NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint's
(NYSE: S) Next-Gen Network investment is taking hold across
New York and wireless customers in
Manhattan are experiencing
Sprint's best-ever LTE Advanced network with new independent
testing showing Sprint tops the charts in speed and data
reliability.
In recent testing by RootMetrics®, Sprint is #1 with
the fastest download speeds in Manhattan,
NY.1
Additionally, analysis of Nielsen's latest Manhattan drive test data shows no one beats
Sprint for data reliability.2
"Our Next-Gen Network investment is making a difference and
we're seeing tremendous performance in Manhattan and across the greater New York City area," said Mark Walker,
Sprint's vice president for Network, Northeast. "We're excited to
roll out the most advanced technologies in wireless to give our
customers faster data speeds and stronger reliability, all on a
Network Built for Unlimited."
Sprint's Next-Gen Network Investment in Manhattan
This year, Sprint has spent
billions on its Next-Gen Network build, unleashing the company's
strong spectrum holdings to dramatically improve coverage, speed
and reliability for its customers. Across New York City and the Tri-State area, Sprint
continues to add new cell sites and upgrade existing cell sites to
use all three of its spectrum bands (800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5
GHz) to improve coverage and provide its fastest, most reliable
service. The company has also added thousands of indoor and outdoor
small cells throughout the greater metropolitan area to
deliver even more coverage, capacity and speed using unobtrusive
units on telephone poles, street lights and other
infrastructure.
Sprint has also rolled out LTE Advanced technologies including
256 QAM, 4X4 MIMO, enhanced Beamforming with Transmission Mode 9
(TM9) and two- and three-channel Carrier Aggregation for faster
data speeds. In addition, Sprint is enhancing its upload speeds
with capabilities such as Uplink Carrier Aggregation, 64 QAM and
High Performance User Equipment (HPUE).
These technologies provide the foundation for Sprint's LTE
Advanced capabilities, now available nationwide and delivering
up to 2X faster speeds on capable devices. They have also helped
make New York City one of 225
cities where Sprint offers incredible Gigabit Class LTE performance
for customers on capable devices.
To spread the word about its network improvements, along with
offering the best value for Unlimited with Basic, Plus and Premium
plans and other great holiday deals, the company is conducting an
aggressive marketing campaign through the holiday season. Efforts
include TV, radio, outdoor and digital ads, along with in-store
signage and materials.
Sprint 5G Coming to NYC!
Sprint's execution of its
award-winning 5G strategy is well underway. The company is
deploying 5G-ready Massive MIMO radios in New York City to launch its mobile 5G service
in the first half of 2019.
Massive MIMO is a breakthrough technology that dramatically
improves the capacity of Sprint's LTE Advanced network with
equipment that is software upgradable to 5G. Sprint's 64T64R
Massive MIMO radios support split-mode, enabling the company to
offer LTE and 5G simultaneously on the same radio. Initial results
from early deployments show Massive MIMO is driving a 4X average
increase in capacity and speed with peak increases up to 10X over
LTE.
5G promises new levels of innovation and progress to connect
people, places and the billions of things Sprint customers do with
blazing fast speed and ultra-reliable wireless connectivity. With
Massive MIMO at the foundation of its mobile 5G service, Sprint can
keep meeting its customers' demand for unlimited data and
high-bandwidth applications.
To follow Sprint's Next-Gen Network build out and its road to
5G, visit http://newsroom.sprint.com/network/.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect
its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint
served 54.5 million connections as of Sept.
30, 2018 and is widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the
first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost
Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international
push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.
Today, Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to launching
the first 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 RootMetrics New York City testing: 2H 2018. Chart
represents Median Downlink Throughput speed. Tested with best
commercially available smartphones on 4 national mobile networks
across all available network types. Your experiences may vary. The
RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of Sprint. Visit
www.rootmetrics.com for more details.
2 Sprint's analysis of Nielsen's latest drive test data
in Manhattan. Sprint statistically
tied with T-Mobile and Verizon.
View original content to download
multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sprint-takes-manhattan-for-fastest-download-speeds-and-data-reliability-300757833.html
SOURCE Sprint