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T-Mobile has upgraded hundreds of cell sites with more mid-band LTE capacity

Ready for some more network improvements? T-Mobile has deployed mid-band LTE capacity upgrades to hundreds of cell sites across the U.S. These updgrades were performed over the past two weeks and they include AWS and PCS spectrum. Some of the cities included in this latest round of mid-band upgrades are Boston, MA; Portland, OR; Jacksonville, FL; San Antonio, TX; and Indianapolis, IN. As usual, … [read full article]

T-Mobile says Q3 2019 was its 26th straight quarter with more than 1 million new customers

T-Mobile’s Q3 2019 numbers are in. T-Mobile reports that it added 1.7 million new customers in the third quarter of 2019, making it the 26th straight quarter that T-Mo has added more than 1 million new subscribers. Of that 1.7 million, there were 1.1 million branded postpaid net additions and 62,000 branded prepaid net additions, with that latter figure up 27,000 year-over-year. At the end of Q3 2019, T-Mobile had a total of 84.2 million customers. The … [read full article]

T-Mobile deploys another round of mid-band LTE capacity upgrades

More mid-band LTE upgrades have been deployed by T-Mobile. T-Mo confirmed today that its performed hundreds of mid-band LTE capacity upgrades in the past two weeks. These upgrades include both AWS and PCS spectrum and were rolled out in cities like Arlington, WA; Austin, TX; Jay, ME; Ames, IA; San Diego, CA; and Pittsburgh, PA. As usual, you can find the full list of upgraded cities and … [read full article]

T-Mobile says 600MHz 5G will cover 200 million people this year

Along with the news that it’s exclusively launching the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition, T-Mobile today revealed some news regarding its 5G network. T-Mobile says that it will cover 200 million people with 5G using 600MHz before the end of 2019, which is an accelerated rollout. T-Mo isn’t saying exactly where it plans to deploy its 600MHz 5G coverage, though. T-Mo explains that it’s … [read full article]

T-Mobile confirms hundreds of cell sites upgraded with more mid-band LTE capacity

Around two weeks after announcing its previous round of mid-band LTE network upgrades, T-Mobile says that it’s performed another round of upgrades. T-Mobile today confirmed that it’s upgraded hundreds of new cell sites with additional mid-band LTE capacity. These mid-band upgrades include AWS and PCS spectrum and have been spread to cities and towns throughout the U.S. Some of the cities in this latest … [read full article]

T-Mobile says it’s made hundreds of low-band LTE upgrades in the past two weeks

T-Mobile regularly deploys low-band LTE upgrades to its network, and today the carrier has confirmed that another batch of upgrades was recently made. Hundreds of low-band LTE upgrades have been deployed across the country, T-Mobile announced today. The upgrades were performed over the last two weeks. These low-band LTE upgrades include both 600MHz and 700MHz spectrum. This time around, T-Mobile has made … [read full article]

T-Mobile reportedly slows deployment of new cell sites, payments to contractors

We heard last month that T-Mobile and Sprint’s merger was reportedly causing T-Mo to pause its purchase orders on new builds and 5G upgrades, and now more info on how the delay in the merger’s completion is affecting tower companies that are working with T-Mobile. Tower companies such as American Tower, SBA Communications, Crown Castle, and others say that T-Mobile’s deployment of new cell sites … [read full article]