T-Mobile on Monday announced that its “Ultra Capacity 5G” is now available to 200 million people across the United States. The provider says it has hit the milestone weeks ahead of schedule.
Ultra Capacity 5G is T-Mobile’s higher-speed 5G network, which is faster than the Extended Range network currently serving 308 million T-Mobile customers. (Extended Range 5 offers speeds just a bit faster than 4G, while Ultra Capacity 5G offers much higher speeds.
The Magenta Carrier had planned to cover 200 million people by the end of 2021. The goal has been met more than a month ahead of schedule. Not all users will be able to access the 5G speeds due to location or device limitations.
A third-party report published on Monday confirms T-Mobile delivers the fastest 5G download and upload speeds in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Orlando, and Salt Lake City based on thousands of tests from research firm umlaut. The Un-carrier’s 5G download speeds were 4x faster than AT&T and over 3x faster than Verizon on average across the four cities in the report commissioned by T-Mobile.
Ultra Capacity 5G was also available nearly 75% of the time on average compared to just 2% for Verizon’s Ultra Wideband.