T-Mobile Wants $8 Billion in Federal Funding to Expand 5G Coverage to 99 Percent of Americans

T-Mobile Wants $8 Billion in Federal Funding to Expand 5G Coverage to 99 Percent of Americans

T-Mobile has put forward a plan to tap into roughly $8 billion of unspent federal broadband dollars to dramatically widen its 5G footprint and bring high-speed wireless service to nearly every corner of the country. The proposal, outlined in a recent company analysis shared with regulators, targets savings generated by the Broadband Equity, Access, and […] The post T-Mobile Wants $8 Billion in Federal Funding to Expand 5G Coverage to 99 Percent …

T-Mobile Thinks $8 Billion and 6,000 Cell Towers Can Bring 5G to 99% of Americans

If you live in the city or urban areas, getting cell coverage is a non-issue. Sure, you might get lousy reception in underground parking spaces, but otherwise, it’s decent. But stepping out into the more rural areas of the US, it becomes a very different story. However, T-Mobile thinks it knows how to expand 5G coverage in the US, and that’s by leveraging $8 billion in the US government’s BEAD program. T-Mobile knows how to expand 5G coverage in…

T-Mobile Urges NTIA to Use Extra BEAD Funds for Wireless Towers

T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer John Saw urged the NTIA on Monday to use up to $8 billion in leftover BEAD funds to pay for macro towers to cover the hardest-to-serve areas of the U.S. Saw noted that, under the revised...

T-Mobile Says $8 Billion Government Funding Could Extend 5G to 99% of Americans

T-Mobile believes that about 6,000 new cell towers combined with roughly $8 billion in government funding could deliver 5G coverage to approximately 99% of Americans, according to a report from PhoneArena. The wireless carrier is making a pitch to use this money from a federal broadband program to reach communities that currently lack fast internet access. The funding comes from something called the ... [read full article] The post T-Mobile Says…