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AT&T switches on its pseudo-5G in over 100 locations
AT&T will launch real mobile 5G in 12 cities by the end of 2018, but before that can happen, it says it has to lay "the 5G network foundation" first. Since it's upgrading cell towers to prepare for real 5G anyway, the carrier has rolled out its pseudo (fixed-in-place) 5G network called "5G Evolution" to parts of 117 new markets, bringing the total to 141. It's also launching LTE-LAA, a faster type of LTE connection that uses an unlicensed spectrum, in parts of Boston, Sacramento and McAllen, Texas.
T-Mobile launches speedy LTE-U service in six cities
The war over speedier LTE data is heating up in a big, big way. T-Mobile has launched LTE-U (that is, LTE riding on unlicensed frequencies) in parts of a handful of cities, including T-Mobile's home turf in Bellevue as well as Brooklyn, Dearborn, Las Vegas, Richardson and Simi Valley. If you have a compatible device (just the Galaxy S8 for now), it'll take advantage of public 5GHz wireless to give your service a boost. And if that's not fast enough, both T-Mobile and AT&T are offering a peek at the next wave of not-quite-5G speeds.
