T-Mobile wideband LTE now in 16 US markets; VoLTE now covers 100 million people
Amidst a plethora of swearing and shaming of its competing cellular carriers, T-Mobile CEO John Legere took the stage tonight at the company’s un-carrier 5.0 event to announce that its wideband LTE is now available in 16 markets across the United States. Additionally, Legere announced that its voice over LTE service now covers 100 million people.
Now, we’re announcing T-Mobile Wideband #LTE is now in 16 markets across the US. Our data-strong network is able to handle your data needs!
— T-Mobile (@TMobile) June 19, 2014
As noted in the press release for tonight’s announcements, T-Mobile now offers LTE (in at least 15+15MHz), in the following 16 markets:
- Atlanta, GA
- Birmingham, AL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Detroit, MI
- Honolulu, HIHouston, TX
- Jacksonville, FL
- Los Angeles, CA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Mobile, ALOrlando, FL
- Portland, OR
- Seattle, WA
- Tampa, FL
- Upstate, NY
And, as for VoLTE, the company has announced that service is now supported in the below listed locales. T-Mobile’s VoLTE is also coming to yet another handset starting tomorrow: the Samsung Galaxy S 5.
- Atlanta, GA
- Austin, TX
- Boston, MA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TXHouston, TX
- Long Island, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Minneapolis, MN
- New JerseyNew York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- San Francisco, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Washington, D.C.