Two gold medals for Verizon, one for T-Mobile, zero for AT&T
On the old methodology, Magenta claimed both the 5G availability and 5G speed category trophies in both H1 and H2 2023. But now Big Red is the big kahuna in the 5G speed section, while T-Mo has to settle for retaining the 5G availability title.
Verizon is the new US 5G champion, T-Mobile follows in second, and AT&T is dead last.
Instead, what’s happening here is that 5G networks are approaching ubiquity stateside, and while Magenta’s urban speed supremacy is unlikely to be overturned anytime soon, Verizon‘s rural edge is big enough to cancel that out and put Big Red in the overall leadership position. That’s a problem T-Mo is obviously working on fixing for quite some time now, but it’s unclear when (or if) that will happen.
Verizon’s 5G availability looks like a bigger problem than T-Mobile’s 5G speeds
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All three US carriers have key strengths and weaknesses in all three 5G categories.
On a similar note, it’s important to highlight that T-Mobile and even AT&T are much closer to Verizon in the 5G speed and 5G reliability contests than Verizon is to T-Mobile (and even AT&T) in the 5G availability battle. While this is not sufficient reason to challenge Big Red’s overall 5G victory today, T-Mobile (and even AT&T) could definitely build on that huge advantage, and together with 5G speed and 5G reliability progresses, go after the gold medal six months down the road.
