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T-Mobile's Faster Mid-Band 5G Now Covers 140 Million People

May 4, 2021, 5:19 PM by Rich Brome @richbrome
updated May 7, 2021, 10:27 AM

As part of its quarterly earnings report today, T-Mobile provided an update on its 5G rollout and Sprint customer migration. The company's faster "Ultra Capacity" 5G network — the bulk of which relies on 2.5 GHz mid-band radio frequencies — now covers 140 million people and is on track to cover 200 million by the end of 2021. T-Mobile's Ultra Capacity 5G includes redeployed 2.5 GHz radio spectrum (band 41) it gained when the company merged with Sprint, as well as mmWave for even faster speeds in select urban areas. The company also offers "Extended Range 5G" which uses lower frequencies and offers lower data speeds (closer to 4G). That service now covers 295 million people across 1.6 million square miles. T-Mobile claims that is 4x more than Verizon's 5G service area and 2x more than AT&T's. T-Mobile also announced that 20 percent of former Sprint customers have been moved to the T-Mobile network, and those users represent 50 percent of Sprint customer traffic.

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T-Mobile Details Plans to Keep its Lead in Mid-Band 5G Through 2023

Dec 1, 2021
T-Mobile recently announced that its mid-band 5G network now covers over 200 million people, a threshold that the industry acknowledges as "nationwide" coverage. (Mid-band 5G offers an ideal balance of fast data speeds and broad coverage compared to 5G in other bands.) In an interview with Phone Scoop, T-Mobile executives detailed how they plan to maintain the company's lead in mid-band 5G even as Verizon and AT&T launch mid-band 5G early next year.

Verizon Expands mmWave 5G, Sets C-Band Deployment Target

Dec 10, 2021
Verizon has added 14,000 new mmWave 5G cell sites this year, nearly double the number the company deployed in the previous two years combined. mmWave 5G provides very fast 5G service but limited coverage per cell site.

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carolynperry

May 7, 2021, 6:11 AM

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this is really good, thank you for sharing with us

soulmandc

May 5, 2021, 4:20 PM

600 + MB in DC

I tried turning on 5G only on my iPhone 12 Pro Max here in DC. Was astounded to get 600 MB and more just walking around the neighborhood. My nephew told me how to run Field Test. Turns out I’m on Band 66. Is this the repurposed Sprint band?

Rich Brome

Band 66 is the expanded band 4, also known as AWS. It's 1,700 MHz paired with 2,100 MHz. More info here:
https://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=570 »

No, the repurposed Sprint band in question is band 41. I don't think Sprint ever owned a...
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