Article 3RV8X New T-Mobile upgrade may boost your coverage—if you have the right phone

New T-Mobile upgrade may boost your coverage—if you have the right phone

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Jon Brodkin
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Enlarge / T-Mobile's newly acquired spectrum-this map does not show spectrum the company already owned. (credit: T-Mobile USA)

It's been a little more than a year since T-Mobile USA bought enough 600MHz spectrum licenses to cover the entire country, and the carrier has now activated the spectrum band in more than 900 cities and towns in 32 states. In 120 of those cities and towns, it's the first time T-Mobile has offered LTE coverage, the company said in an announcement yesterday.

Only a few Samsung, LG, Motorola, and OnePlus phones are capable of using the new spectrum today, but 600MHz support should eventually become a common feature in new phones. It will also take multiple years for T-Mobile to fully deploy the spectrum across the US.

T-Mobile bought this low-band spectrum because it's ideal for covering long distances and penetrating obstacles such as building walls, which have long been problems for T-Mobile's network.

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