- T-Mobile announces T-Priority, a new network slice dedicated to providing high speeds and the best possible reliability to emergency medical service providers and emergency response services.
- T-Mobile has announced the city of New York as a its biggest partner in the endeavor.
- The new tier doesn’t change much for everyday customers but just further shows that T-Mobile is more focused on growing its network partnerships than on making positive changes aimed at everyday users.
Today T-Mobile announced its new T-Priority effort, which effectively sets aside a 5G network slice specifically for first responders. The idea is that this dedicated slice will offer faster speeds and the best possible priority on T-Mobile’s robust 5G network, with Verizon claiming speeds as much as 2.5 times better. For those that don’t know, a network slice basically is like a virtual network that’s given special priority on the network.
The city of New York is one of the first to embrace this service in a big way, becoming an anchor customer. This means you can expect it to roll out to emergency services throughout the Big Apple in the not-too-distant future. While that’s certainly the biggest partnership announced so far, T-Mobile intends to roll out its T-Priority service to more EMS providers throughout the country in the months and years to come.