T-Mobile's filing with the FCC reveals a backup plan if the Sprint merger falls through

If T-Mobile ever gets to close on its merger with Sprint, the carrier will take control over the latter's hoard of mid-range 2.5GHz spectrum. T-Mobile plans on sandwiching these airwaves between its own 600MHz low-band holdings and its ultra high-band mmWave spectrum in order to build out its nationwide 5G network. While the low-band signals travel farther and penetrate buildings more easily than high-band waves, the latter has a larger capacity and delivers faster data speeds than low-band signals do. T-Mobile isn't loaded with mid-band spectrum and in case it doesn't complete the transaction ...

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