During T-Mobile’s fourth-quarter 2018 results call, executives maintained that they’re "ready and excited for the launch of the company’s nationwide 5G network." T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray said the company is adding "thousands upon thousands of new sites with 600Mhz capability," already leading to the highest network capacity and lowest tower congestion in the company’s history. When asked about 5G handset availability, Ray noted "some T-Mobile 5G phones will be available in the first half of 2019, but phones with both 600Mhz and millimeter wave support are ‘strong possibilities’ for the second half of 2019."
City lagging in race for speedy 5G service, biz leaders say
In a "5G blueprint" for the next mayor of New York City (NY), published Wednesday, a coalition of business groups—including the Partnership for New York City, Association for a Better New York and the Real Estate Board of New York—say the city must speed up the "lengthy review and approval per...
AT&T, Samsung, Qualcomm help launch 6G research center at University of Texas
AT&T, Samsung, Crown Castle and other affiliates have banded together to launch and support the future 5G research center for The University of Texas at Austin. "The advances in both wireless communications and machine learning over the past decade have been incredible, but separate," said 6G@...
Letter to the Editor: Better broadband access needed
President and CEO of Pocono Mountain Visitors Bureau, Chris Barrett, wrote an LTE for the Tri-County Independent on the need for better broadband access throughout Pennsylvania. He applauded the state's recent legislation to adopt statewide small cell policy, stating, "The Pocono Mountains Vis...
New law could expand 5G’s reach in PA
Last week, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed two new laws regulating communications infrastructure, making the upcoming deployment of 5G a more streamlined process for the state. The law now gives governments 60 days to approve or deny a permit to add a 5G cell to an existing pole, 90 days...
‘The table has been set’: Pa. lawmakers pass bill that could speed up 5G network deployment
Pennsylvania lawmakers passed legislation that standardizes the process for installing the infrastructure needed to deploy 5G networks. Gov. Tom Wolf signed the legislation into law on Wednesday, which will create a statewide standard so local governments, telecommunication providers like Veri...
Gov. Wolf signed a bill to accelerate 5G infrastructure construction in PA
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, or House Bill 1621, on Wednesday, passing new regulation for small cell deployment that will streamline new 5G infrastructure construction. "It is very difficult and inefficient to develop networks at scale whi...