2022 in review: T-Mobile's 5G dominance2022 in review: T-Mobile's 5G dominance

After completing its purchase of Sprint in 2020, T-Mobile promised that it would use the move, which included acquisition of Sprint's vast 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings, to position itself as a leader in 5G. During 2022 that investment clearly paid off.

Throughout the year T-Mobile completed the bulk of its 5G network upgrade across its 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings, giving the company a network rivaling those of AT&T and Verizon. More importantly, T-Mobile began using the network to offer inexpensive, speedy and widespread 5G services to smartphone users alongside an innovative in-home fixed wireless access (FWA) product that has begun to make executives from cable companies sweat.

Investors noticed: During the course of 2022, T-Mobile's market cap surpassed that of longtime market leader Verizon, making it a year that T-Mobile execs will likely long remember.

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(Source: T-Mobile)

1/11/22 – T-Mobile and Verizon's fixed wireless aggression doesn't add up – analyst
(Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor)

1/24/22 – Inside the messy world of T-Mobile's midband 5G spectrum licenses
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

2/2/22 – T-Mobile: FWA is 'ready for its primetime moment'
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

2/15/22 – How T-Mobile broke promises on jobs amid US telco workforce cull
(Iain Morris, International Editor)

2/22/22 – AT&T inks last-minute 3G roaming deal with T-Mobile
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

4/18/22 – T-Mobile getting revenge on hackers
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

5/17/22 – T-Mobile US throws down 5G gauntlet to slow-moving rivals
(Iain Morris, International Editor)

6/21/22 – Dish's new T-Mobile deal could be a blow to AT&T
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

6/22/22 – T-Mobile facing lawsuit over shuttering Sprint's legacy 5G network
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

8/10/22 – The quiet brilliance of T-Mobile's 5G spectrum strategy
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

8/11/22 – T-Mobile may be prepping the sale of Sprint's wireline business
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

9/15/22 – What's the story? '2022 is the year of T-Mobile'
(Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor)

9/19/22 – A closer look at the 5G midband buildouts of T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

10/11/22 – T-Mobile may have finally picked its cloud
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

10/20/22 – Boeing dumps Verizon for T-Mobile
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

11/7/22 – It looks like T-Mobile bought even more 5G spectrum
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

11/21/22 – AT&T's new complaint: T-Mobile has too much 5G spectrum
(Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies)

— The Staff, Light Reading