Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes say they intend to appeal an order from the Federal Communications Commission that mandates how much municipalities can charge for letting… Read More
Verizon today lit up what it called the “first commercial 5G network on the globe,” but T-Mobile CEO John Legere was not impressed, unleashing a trolling tweet thread roasting the… Read More
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Pivotal Commware, a venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is in the midst of a fresh funding round that could bring in $20 million or more… Read More
Editor’s note: Michael Schutzler, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association, stresses the importance of embracing next-generation wireless technology in this open letter to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. For more than a… Read More
T-Mobile and Ericsson announced a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar contract for Ericsson to provide both hardware and software for T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network deployment. The two companies say the deal is worth… Read More
T-Mobile wants to achieve nationwide 5G service by 2020, and to get ready the so-called “Un-carrier” is lighting up low-band spectrum across the U.S. to fill in coverage gaps, specifically… Read More
The Internet may not be a big truck (it’s a series of tubes of course), but in a way, the Internet is inside a big truck—the T-Mobile Tech Truck. Emblazoned… Read More
Today’s featured stories With Sprint acquisition pending, T-Mobile teams up with Nokia in new $3.5B 5G alliance Ofo officially shutting down in Seattle after $250K bikeshare fee passes ‘Magic: The… Read More
T-Mobile and Nokia have formed a new $3.5 billion partnership to speed up deployment of a next-generation nationwide 5G wireless network. Nokia, which Microsoft infamously acquired in 2014 and then… Read More
Pivotal Commware, the Kirkland, Wash.-based startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it’s demonstrated its solution to a wireless annoyance: getting 5G reception inside a building. Millimeter-wave 5G signaling… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere believes the future of the American innovation economy comes down to his company’s intended merger with Sprint. At least, that’s the case T-Mobile is making as… Read More
Verizon Communications held its annual shareholder meeting Thursday morning south of Seattle, in Renton, Wash. Why Renton? That’s one of the questions GeekWire asked Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam… Read More
T-Mobile is embarking on a military initiative that the company says includes its biggest hiring push ever, largest discount program yet and a commitment of at least $500 million to… Read More
The race to the next generation data network — 5G — is heating up. T-Mobile and Sprint — the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers — doubled down on… Read More
Get ready to see more 564s in Washington. T-Mobile is notifying customers that the new area code will be rolling out in Western Washington state starting July 29. The new… Read More
Mayoral candidates line up in the wake of Murray’s exit Seattle Mayor Ed Murray ended his bid for re-election Tuesday because of a lawsuit and related claims that he sexually… Read More
Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation network to select customers in 11 cities across the U.S.… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — 5G sounds cool. Who doesn’t want a faster Internet? But real-world problems — including safety, costs and permitting — face Washington state as the wireless industry gears up… Read More
The Boeing Co. is laying out plans to put more than 1,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to provide broadband internet service – and it wants to make sure the… Read More
SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the work is now at a “critical stage.” That assessment is… Read More