INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
speeds, including T-Mobile.Yet unlike Verizon, Sprint and ATT, T-Mobile has yet to confirm a lineup of 5G phones that will work on its 5G
Why Because of the network itself, which works differently than those of other carriers.The other carriers will operate on higher-frequency
blog post, but didn't indicate when (or how) the phone would work with its distinct network.T-Mobile is opting for low-band (sub-600MHz)
spectrum to power its early 5G networks, which is expected to offer the opposite: less speed than high-frequency networks, but more range
testing millimeter wave in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Ohio and a few other places (potentially covering 100 million people), per
an MWC 2019 interview with PC Mag
networks until at least mid-2019, per PCMag.T-Mobile's 5G rollout plansT-Mobile previously asserted back in 2018 that it would bring 5G to
30 cities to start, and the first customers to get it will be in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Las Vegas
We don't know how much infrastructure the company has already built out, and the network won't launch until mid-2019 anyway.After that is a
broad rollout to rural customers
T-Mobile opted for sub-600MHz for its farther range, which should cover more area with less infrastructure than the high-frequency networks
other carriers are building out.Once fully launched, T-Mobile claims its network will cover over 95% of the country's around 62 million
rural residents, per a company blog post
They might not see the network's about 450Mbps average download speeds, but two-thirds of them will get above 100Mbps by 2021 (up to 90% in
ur-network would be able to support higher-band devices like those packing the Snapdragon 855/Qualcomm X50 modem setup (like the Samsung
running an existing but international 5G setup not run in the US (like that from Huawei or Samsung)
The Snapdragon X55 modem will surpass this year's X50 in several ways, including supporting virtually any band in any region in the
T-Mobile's 5G network.In fact, T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray confirmed to PC Mag that the carrier would only launch its 5G network once phones
were available on the X55 modem chip
We'll just have to wait for more phone details as they appear.
