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Just a month after T-Mobile announced that its merger with Sprint has been made official, the two brands are already making good progress with their 5G network. Despite the merger being made official, we won’t see the two brands being marketed as one for at least a few more months. But it’s important to note that they are working real good together.
Earlier this week, T-Mobile gave good news to its customers. T-Mo’s president of technology, Neville Ray, announced that they had activated their 2.5GHz 5G coverage in New York City. They refer to this as their “full layer cake”, which is now live in parts of NYC and offers high-band mmWave, mid-band 2.5GHz, and low-band 600GHz 5G coverage.
NYC marks as the second city where their 2.5GHz 5G spectrum is already available. Last month, T-Mobile launched it in Philadelphia. This 2.5GHz spectrum is part of the merger that T-Mobile acquired with the merger.
Even though this spectrum is only live in two cities, T-Mobile is “moving quickly” to let its network combine with Sprint so that they can both boost their 5G network across the country. After NYC, there’s no word on when or where the next recipient will be.
What this means for T-Mobile customers in New York and Philadelphia is that they can now access the three 5G bands offered by the network. Right now, the devices that can access all three bands are the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra and Galaxy S20+. The low-band 600MHz and mid-band 2.5GHz coverage can be accessed by the following phones:
LG V60 ThinQ 5G
OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren
OnePlus 8 5G
Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G
Samsung Galaxy S20
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