T-Mobile US is looking into the possibility of building a fiber network, either as part of a joint venture or a commercial partnership, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
AT&T and Verizon have significant fiber networks, both to support fiber-to-the-premise enterprise and residential services as well as backhaul for their respective mobile networks, with “ownership economics” in their favor and multiple ways to monetize those expensive fiber networks. T-Mobile US, meanwhile, has been a pureplay wireless network operator, depending on leasing fiber capacity to support its wireless network backhaul needs.
