next-generation wireless service. But don’t expect any big speed jumps or a large nationwide network at launch. Starting on Monday, the carrier will begin taking preorders for Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 …
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T-Mobile and Comcast have teamed up with voice and messaging services provider Inteliquent to demonstrate the first end-to-end call over three networks using the Shaken/Stir framework, which validates where calls originate. The news is a big step forward in implementing the technology, which many hope will slow the growing pace of annoying robocalls. The companies say they’ve worked out the …
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President Donald Trump is making the most out of his visit Wednesday to a Texas plant that makes Apple computers. In addition to taking credit for the plant, which has been open since 2013 and is run by a separate supplier, he tweeted Thursday that he asked Apple CEO Tim Cook about getting Apple involved in “building 5G in the …
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Verizon has finally provided maps showing where its 5G service is available, more than six months after first launching the service in parts of Chicago and Minneapolis. The maps show which city landmarks 5G is available near, and when you click on a neighborhood it’ll show you a street-by-street view. 5G, launched in some parts of the US by Verizon, AT&T, …
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