T-Mobile Reports on Network Improvements in Puerto Rico
T-Mobile told the FCC it's hardening its network in Puerto Rico due to Uniendo program funding. Parts of the report, posted Thursday in docket 18-143, were redacted. “T-Mobile has significantly hardened its network and increased the availability and capacity of…
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the system to ensure a more resilient network and improve the overall customer experience,” the carrier said: “As a result of these efforts, as well as the continued instability of the Puerto Rico power grid, T-Mobile has installed generators and backup batteries at its cell sites.” All 78 municipalities have at least one cellsite with a backup generator, T-Mobile said: “T-Mobile has also upgraded battery banks at cell sites where a generator is not feasible due to space, landlord, or permit restrictions.”