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Small-cell antenna

City of Seattle says it’ll challenge FCC ‘overreach’ on 5G telecom transition policy

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes say they intend to appeal an order from the Federal Communications… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere slams Verizon’s new 5G offering: ‘Will never scale … but it is first, right’

Verizon today lit up what it called the “first commercial 5G network on the globe,” but T-Mobile CEO John Legere… Read More

Pivotal Commware beams

Pivotal Commware raises millions more in investment for beamforming antennas

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Pivotal Commware, a venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is in the midst of a fresh… Read More

Commentary: Seattle cannot afford to fall behind on 5G wireless technology

Editor’s note: Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, stresses the importance of embracing next-generation wireless technology in this open… Read More

T-Mobile signs $3.5B deal with Ericsson for 5G network hardware and software

T-Mobile and Ericsson announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract for Ericsson to provide both hardware and software for T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G… Read More

T-Mobile puts $8B low-band spectrum investment to work, bolstering service in build-up to 5G

T-Mobile wants to achieve nationwide 5G service by 2020, and to get ready the so-called “Un-carrier” is lighting up low-band… Read More

T-Mobile takes its 5G wireless pitch on a road trip with giant ‘Tech Truck’

The Internet may not be a big truck (it’s a series of tubes of course), but in a way, the… Read More

TLDR: T-Mobile & Nokia’s $3.5B 5G alliance, Ofo shuts down in Seattle, Magic: The Gathering

Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting… Read More

With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance

T-Mobile and Nokia have formed a new $3.5 billion partnership to speed up deployment of a next-generation nationwide 5G wireless… Read More

Echo 5G unit

The signal is inside the building! Pivotal Commware demonstrates 5G wireless link

Pivotal Commware, the Kirkland, Wash.-based startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s demonstrated its solution to a wireless… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile and Sprint plead their case as FCC considers landmark merger

T-Mobile CEO John Legere believes the future of the American innovation economy comes down to his company’s intended merger with… Read More

Q&A: Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam on 5G wireless, T-Mobile/Sprint, net neutrality and acquisitions

Verizon Communications held its annual shareholder meeting Thursday morning south of Seattle, in Renton, Wash. Why Renton? That’s one of… Read More

T-Mobile to spend $500M to bring 5G to military bases, hire 10K vets in sweeping initiative

T-Mobile is embarking on a military initiative that the company says includes its biggest hiring push ever, largest discount program… Read More

T-Mobile and Sprint name first 5G cities, as race to build next-gen network intensifies

The race to the next generation data network — 5G — is heating up. T-Mobile and Sprint — the nation’s… Read More

Washington state’s new 564 area code takes effect next month

Get ready to see more 564s in Washington. T-Mobile is notifying customers that the new area code will be rolling… Read More

This Week in Seattle: AG won’t stop suing Trump, Amazon HQ to host homeless shelter, new bike shares ride into town

Mayoral candidates line up in the wake of Murray’s exit Seattle Mayor Ed Murray ended his bid for re-election Tuesday… Read More

Verizon to bring 5G network to select customers in Seattle and 10 other U.S. cities this year

Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation… Read More

Washington state grapples with obstacles to implementing ultrafast 5G wireless

OLYMPIA, Wash. — 5G sounds cool. Who doesn’t want a faster Internet? But real-world problems — including safety, costs and… Read More

Satellite constellation

5G or not 5G? Boeing joins the battle over broadband satellite spectrum

The Boeing Co. is laying out plans to put more than 1,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to provide broadband… Read More

SpaceX Redmond office

SpaceX speaks up for its Seattle satellite operation after months of low-key work

SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the… Read More

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