In this Episode:
- Department of Justice approves T-Mobile / Sprint Deal (0:42)
- DISH becomes the new 4th national wireless carrier in the US (1:43)
- FCC authorizes $524 million in funding for rural broadband (4:13)
- AT&T announces new partnership deals (6:53)
- 5G Updates (10:00)
Q&A How will the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile affect its customers? (12:20) How would Sprint and T-Mobile merger impact you? (13:56) Why do we (consumers) need 5G (isn't the internet fast enough already)? I can understand if the businesses need it, but why 5G on a phone? (15:42) Show Notes: DISH national carrier announcement - http://about.dish.com/2019-07-26-DISH-to-Become-National-Facilities-based-Wireless-Carrier FCC rurual broadband funding - https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-358490A1.pdf AT&T partnership deal - https://about.att.com/story/2019/att_ibm_alliance.html https://news.microsoft.com/2019/07/17/att-and-microsoft-announce-a-strategic-alliance-to-deliver-innovation-with-cloud-ai-and-5g/ Verizon 5G deployment in St. Paul Minnesota - https://www.verizon.com/about/news/verizon-launches-exclusive-inseego-5g-mifi-m1000 Vodafone Germany 5G update - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-telecoms-vodafone-group/vodafone-launches-5g-in-germany-challenges-d-telekom-on-price-idUSKCN1UB1IY?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews O2 5G launch October 2019 - https://news.o2.co.uk/press-release/o2-announces-october-5g-launch-prioritising-areas-where-customers-will-benefit-most/ Israel 5G tender - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-telecoms-5g-idUSKCN1U90C4
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