There’s been a lot of talk about T-Mobile’s competitive advantage over both Verizon and AT&T in the mid-band 5G spectrum field in the last few months, especially after the completion of the greatest auction in the FCC’s history, but what some people seem to have forgotten is that the “Un-carrier” has an edge on its arch-rivals in terms of a number of other key 5G technologies as well.
While all three major US wireless service providers started their next-gen network deployments relying exclusively on what’s called non-standalone (NSA) 5G connectivity, Magenta massively expanded the footprint of said next-gen network close to eight months ago by launching the “world’s first nationwide standalone” 5G signal.
