Thursday, March 04, 2021

T-Mobile US launches WFX: latest Un-Carrier move - unlimited mobile & FWA over 4G & 5G, covering half the country

T-Mobile US 5G Event: launches T-Mobile WFX business solutions for work-from-home (WFH) or anywhere (WFX) workforce
  1. Enterprise Unlimited Plans (4G & 5G)
  2. Home Office Internet
    • FWA, 4G & 5G, no cap, >25 Mb/s
    • dedicated router, prioritises work, with filtering (gaming, gambling, porn, Netflix etc)
    • starts with 60m HH covered, target 90m by 2025
    • from 90 $/line/mo
  3. Collaborate
    • cloud-based suite of solutions, AI-powered
    • voice & video conferencing; AI-assistant for taking notes, Microsoft 365 integrated, also G Suite, Salesforce, Slack
    • incl Enterprise Unlimited from 37 $/line/mo incl 10 GB hotspot data over 4G & 1 hr of GoGo in-flight Wi-Fi per flight for companies taking at least 11 lines
    • possible throttling after 50 GB
    • based on Dialpad tech
T-Ventures invests in Dialpad 10s of millions of $

T-Mobile US's 5G history:
  • Launch 190625, mmWave in 6 cities
  • Launch 191206, 600 MHz band near-nationwide
  • Launch 2000, 5G Ultra Capacity for Home Internet in 2.5 GHz band and mmWave
  • Launch 5G Core for SA 5G 200804
  • Covers 100m pops YE 2020
  • Target 200m covered pops YE 2021 (2.5 GHz & 600 MHz)

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