T-Mobile Says Tenfold Capacity Boost for Inauguration Is Permanent
T-Mobile detailed plans to boost wireless capacity during the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Wireless carriers last week said they have prepared for many months to fortify networks in Washington in anticipation of massive data demand expected next Friday (see…
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1701050059). T-Mobile will boost its network capacity in the National Mall and surrounding areas by nearly 1,000 percent through permanent upgrades, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said in a Thursday news release. T-Mobile did so by deploying LTE Advanced technologies including 4x4 MIMO and 256 quadrature amplitude modulation, he said. The company said it added more LTE spectrum over the past year, deployed three-carrier aggregation, added multi-beam antennas and doubled backhaul on many sites. The carrier will make temporary capacity boosts in the area by rolling out cells on wheels several days before the inauguration. T-Mobile and other carriers have said the temporary upgrades will remain all weekend, including for protests (see 1701060023).