In support of T-Mobile’s commitment to deploy a nationwide 5G network in the United States, Ericsson announced that it is providing T-Mobile with 5G radio access products.
T-Mobile announced that it plans to build out 5G in 30 cities this year, with New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Las Vegas among the first cities.
Ericsson’s enhanced 5G Platform, available for 600 MHz and millimeter-wave (mmWave) in 28 GHz and 39 GHz, will allow T-Mobile to begin building out 5G in its network in 2018.
At the same time, Nokia also announced that it has singned a deal with T-Mobile to roll out a nationwide 5G multi-band network using the commercial Nokia 5G AirScale solution that works on both 600MHz and 28GHz mmWave.
Nokia said it will also further advance T-Mobile's existing 4G LTE network, providing advanced radio access network (RAN) support for 4G and 5G subscribers. Nokia will begin building the network during the second quarter of 2018, completing the deployment during 2020.
Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile USA
When we built our LTE network, we had the future and our customers top of mind. 5G will be no different. T-Mobile will be the first to give customers the truly transformative, nationwide 5G network they deserve.
Fredrik Jejdling, EVP and Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson
We have been working in close partnership with T-Mobile on 5G for tests in the lab, field trials, and now initial deployment into the T-Mobile network. Our 5G Platform enables operators like T-Mobile to launch 5G as quickly as possible.
