T-Mobile serves up a New York City 5G slice for first responders

No, it’s not a New York-style slice of pizza – it’s a network slice for public safety

T-Mobile is pitching its new T-Priority service as superior because it’s built on a 5G standalone core

The operator is going up against more established players in the public safety communications market: Verizon Frontline and the AT&T-backed FirstNet

Like the song says, if you can make it in New York City, you can make it anywhere.

T-Mobile is applying that same adage to its public safety business, which is almost nil compared to Verizon Frontline and AT&T’s FirstNet market shares. But having snagged a contract with the City of New York, it’s well on its way to the big time. That’s the goal anyway.

During T-Mobile’s Capital Markets Day last week, T-Mobile Business Group President Callie Field announced that the City of New York will be the anchor customer for T-Priority, a new solution for first responders that provides a network slice. Network slicing is a feature of 5G standalone (SA), of which T-Mobile is the first to offer nationwide.