The big 5G revolution is very quietly moving ahead, or so it seems as T-Mobile appears to be conducting tests of its own 5G network in New York City with absolutely zero fanfare.
T-Mobile hasn’t even confirmed when it will launch its 5G network but you can’t stop Ookla staff from catching on when networks are concerned. Android Authority) showing the T-Mobile 5G network in action on his Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.
Achieving a max 495.52Mbps download and 59.1Mbps upload speed on a test network is pretty impressive. We’re sure that will improve as the network is steadily built out over the next year. A further tweet showing an FCC filing hints that T-Mobile appears to be using 100MHz on the 28GHz band as of this moment in time. This gives the T-Mobile 5G network a theoretical maximum download speed of approximately 625Mbps.
— Milan Milanović (@milanmilanovic) May 28, 2019
While that speed isn’t earth-shattering, it really is a step up from the previous 4G speeds that we’ve become accustomed. Milanović also reports that T-Mobile is “blanketing” Manhattan with its 5G network. That bodes well for New Yorkers, as Verizon is currently only focused upon a 1.6-square-mile radius within Chicago and an even smaller area of downtown Minneapolis.
T-Mobile claims that its own 5G network will be available within two-thirds of the United States at download speeds of 100Mbps. T-Mobile is then hoping to increase the average speed for all users to 450Mbps by 2024. At this point, that seems a long way off but this test and evidence suggest that T-Mobile is well underway in building out their 5G network infrastructure in New York at least.
More on 5G:
- Galaxy S10 5G speed tests on Verizon in Chicago deliver impressive results
- Verizion Moto Z3 Android Pie update rolling out w/ 5G Moto Mod support
- MWC 2019: How foldable smartphones stole much of that 5G thunder [Video]
FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our subscribe to our YouTube channel
Comments