AT&T is starting its 5G rollout with Austin and Indianapolis later this year
February 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
AT&T is paving the way for 5G in the US, starting with an initial rollout in its Austin and Indianapolis markets later this year, the company announced at an event in San Francisco today. The telecom is calling this new high-speed network “5G Evolution,” and it’s supposed to reach initial top speeds of 400 Mbps, or about 40 times faster than a standard cellular data connection.
This isn’t true 5G, which is supposed to hit 1Gbps. However, by the end of the year, AT&T says advancements in the network could allow for theoretical top speeds in the gigabit range, which would put mobile connections on par with fiber internet.
The initial steps toward 5G are part of AT&T’s broader network upgrade, an…
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