How 5G Could Make T-Mobile's TV Aspirations a Reality

At first glance, the partnership between wireless service provider T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and new short-form video platform Quibi is an interesting but ultimately fruitless one. Quibi's 10-minute clips of serialized programs are perfect for watching on smartphones while we're waiting for a bus or waiting on an appointment. And T-Mobile wants more consumers to use its mobile services; giving them free entertainment is a decent selling point. Quibi isn't looking to limit itself just to T-Mobile though, and T-Mobile surely can't think Quibi is the game-changer it needs to compete with AT&T and Verizon.

A closer look at all that new T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert has said and done since he was named COO in 2015, however, suggests T-Mobile may have bigger television ambitions. The advent of 5G wireless connectivity is just the technology the company's been waiting for to make that move.

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