T-Mobile List of Network Firsts

In recent years, every meaningful network innovation has been available first to T-Mobile customers – including VoLTE, worldwide Wi-Fi calling, 600 MHz LTE, a nationwide Narrowband IoT network and more.

• 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: Launched the nation’s first developer platform for narrowband IoT • 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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