Fresh off sweeping the awards in OpenSignal’s
comprehensive wireless network study, T-Mobile is already making
America’s best unlimited network better by starting to light up new
600 MHz spectrum, accelerating network expansion in rural
America
Damn that was fast. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced it
has begun lighting up its new 600 MHz LTE network — leveraging the
massive haul of super-premium low-band spectrum won in the
government broadcast incentive auction concluded earlier this year.
The announcement comes only two months after the Un-carrier
received its spectrum licenses from the FCC. T-Mobile’s first 600
MHz LTE network sites — the very first in the world — were just
switched on in Cheyenne, Wyoming using Nokia equipment. Starting in
rural America and other markets where the spectrum is clear of
broadcasting today, T-Mobile plans to deploy the new super-spectrum
at record-shattering pace — compressing what would normally be a
two-year process from auction to consumer availability into a short
six months.
T-Mobile today also shared additional details of its 600 MHz LTE
network rollout. This year alone, additional 600 MHz sites are
slated for locations including Wyoming, Northwest Oregon, West
Texas, Southwest Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, Western North
Dakota, Maine, Coastal North Carolina, Central Pennsylvania,
Central Virginia and Eastern Washington. Those deployments and
other network upgrades will help the Un-carrier increase total LTE
coverage from 315 million Americans today to 321 million by year’s
end.
“Earlier this month, wireless customers coast to coast proved
T-Mobile already delivers America’s best unlimited network. We
swept the competition in OpenSignal’s report on all counts—a global
industry first. And that was before we started lighting up the
world’s first 600 MHz LTE network,” said John Legere, president and
CEO of T-Mobile. “Buckle up, carriers. Because the Un-carrier’s 600
MHz network just got real.”
While the carriers struggle under the weight of unlimited on
their crowded, congested networks, T-Mobile’s new low-band spectrum
is wide-open road for Un-carrier customers once cleared. And, the
result will be more wireless choice and competition for rural
Americans and an even better experience for existing T-Mobile
customers.
To meet this aggressive timeline for getting this super-spectrum
into customers’ hands, T-Mobile has been coordinating closely with
the infrastructure providers, chipset makers and device
manufacturers to bring 600 MHz LTE to customers at breakneck speed.
Nokia and Qualcomm have launched new technology, and both Samsung
and LG plan to launch phones that tap into this new spectrum in the
fourth quarter of this year.
T-Mobile is also working closely with the FCC and broadcasters
like PBS to clear the spectrum in record time, investing where
necessary to preserve programming consumers care about while paving
the way for new wireless coverage and competition for
consumers.
“This team broke every record in the books with the speed of our
700 MHz LTE deployment, and we’re doing it again. T-Mobile is
effectively executing in six months what would normally be a
two-year process,” said Neville Ray, Chief Technology Officer for
T-Mobile. “We won’t stop … and we won’t slow down!”
“To work with T-Mobile in lighting up the world’s first 600 MHz
LTE network is a momentous achievement,” said Rajeev Suri,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia. “We knew this
spectrum would be key for covering wide areas, providing bandwidth
in hard-to-reach places, augmenting capacity and improving data
speeds, so we began testing and readying 600 MHz network
infrastructure equipment and software long before the incentive
auction was over.”
T-Mobile has doubled its LTE coverage since 2015, and its newly
acquired premium low-band spectrum will broaden its LTE footprint
even further — and lay the foundation for the country’s first
nationwide 5G network. The Un-carrier owns a whopping average of 31
MHz of 600 MHz spectrum licenses that can cover every single
American across the nation with low-band spectrum that reaches
twice as far and is four times better in buildings than
mid-band.
To learn more about T-Mobile’s network, please visit:
www.t-mobile.com/coverage.
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About T-Mobile US, Inc.
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is
redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services
through leading product and service innovation. Our advanced
nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences
to 69.6 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on
quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US
provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its
flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information,
please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
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