INNOVATION ACKNOWLEDGED
Sprint ’ s Magic Box was awarded the 2018 Global Mobile ( GLOMO ) Award for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough at the MWC in Barcelona
in 2017 , and by the time of MWC , it was able to make a number of exciting announcements , notably the first six USA markets to undergo 5G transformation starting in April . Customers in Chicago , Dallas and Los Angeles will begin experiencing significant increases in data speed and capacity , as Sprint rolls out advanced network technology called massive multipleinput multiple-output ( MIMO ), described as the bedrock of 5G . These will be followed later this year by expansion into additional markets including Atlanta , Houston and Washington , DC .
In 2018 and 2019 Sprint expects to deploy thousands of massive MIMO radios , significantly increasing network capacity for millions of customers across the country .
INNOVATION ACKNOWLEDGED
A highlight for Sprint at MWC was to be awarded the 2018 Global Mobile ( GLOMO ) Award for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough . This was for Sprint Magic Box , the world ’ s first all-wireless small cell , which improves data coverage and increases download and upload speeds by an average of
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