- T-Mobile has expanded its mid-band (2.5GHz) 5G coverage to over 80 more cities.
- The upgrade promises faster real-world speeds, with an average of 300Mbps.
- This could help it fend off the speed claims of rival carriers.
T-Mobile has moved beyond claims of providing 5G nationwide to offering more subscribers a meaningful speed boost over their existing LTE service.
The carrier has started rolling out mid-band 5G (that is, 2.5GHz) in over 80 additional cities and towns, a huge jump over the eight cities that received upgraded coverage in April. Many of these are smaller cities like Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Camden, New Jersey. Still, that makes the faster coverage considerably easier to find than it was in the past. You can see the full list below.
The expansion comes thanks in no small part to Sprint’s 5G frequencies and promises a middle ground between T-Mobile’s slower-but-reliable low-band data and the fast-but-finicky millimeter wave access available for some AT&T and Verizon customers (disclaimer: this author also writes for Verizon-owned Engadget).
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