T-Mobile’s Ewaldsson says 5G rural lead is 'just the beginning'

This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been following T-Mobile’s 5G expansion into small towns and rural areas of the U.S., but Ookla made it official this week, crowning T-Mobile the leader for its 5G coverage in rural areas. According to Ookla, T-Mobile has the largest percentage of 5G users spending the majority of their time on its 5G network in both urban and rural markets, outranking Verizon and AT&T.  Practically since the close of the Sprint acquisition, T-Mobile executives have been tooting their horn about how much they’re growing in smaller markets and rural areas. In fact, T-Mobile committed to certain 5G coverage requirements in order to close the Sprint deal. Specifically, T-Mobile pledged to deploy 5G service to cover 97% of the American people within three years and to reach 99 percent of all Americans within six years.