You Can’t Enjoy 5G If You Can’t Get 5G
October 19 2020 - 3:01PM
Business Wire
Ookla Finds T-Mobile Customers Get a 5G
Signal More Than Anyone Else in Wireless
What’s the news: In its Q3 2020 Speedtest Market
Analysis, Ookla found that T-Mobile customers get a 5G signal more
often and get the fastest network response times. (crowd cheer
noise) Meanwhile, Verizon customers only connected to 5G 0.6% of
the time. (sad trombone noise)
Why it matters: You can’t enjoy the benefits of 5G — like
broad coverage and high speeds — if you can’t access 5G.
Who it’s for: Wireless customers who want an amazing 5G
experience on America’s largest 5G network.
If you want the most 5G coverage, you want T-Mobile. New data
released today from Ookla, a leader in mobile network testing, data
and analysis, shows T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) customers get a 5G
signal more often than Verizon and AT&T customers. That’s 3x
more than AT&T customers and 90x (that’s NINE ZERO) more than
Verizon’s “Ultra Wideband”! And, T-Mobile customers also got the
fastest network response times (latency).
“You can’t enjoy 5G if you can’t get 5G. I can’t believe I have
to say this, but apparently some providers think 5G you can’t find
is perfectly OK. T-Mobile has America’s largest 5G network, and
Ookla’s report shows T-Mobile customers get the benefits of 5G more
often,” said Neville Ray, President of Technology at T-Mobile.
“We’re building 5G for All on dedicated airwaves to deliver both
coverage and speed … while Verizon and AT&T force 5G and LTE
customers to share already-crowded bandwidth.”
Bigger? Yep. Better? That, Too.
The Un-carrier’s 5G network is the largest by far, covering 260
million people in more than 7,500 cities and towns. And thanks to
the merger with Sprint, T-Mobile is rolling out the best spectrum
for 5G — mid-band 2.5 GHz 5G — across the country. It’s already
live today in 210 cities and towns and will be in thousands of
cities and towns by the end of the year. Where mid-band is
deployed, it can deliver average download speeds around 300 Mbps —
that’s 7.5x faster than our LTE today — with peak speeds up to 1
Gbps. Verizon’s “Ultra Wideband” can only deliver fast speeds
outdoors on specific street corners near base stations. T-Mobile’s
mid-band 5G is the sweet spot; it can give customers fast speeds
across broad geographies.
T-Mobile has dedicated spectrum for 5G across low, mid and high
bands. And that’s important because 5G devices will use a lot of
capacity. Verizon and AT&T are stealing LTE spectrum from their
existing customers to broaden their 5G coverage. Using Dynamic
Spectrum Sharing (DSS), Verizon and AT&T force 5G and LTE
customers to share bandwidth, splitting up the capacity so each
technology only gets part of it. DSS is an important network
feature and should be used in limited scenarios — not to provide an
entire nationwide footprint. So, what’s the problem with Verizon’s
broad use of DSS? Well, they are already spectrum-constrained and
have limited sub-6 GHz spectrum. And now, they’re forced to share
that limited resource with their 5G customers too. More traffic,
same roads – sounds like a slowdown ahead.
“The physics are simple. When you force more devices to share
crowded airwaves, speeds decrease. I predict Verizon’s speeds on 5G
and LTE are about to hit a massive speed bump,” added Ray.
By contrast, T-Mobile is building 5G on free and clear dedicated
spectrum in all bands with its “layer cake” multi-band strategy.
With all three major bands dedicated to 5G, only T-Mobile has wide
open freeways ready to take on massive amounts of 5G traffic. And
with more low and mid-band spectrum than anyone else, T-Mobile is
building an even wider and faster freeway.
For more information on T-Mobile’s network, visit
www.t-mobile.com/coverage. And follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter
Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay up to date with the latest company
news.
5G: Capable device required; coverage not available in
some areas. While 5G access won't require a certain plan or
feature, some uses/services might. See Coverage details, Terms and
Conditions, and Open Internet information for network management
details (like video optimization) at T-Mobile.com.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged
Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its
subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by
T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit:
http://www.t-mobile.com.
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