T-Mobile has hired former Ericsson executive Ulf Ewaldsson to head up its 5G evolution strategy as the operator’s new SVP of Technology Transformation. He will report to T-Mobile CTO and EVP Neville Ray. Ewaldsson spent nearly three decades at the Swedish telecom equipment giant, most recently as a senior advisor to Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm. […]
AT&T promised mobile 5G before the end of 2018 and is set to deliver, though cutting it close to the self-imposed deadline. AT&T lit up the first mobile 5G network in the U.S. today, with service launching in select parts of 12 cities on Friday. This is not a full-blown launch, and AT&T acknowledged initial […]
On Thursday, a Travis County jury found David Diaz guilty in the murder of Robert Morales, a case stretching back to 2014. The jury later sentenced Diaz to life in prison for the crime. On January 19, 2014, the body of Morales was found on a dirt road with obvious signs of trauma, and it […]
Google’s three-year-old MVNO service Project Fi has been renamed Google Fi and now works with more smartphones including iPhones and most Android devices. Google announced its Project Fi MVNO service in 2015, promising a seamless experience, automatically connecting users to the strongest available signal by switching between WiFi and LTE using Sprint and T-Mobile’s respective LTE […]
Speaking at an investor conference last week, T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter discussed the approval timeline for the carrier’s proposed $26 billion deal with Sprint, as well the 5G opportunity for fixed wireless broadband. Carter said the Sprint merger, which is currently under review by the FCC and DOJ, could close as early as the first […]
