In recent years, every meaningful network innovation has been available first to T-Mobile customers – including nationwide standalone 5G, VoNR, 5G coverage in all 50 states and more.
- Sep 2023: Expanded the world-first network slicing beta for developers nationwide and to android devices
- Sep 2023: First in the industry to offer SIM-based SASE solution and network security slice for businesses and government organizations to strengthen their defense against cyberthreats
- Aug 2023: First in the world to offer a network slicing developer beta for video calling applications, delivering on the promise of 5G SA
- May 2023: First-ever in the U.S. to reach uplink speeds topping 200 Mbps in a 5G data call leveraging uplink carrier aggregation
- June 2022: World's first to top 3 Gbps with SA 5G on a commercial device
- June 2022: Launched voice over 5G on the nation's only SA network
- March 2022: T-Mobile Magenta Drive for BMW Powers America's First 5G Connected Car
- Nov 2021: Completed the world's first 5G standalone New Radio Dual Connectivity (NR DC) data call on a commercial network, boosting download speeds to as fast as 5 Gbps
- Aug 2021: Launched its first 5G-enabled drone, one of the first racing drones in the world to have an embedded 5G module
- March 2021: First to implement STIR/SHAKEN with all major U.S. network providers
- Dec 2020: First U.S. wireless operator to launch Location-Based Routing and Next Generation 911 capabilities
- Oct 2020: Powered first-ever World Series 5G experiences - T-Mobile 5G BatterCams and 5G FieldCams
- Oct 2020: World’s first 5G standalone data session with New Radio Carrier Aggregation on a commercial smartphone
- Aug 2020: Launched world’s first nationwide standalone architecture (SA) 5G network
- June 2020: First to offer 5G coverage in all 50 states
- May 2020: Completed the first low-band 5G SA data session, first call with EPS fallback and first VoNR and ViNR calls with a commercial smartphone
- May 2020: Completed the first ViNR (video over new radio) call on a production network
- May 2020: Completed the first low-band VoNR (voice over new radio) call on a production network
- May 2020: Completed the first low-band standalone 5G voice call using Evolved Packet System (EPS) fallback to VoLTE
- May 2020: Completed the first standalone 5G data session between commercial modems from two suppliers on a production network
- Dec 2019: Lit up the first nationwide 5G network
- Sept 2019: Made the world’s first low-band 5G data transmission using a commercial device
- July 2019: Achieved world’s first standalone 5G data session on a multi-vendor radio and core network in the lab
- July 2019: First major wireless provider to light up LTE in the Gulf of Mexico
- July 2019: Completed world’s first low-band data session on a commercial 5G modem in the lab
- July 2019: Launched America’s first narrowband IoT asset tracking solution
- April 2019: T-Mobile and Comcast first to launch cross-network robocalling protection built on STIR/SHAKEN standards
- Jan 2019: First in the industry to launch caller verification, the FCC-recommended STIR/SHAKEN standards, at the network level to better catch and stop spoofed numbers from reaching customers’ phones
- Jan 2019: Completed the world’s first 5G data call and video call on 600 MHz, both on a live commercial network
- Nov 2018: Achieved the world’s first 5G data transmission on 600 MHz spectrum on T-Mobile’s live commercial network
- Oct 2018: First to successfully use 5G in the field on 28 GHz
- Sept 2018: First major wireless provider in the U.S. to deploy Google Emergency Location Service (ELS) in Android
- Sept 2018: First LTE-Advanced Massive MIMO FDD TM9 call on commercial network & equipment
- Sept 2018: First multi-vendor 3GPP based 5G data call using commercial radios and Intel’s mmWave RF chip
- Sept 2018: First U.S. mobile-to-mobile 5G New Radio (NR) video call
- Jul 2018: America’s first nationwide NB-IoT network live
- Jun 2018: Nation’s first bi-directional over-the-air 5G data session on a 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio system
- Feb 2018: Industry first to achieve download speeds of 1.3 Gbps with License Assisted Access (LAA) and five component carrier aggregation on 14 antenna layers
- Feb 2018: First lab and field tests of NB-IoT in guard bands
- Aug 2017: First in the world to light up LTE in 600 MHz
- Aug 2017: First major wireless provider in the world to place no. 1 in every category of the OpenSignal State of Mobile Networks report
- Jul 2017: First wireless provider In North America to field test Narrowband IoT on a live commercial network
- Jun 2017: Completed nation’s first live trial of License Assisted Access (LAA) showing 741 Mbps download speeds
- Jun 2017: First national wireless provider to make LTE-U, an LTE-Advanced technology, available to customers
- Oct 2016: First to deploy AWS-3 (Band 66), providing even more spectrum capacity for calls, texts, streams, and file uploads and downloads
- Sep 2016: First with 256 QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), an LTE-Advanced technology, which provides a higher resolution data signal for increased speeds
- Sep 2016: First with 4x4 MIMO (Multi-In Multi-Out), an LTE-Advanced technology, which doubles speeds over 4x2 MIMO, allowing four radios at the cell site to send and receive signals with four antennas on the smartphone
- Apr 2016: First with Enhanced Voice Services, an LTE-Advanced technology, which improves voice call reliability and fidelity over HD Voice
- Feb 2016: First to trial deployment of License Assisted Access, an LTE-Advanced technology. LAA is an exciting innovation that will increase network efficiency and throughput speeds using unlicensed spectrum
- Nov 2015: First and only to offer free 4G LTE CellSpots, the first-ever 4G LTE mini-tower available from a U.S. wireless provider for full-bar T-Mobile LTE coverage throughout your home, small business or virtually anywhere you need it
- Sep 2015: First with Video Calling so you can see and hear family and friends right from your device’s dialer and right out of the box using LTE or Wi-Fi
- Jul 2015: First with RCS-based Advanced Messaging for rich 1 on 1 and group messaging, including near real-time chat right out of the box
- Sep 2014: First with Wi-Fi Calling worldwide allowing you to move seamlessly between our LTE network and any available Wi-Fi connection (VoLTE w/ eSRVCC is an LTE-Advanced technology)
- May 2014: First to launch VoLTE, an LTE-Advanced technology, for faster call connections, fast LTE data speeds while on a call, HD Voice and seamless transitions between 2G/4G and LTE networks
- Jan 2013: First with HD Voice, and first to launch it nationwide, for crystal clear call quality
- Sep 2008: First to launch an Android™ powered mobile phone – the G1
- Jun 2007: First to launch Wi-Fi Calling with T-Mobile Hotspot @Home, allowing call handoffs from 2G to Wi-Fi
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