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.
Read moreIs T-Mobile buying spectrum?
Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) agreed to sell its lower 700 MHz A Block spectrum to T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) for $2.365 billion in cash, capping months of feverish speculation over whether the carriers would strike a deal for the airwaves.
Read moreWhat is 5G mid-band?
5G mid-band spectrum provides coverage and capacity Spectrum in the 1 GHz – 6 GHz range is mid-band spectrum and it is considered ideal for 5G because it can carry plenty of data while also traveling significant distances. The GSMA describes spectrum in the 3.3 GHz to 3.8 GHz range as particularly appealing.
Read moreDoes T-Mobile have high-band 5G?
The company’s unique combination of low-, mid- and high-band spectrum makes T-Mobile the only company with the resources to create a transformative network capable of driving innovation across the country, providing people with a 5G network nobody else can match.
Read moreWhat is low-band and high-band?
High-band spectrum may give you blazing fast speeds and lots of capacity —but only if you are close to the cell site. Low-band may provide excellent coverage but the network performance may only be a small step up from 4G.
Read moreIs T-Mobile’s 5G good?
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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