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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    .....Our Extended Range 5G covers 310 million Americans across 1.8 million square miles of the country — nearly 94% of the U.S. population! And we expect our Ultra Capacity 5G, which covers 210 million people, to reach 260 million by the end of this year and 300 million next year. We tripled our Ultra Capacity square mileage in 2021 and plan for 3x again in 2022. Three times more!

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    .....More than 40% of our postpaid phone customers have a 5G device, and 5G traffic already accounts for about HALF of all traffic carried on our network. In the space of 12 months, our 5G traffic has increased 6x while average download speeds have doubled.

    Our industry-leading capacity allowed us to introduce plans like Magenta MAX, the first 5G unlimited plan that won’t slow you down no matter how much data you use. Our customers love that they’re getting a truly differentiated 5G experience. About 55% of our new customers are choosing this plan when they come to us, and those who have it are using 5x more gaming, 2x more video and 2.5x more social media.

     

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

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    16 hours ago, Paynefanbro said:

    Funny you say this. I just made a post in the North Jersey market thread that T-Mobile has been doing a lot of Sprint conversions and new builds there to increase density. Also in NYC they are starting to ramp up the Sprint site conversions from the looks of it. In rural areas in eastern North Carolina I've seen some new T-Mobile sites appear on Cellmapper that aren't Sprint conversions so they're trying to increase rural density too. We're even seeing T-Mobile start to deploy n41 small cells and mini-macros on Reddit.

    It's anecdotal but it seems like they're definitely trying to increase density. 

    Some good info here about this: https://www.rcrwireless.com/20220310/carriers/t-mobile-us-says-almost-50-percent-of-traffic-is-carried-on-its-5g-network

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    According to Neville Ray, president of technology, T-Mobile’s 5G network, including 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz obtained in the Sprint merger, is “very, very close to crossing 50% of traffic” carried, and over 40% of subscribers’ smartphones are 5G-compatible.

    Ray discussed the “massive synergies” available to T-Mobile US as it decommissions Sprint cell sites and migrates those customers onto the combined network. He said the decommissioning process would peak mid-year resulting in taking 80% of Sprint’s sites offline; tens of thousands of sites will be decommed throughout 2022.

     

    More context and info here too: https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/t-mobile-stokes-mid-band-5g-coverage-rivalry

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

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    Interestingly, the letters from T-Mobile’s law firm also said that access to T-Mobile’s 2.5 GHz leases are only known by fewer than .1% of T-Mobile employees. “Employees with access are educated as to the confidential and proprietary nature of the payment and pricing data in the Lease Agreement. Employees also undertake annual trainings on how to protect confidential and proprietary information. The Lease Agreement and its pricing terms are only accessible via a segregated T-Mobile data base."

    Auction 108 should be very interesting....

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    Network Vision/LTE - Washington DC Market

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    On 3/7/2022 at 9:07 AM, kg4icg said:

    Have the new S22 Ultra myself been connecting to 71, 2, 41, 66, and at times getting 5GUC. So far getting up to 700mb dl

    I've seen pretty great speeds and lots of 5G UC all around DC, Bethesda and Fairfax. No complaints at all.

    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted · Edited by RedSpark
    Clarity/Links

    9 hours ago, dkyeager said:

    My hope is they will final get moving on converting Sprint billing to T-Mobile. Banks often hire consulting firms to do this with tight deadlines.

    Having just one billing system would cleanup the entire sales side making new approaches/structures possible.  The focus of store personnel could final shift back to bringing in new customers and solving regular customer issues rather than old Sprint quirks.

    That's a good point.

    Synergy is going to drive this. T-Mobile has talked about how much money it's saving from synergies on its earnings calls, and the billing system is a big one. When they're able to finally deprecate Sprint's system, hopefully they can put those funds towards network expansion and densification.... or that 2.5 GHz auction that's coming up.

    Q4 2021 Earnings Release PDF: https://s24.q4cdn.com/400059132/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/TMUS-12_31_2021-EX-99.1-vFinal.pdf

    Q4 2021 Investor Factbook PDF: https://s24.q4cdn.com/400059132/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/TMUS-12_31_2021-EX-99.2-vFinal.pdf

    Synergy is mentioned a lot....

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Some additional background on SoFi's Network Infrastructure and DAS: https://stadiumtechreport.com/editorial/cellular-carriers-bring-5g-blitz-to-sofi-stadium-for-super-bowl-lvi

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    According to Mecum, Verizon has more than 472 5G nodes deployed throughout SoFi Stadium, easily the most for any single venue it covers.

    Perhaps that explains Verizon's high usage numbers?

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    T-Mobile, which uses different spectrum bands than AT&T and Verizon, said it will have its 5G services available at 2.5 GHz, 24 GHz and 39 GHz.

    There are also some great insights on how usage is modeled/anticipated in this article. Definitely worth a read.

    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    Some great stats from this article: https://stadiumtechreport.com/news/verizon-att-hit-new-highs-for-big-game-cellular-data-use-at-super-bowl-liv

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    According to Verizon, customers on its wireless networks "in and around" the stadium Sunday used a total of 30.4 terabytes of data, up from the previous high-water mark for Verizon of 21.5 TB of data used at Super Bowl LIV in Miami in 2020. AT&T reported customers on its networks used 13 TB of data Sunday, up from 10.2 TB seen at Super Bowl LIV in 2020. Last year's Super Bowl LV in Tampa had much lower data totals for all kinds of wireless communications, due to the reduced-capacity crowd due to the Covid pandemic.

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    Verizon said that its networks were used by 60 percent of the attendees at the game Sunday.

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    According to Verizon the biggest spikes in data usage Sunday happened at the halftime show as well as just before kickoff; AT&T reported that about half its data total, 6.6 TB, was used before kickoff and during the first quarter.

    Like in recent years past, T-Mobile did not report any Super Bowl data-usage totals. However, T-Mobile did say that its customers saw peak 5G speeds "topping 2 Gigabits per second" on its 5G networks at SoFi Stadium.

     

    Wish we could see those usage stats for T-Mobile. Sprint used to report its usage stats. Oh well.

    That usage for Verizon is crazy high... More than double AT&T's... and that's with Verizon's autoconnect agreement for WiFi at the Stadium. What explains this?

    The article mentions that in addition to its cellular numbers Verizon customers likely contributed to the usage of the Wi-Fi network at SoFi, since Verizon has an autoconnect agreement which can quickly switch customers to the Wi-Fi network. I'd be curious to see those numbers, which will be reported by Extreme Networks: https://www.extremenetworks.com/nfl/

    Perhaps this is a first? Wi-Fi Coaches?:

    I think it's a great idea.

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

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    5 hours ago, BucketHead25 said:

    Am I the only one tired of these super bowl stories?  This event is for the elites who can afford to spend $5000 for a ticket to a 3 hr show.   

    Nothing in this thread (running for seven years now!) has anything to do with the cost of tickets or "elites". It's purely focused on the network/upgrades that each carrier deploys in the Host City for the Game.

    Each carrier is deploying the best network that it can for a high profile/huge capacity event, and it's neat to see their talking points about what makes their network the best vs. the others. The really cool thing is that many of these upgrades are permanent. So as time has gone on with the Game being hosted in different cities, these Host City networks have substantially improved as technology advances.

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    Sprint Super Bowl Coverage/DAS

    in Network, Network Vision/LTE Deployment

    Posted · Edited by RedSpark
    Added AT&T/Verizon

    Some pretty solid upgrades here!

    Summarized:

    • $100+ million investment in 5G infrastructure across the city. More than 95% of people in Greater Los Angeles are now covered with T-Mobile’s super-fast Ultra Capacity 5G network.
    • At SoFi Stadium, T-Mobile deployed a brand new state-of-the-art 5G system with upgraded 100 Gigabit backhaul and the deployment of Ultra Capacity 5G service using mid-band and millimeter wave spectrum. Gives SoFi the capability equal to nearly 100 traditional macro cell sites. T-Mobile customers could experience peak download speeds of 1.5 Gbps.
    • Across the city, indoor systems have been upgraded at more than a dozen venues, including Los Angeles Convention Center, Crypto.com Arena and LA’s most popular and largest hotels. At LAX, T-Mobile now provides 5G service at Tom Bradley International Terminal and Mid-Field Satellite Concourse.
    • Hundreds of macro sites have been upgraded and nearly 200 small cells across the city have been installed or upgraded with Ultra Capacity 5G increasing the density and capacity of the network and providing peak speeds up to 1 Gbps.

    Here's what AT&T is doing:

    And Verizon:

    More info: https://www.verizon.com/about/news/speed-january-31-2022

     

    Nice overall analysis here: https://www.lightreading.com/5g/verizon-atandt-and-t-mobile-again-rally-around-5g-for-super-bowl/d/d-id/775159

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    Official Tmobile-Sprint merger discussion thread

    in T-Mobile Merger/5G NR Deployment

    Posted · Edited by RedSpark
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    Industry-Leading and Record-High Postpaid Account and Postpaid Customer Net Additions in 2021(1)

    • Postpaid net account additions of 315 thousand in Q4 2021 — 1.2 million in full-year 2021, more than doubled year-over-year
    • Postpaid net customer additions of 1.8 million in Q4 2021 — 5.5 million in full-year 2021, exceeded guidance
    • Postpaid phone net customer additions of 844 thousand in Q4 2021 — 2.9 million in full-year 2021, increased 32% year-over-year
    • High Speed Internet net customer additions of 224 thousand in Q4 2021, highest in industry— 546 thousand in full-year 2021

    Award-Winning 5G Network Pulls Further Ahead of Competition as Merger Synergies Ramp

    • Ultra Capacity 5G covered 210 million people and Extended Range 5G covered 94% of people at year-end
    • Merger synergies of $3.8 billion in full-year 2021 increased nearly 3x year-over-year, exceeded guidance

    Incredible... and merger synergies are expected to increase to between $5.0B and $5.3B in 2022. Some serious economies of scale here.

    Great reading: https://investor.t-mobile.com/financial-performance/quarterly-results/default.aspx

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