T-Mobile has thousands more 5G cities than Verizon and AT&T, Ookla says

T-Mobile’s 5G and 4G LTE networks.


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T-Mobile has almost 20 times more 5G cities than AT&T and Verizon combined, according to a new analytics report by Ookla. T-Mobile is sitting on 5,013 cities with 5G — and that’s before adding in the former 5G sites of Sprint after the carrier’s $26.5 billion merger with Sprint — while AT&T has 237 5G cities and Verizon has 39.

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Verizon was by far the fastest in speeds, though, charting at a speed score of 870 in comparison to AT&T’s 78 and T-Mobile’s 64 in Ookla’s report.

“Only T-Mobile is doing the hard work to deliver 5G coverage and performance. Sure, it would be easier to deliver blazing speeds in postage stamp-sized areas like Verizon, but our strategy is different,” said Neville Ray, president of technology at T-Mobile. “T-Mobile’s strategy is built on delivering a meaningful 5G experience people can actually use.”

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There are now 5,164 cities across the United States with 5G, according to Ookla.

A study last week by OpenSignal similarly found Verizon’s 5G network to have the fastest speeds while T-Mobile had the best coverage.

T-Mobile claims its 5G network reaches 225 million people. You can check out T-Mobile’s 5G coverage maps here.

Verizon and AT&T didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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