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AT&T, Verizon, stall 5G network rollouts, 5G-compatible iPhone may not surface until 2020

As much as you’re hankering for 5G, it might not arrive quite as quickly as you’d like it to. America’s two biggest U.S. wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon, are unlikely to have much in the way of true 5G service deployed by the end of 2019, perhaps backing the view that Apple won’t have support […]

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Intel announces XMM 8160 5G modem, device could be used in 2019, 2020 model iPhones

This could prove nifty. Intel has launched a new modem intended for mobile devices that will connect to 5G mobile networks, the company claiming to have accelerated the launch of the XMM 8160 modem by half a year compared to its original scheduling. The XMM 8160 5G modem currently boasts peek speeds of up to […]

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T-Mobile criticizes competitors, offers details for 5G rollout across 30 U.S. cities in 2018, 2019

Wireless carrier T-Mobile has released additional details regarding its 5G network plans for 2018 and 2019, citing that 5G connectivity will be available in 30 US cities, with availability starting next year. Alongside news from AT&T and Sprint today on 5G plans and progress, T-Mobile shared its own details on the topic in a press […]

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Rumor: Apple to incorporate improved LTE transmission boards in 2018 iPhone models

The next-gen iPhone could see an even faster LTE function. Per a recently published note released by Apple analyst and guru Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, the 2018 iPhone will build on LTE antenna technology introduced with iPhone X to support ultra-fast transmissions speeds designated by 4×4 MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) standards. Kuo stated […]

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T-Mobile CEO announces faster data plan designed around Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE

T-Mobile just came out with a faster data plan for the Apple Watch Series 3 LTE version. Company CEO John Legere announced that the company had boosted the speed limit of the data plan for the Apple wearable. Previously, the Apple Watch on T-Mobile had been limited to 512kb/sec data, which equated to 3G speeds.