Does T-Mobile 5G use C-band?

T-Mobile, for example, uses 600 MHz, 2.5 GHz and 39 GHz for 5G , and when the second tranche of C-band becomes available in 2023, it will have an average 40 MHz of C-band at its disposal. And it just picked up 3.45 GHz spectrum in the FCC’s most recent auction for 5G services, where it spent nearly $3 billion.

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How strong is T-Mobile 5G?

For what it’s worth, OpenSignal’s April 2021 report says T-Mobile has the fastest 5G speed — the testing firm says T-Mobile has an average 5G download speed of 71.3 Mbps . While that may not seem as fast as what you’d expect from 5G, it’s ahead of the averages for AT&T (54.9 Mbps) and Verizon (47.7 Mbps).

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