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T-Mobile is BEST mobile carrier; they know what they are doing and aggressively adopt the latest technology to keep ahead of the competition. (***apologize for the rant; it's cathartic for me. I tried to keep it short and concise—lol).

Competition is brutal in the corporate world. The public almost never learns of the shenanigans that go on behind closed executive doors. imo

T-Mobile is a combination of Deutsche Telekom USA, Sprint, and an assortment of other lesser-known wireless companies acquired over the years. T-Mobile grew out of relations with Sprint & Deutsche Telekom when they formed a partnership with France Telecom called Global One to experiment and advance broadband wireless connectivity utilizing my former boss's bleeding-edge digital wireless TCP/bandwidth technology at a time when incumbent carriers were utilizing slow 2G & rolling out WAP wireless phones, which enabled sending short text messages. Greg Pierro was a TOP cryptologist for the Air Force and was stationed at NORAD under Cheyenne Mountain and occasionally had assignments at Area 51. As an amateur ham radio operator, he applied his advanced code-writing skill to develop what essentially was 5G wireless software, although it was being utilized on less capable equipment of that era. Even still, I was driving the car in Visalia, CA, when Greg was testing our local wireless network and achieved "seamless" data transfer between access points at 60 mph while streaming video (something everyone takes for granted nowadays).

As the company's second employee, I was hired in 1996 to be Wireless Internet Services Inc.'s webmaster & tech support. The first week, I flew first class to Warsaw, Poland, to install a wireless network for the Global One pilot project, situating our access point on top of Poland's National Railroad Headquarters overlooking a vast park that was being developed as a Holocaust memorial on the land where the Jewish ghetto was occupied—until the Nazis razed it. They were preparing to offer 802.11 wireless connectivity so tourists could stream videos of their visit back home and generate more tourism. This pre-dated commercial Wi-Fi hotspots by years—which was a strategy by cell & cable Internet companies to take the wind out of our sail. We could have blown them out of the water by undercutting their prices because we operated in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz public spectrum, whereas they had to purchase regulated spectrum from regional auctions. We were broadcasting broadband 24 miles before degradation, whereas their "covenant" artificially limited Wi-Fi range to around 300 feet.

PROBLEMS arose when the network they wanted to initially conduct the test with was on the National Railroad's closed network. Greg feared they were trying to steal his technology because he would be blind to their activity since it was not being connected to the Internet - as was previously agreed. Go Greg didn't load up his software onto their network server, and we left. They didn't figure out there was something amiss until they attempted to simultaneously connect wirelessly with multiple devices. With the equipment back then, problems appeared when 8 to 10 devices connected to the local access point; the initial devices would suck down much of the bandwidth and leave the additional devices starved. Among other things, Greg's technology prioritized packet flow and equalized the bandwidth between all devices OR prioritized important devices like first responders. Greg terminated the Global One relationship, and Global One imploded spectacularly because they couldn't provide the quality of service desired without our company's tech (but they knew how he was doing it, so everyone else developed their own tech, albeit inferior).

Formation: Global One was established in late January 1996 as a joint venture between Deutsche Telekom (DT), France Telecom (FT), and Sprint Corporation. The goal was to offer seamless global telecommunications services, primarily for business customers and carriers.

Polish Market Presence: Global One did not operate its own independent wireless network infrastructure in Poland. Instead, its services would have been offered through partnerships with local Polish telecom operators.

Parent Company Connections:
Deutsche Telekom, a co-founder of Global One, is the sole owner of T-Mobile Polska (formerly Era). T-Mobile Polska operated a GSM 1800 MHz network, for which it received a license in 1996 and began services.

Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint Squelch Rumor

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 30 -- Responding to press speculation of financial troubles at the Global One joint venture, the three parent companies -- Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint—reaffirmed their confidence in the venture. The partners cited 1998 results, showing a clear increase in revenues, which they say indicates that the restructuring being undertaken is working. The companies say that they stand by Global One; they are convinced that the joint venture will achieve the goals that have been set and will break even by the year 2001.

Published: March 1999
https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Deutsche-Telekom-France-Telecom-and-Sprint/a3514

We also were involved in an early-stage project to build out a wireless Internet backbone nationwide. The project was being spearheaded by Japanese investment bank Softbank and included NTT DoCoMo. It was being engineered by Bechtel Engineering and included Cisco Systems, Sprint, and Dynegy Energy—the thought being that broadband would be treated like a utility. Dynegy Energy was in direct competition with Enron Energy - which invested a billion dollars into a fancy network center that never made a penny, after touting to its shareholders that Broadband was the company's future. That's caused them to start fudging their books and turning off the electricity to little old ladies in California so that Ebron could supply emergency power at inflated costs.


AI Overview
EVOLUTION OF MOBILE PHONE – Information Visualization
The history of 3G wireless technology includes the late 1990s development of the IMT-2000 standard, with Japan's NTT DoCoMo launching the first commercial 3G network in October 2001. Other global commercial networks followed, such as Telenor in Europe in December 2001 and the first U.S. network in 2002. 3G introduced faster data speeds, enabling mobile internet browsing, video streaming, and the rise of early smartphones and mobile applications.
Key milestones in the 3G timeline
Late 1990s: The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) began defining the standards for 3G, which would become known as the IMT-2000 standard.
1998: NTT DoCoMo launched the first pre-commercial 3G network in Japan, called FOMA.
October 1, 2001: NTT DoCoMo launched the world's first commercial 3G network in Japan.
December 2001: Telenor launched the first commercial 3G network in Europe, although it initially lacked commercial handsets for customers.
2002: The first 3G network was launched in the United States.
2003: The UK operator "3" launched its 3G service.
2004–2006: The development of new applications and services, like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, coincided with the expansion of 3G networks.
2007: The first iPhone was released, a device that would capitalize on the growing capabilities of 3G networks.
2008: The iPhone 3G was released, and its popularity contributed to the widespread adoption of mobile internet services.
2010s: As 4G became more available, the need for 3G networks began to decline, and carriers started planning their shutdown in the later part of the decade.