T-Mobile chronicles 5G achievements since Sprint merger

There’s not much new in T-Mobile’s latest report to the Federal Communications Commission on the progress it’s made since its merger with Sprint. The report, submitted on January 2, centers on the network milestones that T-Mobile has accomplished with respect to its 3-year commitments for nationwide 5G deployment, which includes low-band and mid-band 5G coverage, 5G sites, download speeds and more. Some of the more interesting tidbits about T-Mobile’s 5G deployment – such as the number of 5G sites it’s deployed nationwide and specifically, the number of 5G sites deployed in rural areas – are redacted in the report. T-Mobile requested confidential treatment of that information. But it did reveal some details about the drive testing done to verify compliance with 5G speed commitments. The report states that T-Mobile collected “an unprecedented” number of speed measurements – or about 5 million in total, representing 10 times the industry average. The drive tests were done under terms agreed upon with the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.