T-Mobile Is Buying Layer3 And 5G Is The Reason

State of the Screens
State of the Screens
1 min readJan 23, 2018

T-Mobile announced that they are buying pay-TV provider Layer3.

This is another example (see recent Verizon news) of a wireless carrier setting the stage to offer broadband internet through 5G wireless.

More:
1) What is Layer3 TV and why is T-Mobile buying it?

Layer3 offers 275 different channels and is more similar to traditional pay-TV (Comcast, etc.) than a skinny bundle (Sling TV, etc.).

2) What is 5G? Everything you need to know about 5G

3) Why T-Mobile Just Bought a Digital Streaming Service

4) T-Mobile jumps into digital TV with Layer3 acquisition

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