It looks like Verizon's 5g launch set off a fire at AT&T.
Today, AT&T said it is now "offering" 5g in 19 cities and moving the sales schedule for the Samsung Galaxy S10 5g from summer to spring this year.
"This means that AT&T's first 5g phone, along with a possible 5g phone service plan, will be launched sometime before June 21.
While AT&T has been claiming to have "rolled out" the 5g network by the end of December, Samsung's release is a date to watch.
"In 2019, we plan to offer at least three 5g mobile devices.
"We are on track to launch our next mobile 5g device, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5g smartphone this spring," AT&T said in a press release . ".
These three devices will be the existing Netgear 5g hotspot, and only a small group of business customers are currently invited to use them;
Galaxy S10 5G;
Later this year, a Samsung unnamed phone based on the Qualcomm X55 chipset will support AT&T's original mm-
Wave 5g network and its longer Networkrange, low-band 5G system.
Let me play "this spring" for you ".
Champion leaker Evan Blass said the Galaxy S10 5g will be released on Verizon on May 16.
Verizon has an unannounced exclusive period on the S10 5g, which can be up to several weeks.
When Verizon's network is ready for the phone, AT&T does the same;
They track software updates at the same speed.
Sprint will also launch 5G in May with LG phones.
Therefore, AT&T's 5g mobile phone release may be entirely related to the exclusive period of Verizon's negotiations with Samsung.
It must be annoying for AT&T, but now we know the time is no more than a month.
In any case, you may want to wait for the second phone, which will support a millimeter than the original-wave system.
AT&T adds Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose to its list of nominal 5g cities in which there are a small number of invitations-
Customers are only allowed to use their 5g hotspot for free.
Over the past few months, I have clearly realized that this is not a commercial release that ordinary people understand the concept.
This is a friendly user trial where AT&T can test limited, controlled network usage when building and improving software.
The company says a contractor in Waco, Texas, and a construction company in Indiana used their hot spots.
I am very curious about what kind of 5g coverage they are going through and I am trying to find more information about this.
"The 5g hotspot is a great way for us to transfer these files, especially on site, without hindering our processes," says Mike Ballerino, director of construction at HCS Inc.
AT&T said in a press release that it meant AT&T's network covered Waco's construction site.
When I tested Verizon 5g in Chicago last week, I found that Verizon had to set mm-
There are wave sites in every block or two to get decent coverage and speed.
Waco is much lower.
But the network may have different terrain than Chicago.
Mystery, mystery
We will have more information once I can get the 5g network for AT&T.
The article was originally on PCMag. com.