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Move Over AT&T and Verizon, Here Comes T-Mobile

Everybody wants in the first responder wireless game.

See this short article, T-Mobile plans to give unlimited free 5G to all first responders if merger is approved.

I think the merger has been approved, the integration just needs to occur and then of course to have 5G operational. Looks to me like they are trying to match-up with what AT&T/FirstNet and Verizon are doing and pitching to first responder agencies. 

Note, I was in a AT&T store recently and saw a FirstNet binder on the table. The salesperson said first responders just need to show their badge in order to have their personal phones added to the FirstNet capability. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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