AT&T Knocks T-Mobile By Naming More Midsized Cities For 5G
July 22, 2018
AT&T this morning identified three more cities where it plans to launch mobile 5G services later this year—Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, and Oklahoma City, in addition to its previously announced Dallas, Atlanta and Waco markets—and used the announcement to take a swipe at rival T-Mobile.
“We’re deliberately launching with a mix of big and mid-sized cities,” AT&T stated in its release. The operator has said it will switch on commercial mobile 5G services in a dozen cities later this year, likely first with a “puck” style device. “One competitor recently boasted ‘New York matters more than Waco’ when discussing their future plans. We politely disagree—all Americans should have access to next-gen connectivity to avoid a new digital divide.”
AT&T is likely referencing comments made by T-Mobile’s Neville Ray earlier this year, when he boasted that T-Mobile will launch mobile 5G services in up to 30 large U.S. cities this year. “Why are we in New York and not Waco? Because New York matters,” Ray said at the time.
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