Sprint announced it is preparing to deliver mobile 5G in the first half of 2019. Customers of the carrier in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles are promised to get “5G-like capabilities”, later joined by Atlanta, Houston and Washington DC. In 2018 and 2019 the company will position thousands of Massive MIMO radios, increasing its network capacity across the country.
As part of the coverage expansion, Sprint promises to connect “people, places and billions of things with blazing fast speed, ultra-reliable, low-latency wireless service”. The press release asto states that “this breakthrough technology will enable new levels of innovation and progress including cloud robotics, telemedicine, connected cars and drones, augmented and virtual reality and more.”
