Let the 5G lawsuits begin! Sprint is suing AT&T for 5GE mis-branding!

[thewayne]

W00ties! From the article: "Sprint said that a survey showed 54 percent of AT&T’s consumers believed their “5G E” network is the same as or better than a 5G network and 43 percent said if they buy an AT&T phone today, it would be capable of running on 5G." and "...Sprint said it plans to release 5G smartphones with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the United States during the summer, while rival Verizon Communications Inc in December also disclosed similar plans for the first half of 2019."

This is part of the problem - there ARE NO 5G PHONES RIGHT NOW. Yes, 4G can be upgraded and you'll get better performance, but calling it 5G or 5GE is pure fluff.

Of course the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have been utterly silent on the issue.

Break out the popcorn (with lots of butter, at least for me), this should be entertaining!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-at-t-5g/sprint-sues-att-over-5g-branding-idUSKCN1PX1JV

Comments

[elf]

Wrong link - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sprint-at-t-5g/sprint-sues-att-over-5g-branding-idUSKCN1PX1JV

Another article with a link to the lawsuit PDF and a bit of history of how this played out during the 3G/4G switchover. (At the time the standards-setting ITU capitulated, saying that 4G could also apply to "evolved" 3G technologies. We'll see if that argument sticks in court this time around.)

[thewayne]

I thought that link looked funny, I should've double-checked it.  Thanks for the correction, I'll fix it - forthwith, fifthwith even!

[silveradept]

Oh definitely lots of butter and seasonings for this one, it's going to be a hoot watching them all go at each other as they also run their own ad campaigns.