AT&T’s 5G network is coming to 12 American cities this year.
The wireless carrier announced that Dallas, Waco, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia will roll out 5G service before the end of the year, and announcements for nine more cities will follow.
As of now, wireless carriers have stated that 5G will means faster wireless data speeds, albeit they aren’t completely on the same page.
The company offered the following description via this press release:
Our initial mobile 5G deployments this year will be based on 3GPP standards and operate over mmWave spectrum. We will use mmWave to provide mobile 5G in some areas, and then we will deploy the technology on additional spectrum bands.
The way we are implementing 5G in the initial deployments will also seamlessly integrate with current LTE technologies using the non-standalone configuration outlined in 3GPP release 15. The equipment we are deploying today on our LTE network will allow us to easily migrate to 5G.
As of now, Apple has yet to incorporate 5G functionality into its iPhone lineup yet, and likely won’t right away. Carriers need to finish sorting out how they’re moving forward, which means Apple is waiting to see how this all shakes out before shipping an iPhone with 5G support.
Given that Apple has historically been late to the game with iPhone support for new wireless standards, it stands to reason that’ll happen again with 5G, meaning Android-based handsets might see faster data speed before Apple’s models.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and AT&T