\tT-Mobile US launched a pilot of a new wireless home broadband service, marking the start of a bid to disrupt the segment.<\/p>\n
The operator is initially aiming to connect up to 50,000 customers in rural and underserved areas of the country via fixed wireless access (FWA) LTE, offering speeds of around 50Mb\/s. Service will be offered by invitation-only to start, priced $55 per month (or $50 with an AutoPay discount) with no data limit.<\/p>\n
Customers eligible to participate in the pilot will be contacted this week with information on how to sign up: routers will be supplied for free.<\/p>\n
In a statement, CEO John Legere (pictured) said the move will lay the \u201cfoundation for a world where we can take the fight to big cable on behalf of consumers and offer real choice, competition and savings to Americans nationwide\u201d.<\/p>\n
T-Mobile said the selective nature of the pilot is due to capacity constraints, but noted it plans to expand service to cover more than half of US households [1] by 2024 if its merger with Sprint is approved.<\/p>\n
Though the service will run on LTE to start, T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert previously detailed plans to upgrade to 5G at a later date [2].<\/p>\n
The operator isn’t the only one dabbling with FWA home broadband: Verizon, AT&T and US Cellular all have similar offers on the table.<\/p>\n[1] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/t-mobile-plots-in-home-broadband-play\/
\n[2] https:\/\/www.mobileworldlive.com\/featured-content\/top-three\/t-mobile-chief-slams-merger-doubters\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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