T-Mobile is wasting no time improving its 5G network with Sprint's mid-band spectrum
T-Mobile has been extremely active in hyping up its “nationwide” 5G network, which made its impressive debut around five months ago, expanding relatively quickly to even more places after already covering over 200 million people and 5,000+ cities and towns at launch.
But while Magenta has remarkably managed to solve the 5G availability equation on its own in totally unrivaled fashion, it’s no big secret that T-Mobile’s next-gen network still has a bit of a speed problem. As highlighted in several real-world tests of late, said 5G speeds are barely higher than the numbers you’ve routinely come to expect from 4G LTE connectivity nowadays.
Of course, that was the old T-Mobile, while “New T-Mobile” is preparing to put its bold short-term plans into action now that the long-delayed Sprint merger is finally completed. In case you were wondering how soon you’d be able to experience the positive effects of the union between the nation’s third and fourth-largest wireless service providers, the answer is unsurprisingly very soon.
If you’re not familiar with the current 5G lingo, Sprint’s mid-band 2.5GHz spectrum was essentially the number one reason why T-Mobile pursued this merger so aggressively. T-Mo’s existing 5G network is built on a low-band 600MHz foundation, which allowed the “Un-carrier” to spread its signal fast and wide while providing only a marginal speed upgrade over its 4G LTE technology.