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Nokia joins Ericsson in supporting US Cellular 5G efforts

March 5, 2019

Last week during Mobile World Congress Barcelona, U.S. Cellular announced a 5G supplier deal with Ericsson and now, a week later, the carrier is diversifying its supplier pool with a similar deal with Nokia.

Based in Chicago, U.S. Cellular is the fifth largest network operator in the country and provides mobile service to around 5 million subscribers in 23 states using its 700 MHz, 850 MHz, AWS and PCS spectrum. The company also picked up 600 MHz licenses in a spectrum auction that saw T-Mobile US take the lion share of the low-band frequencies, which are key to its plan to offer nationwide 5G.

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