T-Mobile and Sprint begin combining 5G networks in Philadelphia and New York City

T-Mobile and Sprint are taking the first steps toward combining their networks after the two companies completed their landmark merger earlier in April. T-Mobile customers in Philadelphia and New York City are set to be the first to get access to Sprint’s 2.5GHz mid-band 5G network in addition to the existing 600MHz low-band and mmWave high-band 5G networks T-Mobile has already launched.

In addition to the 5G expansion, T-Mobile is also opening up its LTE network to Sprint customers to use when roaming, which it says should open up “more than double the number of LTE sites” than Sprint’s current network.

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