U.S. Cellular is often overlooked in conversations about and evaluations of the nation’s largest mobile network operators, but with around 5 million customers under its belt across 21 states as of the end of Q1 2020, the 1983-founded company can definitely be considered a relatively major player in the American wireless industry, especially in the wake of Sprint’s untimely and entirely predictable death.
Spreading the low-band 5G love
The list includes California, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, although not everyone will get 5G access at once, and at least for the time being, there are no individual rollout dates to share for any of these places.
While we’re on the subject, we should highlight that U.S. Cellular is not making any specific 5G coverage promises yet, merely claiming that traffic and usage patterns will determine the focus of the operator’s deployments, with dense urban areas prioritized but “small and medium towns” also considered important.
The future is all about the layer cake
