T-Mobile may be looking to spend big on fiber home internet
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#65JSR)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile is reportedly considering building a multibillion-dollar fiber network that it would use to provide home internet service, according to Bloomberg. While the company started testing fiber internet last year, its main home-focused offering connects with 5G instead of other wired infrastructure like DSL or cable.
Bloomberg reports that the carrier has been working with Citigroup to find financial partners for a potential $4 billion joint venture or commercial partnership." It seems like early days for the plan, and it's possible nothing will come of it, but it still feels like a significant step for the wireless carrier, which has traditionally used and managed a very different kind of infrastructure.
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