T-Mobile and Nokia achieve 5G data transmission over 600 MHz band
T-Mobile has announced that it has reached the world's first live network 5G data transmission, reports ZDNet. The company used a low-band spectrum for this in cooperation with Nokia. By 2020, the entire United States should be equipped with 5G.
The tests took place in Spokane, Washington. It was sh... Read more
T-Mobile takes its 2G network offline in November 2020
Telecom provider T-Mobile will switch off its 2G network completely. As of November 15, 2020, the network will go offline and the company's customers will only be able to access the network via 3G or 4G. With this, T-Mobile is taking the next step in modernising its networks.
On the T-Mobile site yo... Read more
European Commission objects to acquisition of Tele2 by T-Mobile
The European Commission has concerns about the acquisition of Tele2 by the Dutch branch of T-Mobile. There wouldn't be enough competition left. If the merger took place, the number of telecom providers with their own network would decrease to three.
That's what Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent co... Read more
“If merger T-Mobile and Sprint does not go ahead, the US will lag behind roll-out of 5G networks.”
According to Sprint's CEO, a lot depends on the hoped-for merger of his company with T-Mobile. Indeed, according to Marcelo Claure, the United States will not be a world leader in 5G if the merger does not go ahead.
Claure's statement is, of course, a way of putting the necessary pressure on the au... Read more
Mobile market continues to shrink in second quarter of 2018
The Dutch mobile market contracted significantly last quarter. In the second quarter of 2018, the market generated a turnover of 938 million euro, 8.2 percent less than in the same period a year earlier. This is comparable to the first quarter on an annual basis.
Telecompaper reports this in its qua... Read more