Op-Ed: Annoyingly, T-Mobile’s got the best 5G coverage, hands down
T-Mobile execs like to talk about how the “un-carrier” has risen from “challenger” to “champion” in the 5G era That mantra may be annoying, but it’s not wrong And no, this correspondent is not chugging the magenta Kool-Aid “Spot moose...
2024: Open RAN’s tumultuous year
It was a roller coaster year for open RAN AT&T validated the technology when it selected Ericsson to lead its transition to open RAN But many people wonder about the roles of smaller vendors The past year has been...
Rip and replace funds AND an auction: Happy New Year!
Congress passed a big defense bill that includes full funding for the rip and replace program The legislation includes a provision for an FCC auction of AWS-3 licenses The spectrum is attractive to carriers because they already own equipment that...
T-Mobile: What race? Convergence is already here
Convergence between wireless and wireline emerged as a big topic in 2024 AT&T and Verizon are moving to bundle more fiber-based internet services with mobile T-Mobile is getting involved in fiber JVs, but it’s downplaying the importance of a fiber...
AT&T spends $1.018B for prime USCellular spectrum
USCellular agreed to sell choice bandwidth to AT&T for $1.018 billion All three major mobile operators “have taken a chunk” of the rural carrier’s assets, an analyst says The deal includes highly versatile 700 MHz bandwidth, as well as 3.45...
EchoStar’s new deal: Let the wireless games begin
It looks as though EchoStar finally got the financial lifeline it needed – in the nick of time EchoStar President and CEO Hamid Akhavan said they’re playing to win in the wireless business and now it’s time to execute Will...
T-Mobile talks a big talk, but who’s buying it?
T-Mobile held its Capital Markets Day in San Francisco on Wednesday, laying out its growth strategy for the next three years Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman were surprise guests and provided some all-star sizzle to the...
MatSing scores big at New Orleans’ Superdome
The nearly 50-year-old Caesars Superdome in New Orleans underwent some long-needed renovations The new distributed antenna system (DAS) at the Caesars Superdome incorporates MatSing’s spherical lens antennas The network includes 30 multibeam lens antennas, ensuring coverage for all those selfies...
UScellular: It’s full-speed ahead on marketing tower portfolio
UScellular is selling its wireless operations to T-Mobile, but it’s keeping its portfolio of about 4,000 towers These towers are taller than your average cell tower because UScellular serves a lot of rural areas, where higher towers are used to...
UScellular beats the blues with ‘Ironic’ campaign
Over a year ago, UScellular started encouraging customers to put down their phones The campaign started when UScellular was losing subscribers at an alarming rate Now UScellular is enlisting Alanis Morissette to sing the praises of a digital reset, all...