T-Mobile Dominates in New 5G Studies and Advances 5G with Carrier Aggregation
January 18 2022 - 12:20PM
Business Wire
T-Mobile achieves another clean sweep, winning
every metric of Ookla’s Q4 Market Analysis
The Un-carrier leverages its industry-leading
5G spectrum position to improve speed and performance with 5G
Carrier Aggregation
The best just keeps getting better. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) –
the most awarded 5G network in the U.S. – has earned yet another
CLEAN SWEEP in a new independent third-party report published today
by Ookla®! The report shows T-Mobile customers get the best network
experience across the board in all six performance categories,
including 5G speed, performance and availability as well as network
speeds overall. This, as umlaut published results from eight major
cities showing T-Mobile provides the fastest 5G speeds and greatest
average 5G availability. And the Un-carrier’s 5G network is only
going to get better as T-Mobile expands and improves 5G Carrier
Aggregation (NR CA), now combining two channels of 2.5 GHz Ultra
Capacity 5G spectrum to increase capacity for customers and
expanding NR CA to cities across the country.
And T-Mobile isn’t stopping there! In its never-ending quest to
drive the industry forward, the company recently reached
record-breaking 5G upload speeds with 5G Dual Connectivity. In a
test with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., T-Mobile
exceeded 1 Gbps on upload (1005 Mbps to be exact) by combining 2.5
GHz Ultra Capacity spectrum with millimeter wave using a smartphone
test device powered by Snapdragon® X65 5G Modem-RF System! Now THAT
is fast!
“Today’s wins confirm what over a dozen other studies have found
in the last year: T-Mobile 5G is #1 in performance and coverage,”
said Neville Ray, President of Technology at T-Mobile. “Our
competitors are years behind and scrambling to catch up. We’ll keep
blazing ahead, reaching more and more people with Ultra Capacity 5G
and spearheading new technologies. This is what you get when you
combine the best 5G network with the hardest working team in the
industry.”
In Ookla’s Q4 US Speedtest Global Market Analysis measuring
nationwide network performance, T-Mobile took the top spot in ALL
SIX network performance categories measured: Fastest Provider,
Latency, Consistency, 5G Performance, 5G Availability, and 5G
Consistency. T-Mobile’s rapid rollout of Ultra Capacity 5G drove a
nearly 40% increase in median 5G download speeds from Q3, now
clocking in at 187 Mbps nationwide. That’s faster than most home
Wi-Fi and over 2x faster than Verizon 5G and over 2.5x faster than
AT&T 5G. T-Mobile customers were also able to connect to 5G
significantly more often than both Verizon and AT&T
customers.
Research firm umlaut also published results for a report
commissioned by T-Mobile, after examining 5G performance in
Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,
Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and Seattle. T-Mobile’s average 5G download
speeds across the eight cities clocked in at 261 Mbps – more than
2x faster than Verizon 5G and nearly 4x faster than AT&T 5G in
those cities. Testers were able to get a 5G signal on T-Mobile 96%
of the time, versus just 88% of the time with AT&T and a sad
59% of the time with Verizon 5G.
T-Mobile’s industry-leading 5G speeds are only getting speedier.
The Un-carrier announced today it’s launching new capabilities with
5G Carrier Aggregation (NR CA), now combining two channels of 2.5
GHz mid-band spectrum for greater speed and capacity. If you’re not
an industry-insider, that means T-Mobile basically took two
highways and merged them into one superhighway. Now traffic can go
much faster with less congestion and more roadway/capacity.
5G standards set the maximum bandwidth for a sub-6 GHz 5G
channel at 100 MHz of spectrum, which is a lot of capacity … but it
can get better. With NR CA, T-Mobile is able to provide customers
with more than 100 MHz of 2.5 GHz Ultra Capacity 5G spectrum
(beginning with 120 MHz in places) meaning customers in those areas
will see a significant boost in speed and performance. Early tests
show 2.5 GHz NR CA can improve speeds by approximately 20%, and
that devices reach speeds greater than 100 Mbps twice as often as
those without NR CA! Additionally, T-Mobile has expanded NR CA with
2.5GHz and 600 MHz to cities across the country. These capabilities
are live across much of T-Mobile’s network today for customers with
the Samsung Galaxy S21 and another popular flagship device,
becoming more broadly available – with additional devices – in the
coming months.
T-Mobile is the 5G leader with the country’s largest, fastest,
and most reliable 5G network, delivering more 5G bars in more
places than any other provider. The Un-carrier’s Extended Range 5G
covers nearly everyone in the country – more than 310 million
people across 1.7 million square miles. More than 210 million
people are covered with Ultra Capacity 5G, which can deliver
blazing-fast speeds to more people than any other provider.
For more information on T-Mobile’s network, visit
T-Mobile.com/coverage.
Follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter Newsroom @TMobileNews to stay
up to date with the latest company news.
5G capable device required. Some uses may require certain
plan or feature; see T-Mobile.com. Ookla: Based on analysis
by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data as reported on
www.speedtest.net/global-index/united-states#market-analysis for Q4
2021. Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with
permission. Most Reliable: According to an audit report
conducted by independent third party umlaut containing crowdsourced
data for user experience collected from April to September 2021.
Full details at: www.umlaut.com/en/benchmarking/USA. Most
Awarded 5G Network: Most individual awards for nationwide 5G
metrics in public reports from independent industry experts.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged
Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its
subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by
T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit:
https://www.t-mobile.com.
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