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bigsnake49

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  1. I did note that they are buying NR 26 capable equipment. I am surprised and not what I would do but it is what it is.
  2. I hear excuses. You can roam on each other's network but they set the roaming threshold too high. You have to completely lose service before you roam on the other network. Band 25/2 is a total mess.
  3. I have not seen any improvements around here either. Granted we are not a priority market, but...I have been critical of T-Mobile's strategy of emphasizing 5G to the detriment of LTE from the beginning. I was expecting a smoother integration experience on a market to market basis. They have had about 3 years to plan and execute this.
  4. According to American Towers, the T-Mobile/Sprint merger has not had material impact on their business during the second quarter. Basically there have not been any Sprint site decommissioning or new sites added. They expect activity to pick up later this year. https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/t-mobile-moving-slower-than-expected-post-merger-network-american-tower
  5. B41 in our area was implemented pretty well using a combination of mini macros and traditional macros. At least good enough if you were driving around. Inside your own house or condo though it was not so good. Most of the time in the interior of structures you would fall on Band 26 which was severely overcrowded. The thing they did wrongly is that they actually replaced some macro sites by mini macros thinning out an already thin macro network. If they kept the macro network intact, added b41 on all sites and then added mini macros it would have been a dynamite network. I understand, we are not a major market, Sprint over the years lost their market position from second to AT&T to distant 4th so they cut corners. T-Mobile inherited a very good MetroPCS network in Florida when they merged (Metro copycatted Verizon's macro network). If they don't screw it up and try to cut corners they will end up with an excellent network. We will probably be in the last batch of areas to be fully integrated.
  6. Is it because it went from 2x2 to 4x4 on 600 and 700MHz?
  7. Sprint's problems predate Softbank, but yes Softbank could have invested some money in Sprint and made it a much better carrier. They overpaid on everything they bought after Sprint.
  8. I got the same text but I am not doing it until I see them taking away B41 backhaul.
  9. I probably should not repeat myself but I thought that moving/merging band 25/2 should have been job 1. As in move enough Sprint spectrum over to T-mobile RRHs to fill up 20MHz, then when they visit the site to add band 41 they can add another RRH if there is some band 25 spectrum left.
  10. The problem with covering rural Northern California is that they don't want new towers to be built because it will Martha natural beauty. I understand it but then if you want coverage you have to compromise.
  11. Yep Northern California is not well covered by either of them. Neither is it well covered by AT&T at least about couple of years ago.
  12. I am sure that they can cover the 70% of American using their low frequency spectrum no problem. The only problem would be the relatively low customer count. They will have to partner with somebody to spread out the deployment costs.
  13. Look in some places T-Mobile had a denser network and in others Sprint had a denser network and in others neither did. It's the nature of the beast. Let's hope that they do an masterful blending of the two networks and then buildout the places where neither was strong.
  14. Contrary to my expectations Dish did confirm that they are going to buy 800Mhz from T-Mobile, as if purchasing triband low frequency RRHs (n71, n26 and n29) was not enough: "As part of Dish Network's $1.4 billion agreement last week to purchase around 9 million Boost-branded mobile customers from T-Mobile, the company also quietly said it would purchase billions of dollars of additional spectrum. Dish agreed to move forward on a previously announced plan to purchase 13.5MHz of 800MHz spectrum nationwide from T-Mobile for a whopping $3.6 billion. Based on the terms of the companies' agreement, Dish said it would potentially purchase the spectrum during 2023, and that T-Mobile might continue to use a portion of the spectrum until 2025. The transaction might not actually happen, given that it's not scheduled to close for another three years and much can happen between now and then. That the companies last week reiterated their plans to go through with the deal only underscores the fact that Charlie Ergen – the chairman of Dish Network and a key architect of the company's 5G strategy – ostensibly has an utterly inexhaustible desire for spectrum." https://www.lightreading.com/5g/dish-networks-ergen-has-a-big-appetite-for-5g-spectrum/d/d-id/762196?
  15. They have ordered triband n71, n26 and n29 low frequency RRUs and dual band n70 and n66. Something tells me that they will deploy the lower band first and then deploy enough of the midband RRUs to meet the deployment requirements. Of course I expect them to deploy first in the urban areas then suburban. Overall I think they will live within their means as far as deployment, shielded by the roaming agreement with t-mobile. For me the interesting event will happen in 3 years when T-Mobile's leases with other holders of 600Mhz spectrum expire. Will we see a bidding war between T-Mobile and Dish for those leases?
  16. I think they stay. Shentel and T-Mobile are in negotiations about either acquisition or affiliation.
  17. I can see both sides of the equation data driven vs consistency. Unfortunately, Sprint could not overcome the patina of incompetency and of damaged goods.
  18. Well, there goes nothing 😂. All jokes aside, I am very happy that they took the first step towards becoming the fourth carrier.
  19. Yeah it looks like they might be getting serious about deploying their network. A little more detail courtesy of Light Reading: Importantly, Fujitsu will supply the physical radio hardware that will broadcast 5G signals from atop Dish's cell towers around the US. Dish said in a release that it will use Fujitsu's lowband Tri-Band radio unit (supporting spectrum bands n71, n26 and n29) and midband Dual-Band radio unit (supporting spectrum bands n70 and n66), both of which adhere to open RAN design principles. Dish added that the radios would support passive MIMO. https://www.lightreading.com/5g/dishs-5g-radios-to-come-from-japans-fujitsu/d/d-id/762069?
  20. Dish might have to settle for lower income from their leases since T-Mobile just signed leases with two other companies: T-Mobile has applied for instant spectrum leases with Channel 51 License Company and LB License Co. to lease 600 MHz spectrum in a number of major markets, including Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta and Seattle, among others. Currently, these companies are lending 600 MHz spectrum to T-Mobile to help the carrier boost its network during the Covid-19 pandemic. The parties have filed their application with the FCC, and if granted, the leases would exist until February 28, 2023. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/t-mobile-strikes-600-mhz-spectrum-leases-8-out-10-top-markets
  21. I know you guys are just dying to know what happened to Artemis Networks the company that invented and demonstrated the pCell technology. Well they're still around but are working quietly with other companies. No major details but they have been testing their technology on the CBRS spectrum. "Remember Artemis? The startup that in 2015 promised its pCell transmission technology was 25 times better than 4G LTE? Well, Artemis is still around. But it's definitely flying under the radar nowadays. "Everything we're doing is with partners," company founder Steve Perlman told Light Reading. "We've been working more intensely than we've ever worked." Artemis's ongoing pCell efforts came to light via new documents the company filed with the FCC. "Rearden LLC [the parent company of Artemis] seeks to conduct product development and market demonstration in the 3.5GHz range (using multiple 5MHz blocks for total of 50MHz between 3400-3550MHz and 3650-3700MHz) that will examine a new digital modulation technique for wireless networks, thereby providing important information for the development of next generation wireless communications applications for the business and consumer markets. Specifically, Rearden will install prototype base stations enabled with proprietary pCell wireless technology inside the Rearden Lab," the company wrote in a filing to the FCC requesting permission to test its technology in the CBRS spectrum band." https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/startup-artemis-still-pushing-pcell-this-time-into-cbrs-band/d/d-id/757141 Now that you found out you all can go back to your afternoon naps.😂
  22. T-Mobile continues to sign 600Mhz spectrum leases with different companies: T-Mobile has applied for instant spectrum leases with Channel 51 License Company and LB License Co. to lease 600 MHz spectrum in a number of major markets, including Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta and Seattle, among others. Currently, these companies are lending 600 MHz spectrum to T-Mobile to help the carrier boost its network during the Covid-19 pandemic. T-Mobile is still negotiating with Dish to lease some of Dish's 600Mhz spectrum. https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/t-mobile-strikes-600-mhz-spectrum-leases-8-out-10-top-markets
  23. I have also noticed that they have not done anything with band 2/25. It is a problem that they have to solve pretty soon. But for T-mobile/Sprint colocated sites, if they're going to visit sites for adding NR41 panels and RRHs they might as well move the Sprint equipment over. What I am afraid they will run into is incompatibilities between enodeBs and RRHs from different vendors. So they probably have to add additional band 2/25 RRHs that are compatible to whatever enodeB T-Mobile is using. They can add Sprint band 25 spectrum to T-Mobile's 2/25 up to 20Mhz per RRH due to power limitations. Then they have to add another RRH for whatever spectrum is is left. This is going to be one giant mess and will take money and time. They will have to prioritize what will get done first. They have elected to prioritize adding NR 41 to all T-mobile sites and probably the Sprint sites they're going to keep.
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