In the final days of 2016, T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray shared an end-of-year network update that touched on many of the things that T-Mo accomplished through the year. Ray did the same thing this week for 2017, but this time he gave his recap in video form. One of the topics Ray touched on in … [read full article]
Following an announcement earlier this year that T-Mobile had started testing LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) on its network, T-Mo has now come out with some details on its latest LAA lab demo. T-Mobile recently teamed up with Ericsson to perform LAA tests in T-Mo’s lab in Bellevue, Wash. Using 12-layer LAA technology, … [read full article]
UPDATE: T-Mobile tells me that the issue is now resolved. How’s everything looking on your end? ORIGINAL: Having issues sending text messages this morning? If so, you’re not alone. Many T-Mobile customers say they’re having problems sending text messages today, with reports coming in on Twitter and Reddit from across the country. There are some customers … [read full article]
Last month, T-Mobile announced that its LTE Advanced coverage was available in more than 920 markets. The problem was that T-Mo wasn’t exactly clear on which markets those were, but that’s now changed. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray has shared a list of all of T-Mo’s LTE Advanced Markets. The list breaks things down by state, so it’s easy to look for … [read full article]
T-Mobile is always working to build out and improve its service, and today one T-Mo exec detailed another way in which the carrier will densify its network. Karri Kuoppamaki said that T-Mobile plans to deploy 28,000 small cells “in the short term.” Kuoppamaki, T-Mo’s VP of Technology Development and Strategy, didn’t say anything else about the rollout, but he did go into a bit more detail about T-Mobile’s … [read full article]
Recently, T-Mobile quietly released a couple of devices meant to improve the signal that you get at home. The 4G LTE CellSpot V2 is an updated version of the device that T-Mobile launched two years ago. This new model offers a smaller form factor, better ventilation and vertical stability, … [read full article]
T-Mobile today gave us an update on its LTE Advanced rollout. T-Mo says that its LTE Advanced coverage, which can up to double download speeds, is now available in more than 920 markets. The combination of 4×4 MIMO, 256 QAM, and carrier aggregation is available in 430 of those markets. Not all devices support all three of those technologies, but those that do … [read full article]
T-Mobile has been working to help hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico by sending engineers and equipment to the island and through its #HR4HR effort. Today T-Mo revealed another way that it’s working to help people in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray has revealed … [read full article]
T-Mobile today dropped its Q3 2017 earnings report, revealing that it’s extended its streak of consecutive quarters with more than 1 million customers added. T-Mobile says that it added 1.33 million customers in Q3 2017, making that its 18th straight quarter of adding more than 1 million customers to its network. Of that 1.33 million, there were 817,000 new postpaid subscribers, 226,000 … [read full article]
T-Mobile has told us to expect two 600MHz-compatbile smartphones in 2017, but a new chip from Qualcomm ought to help boost that number in 2018. Qualcomm today announced new RF Front-End chips which are amplifiers and tuners to help connect a physical antenna to the phone’s modem. As PCMag explains, the RF Front-End … [read full article]
