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How T-Mobile Built a Network Ready for One of the Largest Live Events in U.S. History

From AI-powered Dynamic CX and autonomous network optimization to public safety support, here’s how T-Mobile helped keep millions connected during this summer’s largest international soccer tournament

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
This summer, one of the world’s largest sporting events brought millions of fans, international travelers and extraordinary network demand to communities across the United States.

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Months before the first match kicked off, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) engineers, field technicians, emergency response and operations teams were preparing T-Mobile’s network not just for unprecedented demand, but for constant change. Powered by AI, T-Mobile’s Dynamic CX platform, working alongside the Self-Organizing Network (SON) and 5G Advanced capabilities, helped the network continuously anticipate changing network conditions and optimize performance throughout the tournament to help keep customers and first responders connected.

While OpenSignal recently recognized T-Mobile for delivering the strongest overall mobile experience across North America’s biggest soccer championship host cities, the bigger story is the convergence of AI and 5G Advanced that made that experience possible. Rather than simply adding capacity, AI-powered network automation helped the network adapt to changing demand in real time and deliver more consistent experiences for millions of fans. One example of that intelligence: Across 12 major fan events outside tournament venues, T-Mobile’s Dynamic CX made over 11,000 automated network optimizations as crowds moved and demand shifted.

Built for Scale

Across 11 host markets and 57 locations, including stadiums, airports, transit hubs and fan gathering locations, T-Mobile expanded network capacity, helping keep more than 2.26 million fans connected across 78 matches while carrying more than 1 petabyte (~1 PB) across all 11 U.S. host stadiums during game days throughout the tournament.

Across those stadiums, T-Mobile customers experienced average download speeds exceeding 300 Mbps. Along the way, the network connected more than 700,000 high-quality calls and helped fans share the action through tens of millions of messages, photos and videos. Macro sites, small cells, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and portable network assets worked together to help deliver a consistent customer experience wherever fans gathered.

By the Numbers:

• 78 matches
• 57 locations supported across 11 markets (11 stadiums, 17 airports, 13 transit hubs and 16 fan festivals)
• ~1 PB of traffic carried across all US host stadiums on game days
• 2.26 million fans connected across matches
• 813,000 inbound roamers from 180 countries
• 99.9% network availability across all stadiums
• 700,000 high-quality calls connected
• Tens of millions of messages, photos and videos shared

“Preparing for this summer’s international soccer tournament meant preparing for one of the largest and most dynamic communications events ever hosted in the United States,” said Salim Kouidri, Senior Vice President, Field Engineering and Operations, T-Mobile. “Months of planning and engineering helped ensure the network was ready when millions of fans arrived.”

AI Helping the Network Stay One Step Ahead

Network readiness has always been a key differentiator for T-Mobile. By combining AI with 5G Advanced, T-Mobile is evolving how it builds and operates its network, enabling real-time automation that anticipates changing demand, continuously optimizes performance and helps deliver the exceptional experiences customers expect during the world’s biggest events.

Rather than simply reacting to congestion, T-Mobile used AI-powered network automation to help stay ahead of changing demand. The Dynamic CX platform worked alongside SON and 5G Advanced capabilities to continuously analyze changing network conditions and automatically optimize performance in near real-time.

Dynamic CX executed automated network optimizations during fan events outside tournament venues, demonstrating how AI can help automatically adapt network performance during large-scale live events, delivering a more consistent customer experience during some of the busiest network moments of the summer.

“Large live events aren’t static; they’re constantly changing,” said Ankur Kapoor, Chief Network Officer, T-Mobile. “Faster speeds and greater capacity remain essential, but intelligent networks are becoming just as important. Dynamic CX and our Self-Organizing Network automatically adapted to shifting demand while our engineers monitored performance nationwide, helping deliver the reliable connectivity customers count on during some of the busiest network moments of the year.”

Supporting Those Who Keep Communities Safe

Keeping fans connected was only part of the mission.

Throughout the summer, T-Mobile’s emergency response team worked alongside public safety agencies, emergency managers and venue operators to help support communications readiness across host markets. Teams coordinated with Emergency Operations Centers, supported major venues and transportation hubs, deployed portable network assets — including COWs (Cell on Wheels) and SatCOLTs (Satellite Cell on Light Trucks) — adding additional capacity and resiliency, embedding teams at key locations and supporting public safety drone operations through dedicated connectivity in numerous host cities. Behind the scenes, teams inside T-Mobile’s Cyber Defense Center maintained heightened monitoring while network operations teams continuously optimized performance and coordinated response efforts.

Eligible first responders also benefited from T-Priority, which gives them the highest priority across every single 5G band, even in times of extreme congestion, as well as T-Satellite with Starlink, providing an added layer of resilience when terrestrial cellular coverage is unavailable.

One example came during one of the tournament’s largest watch parties in New York City’s Central Park, where T-Mobile deployed additional portable network assets and dedicated teams providing support alongside local public safety agencies for an event expected to draw more than 50,000 fans. Across the tournament, temporary COW deployments supported 50 event days, carrying nearly 290 TB of traffic at high-demand fan sites.

Championship Performance

Throughout the tournament, T-Mobile delivered the fastest speeds in field testing across every match hosted at MetLife Stadium. MetLife also hosted the tournament’s highest-traffic event, which carried 29 TB of wireless traffic. The championship match marked the tournament’s biggest network test and showcased T-Mobile’s fastest measured download and upload speeds among the national providers tested.

The Final by the Numbers

• 1,251 Mbps average download speed
• 243 Mbps average upload speed
• 54 countries represented by roaming users on the network
• 99.9% network availability throughout the event day

Those results reflected months of engineering preparation, AI-powered optimization and nationwide operational readiness.

Ready for Every Moment

From the opening match to the championship, T-Mobile’s network, powered by AI, 5G Advanced and the expertise of its engineers and Emergency Response Team, supported one of the largest live-event communications efforts in U.S. history.

As major live events continue to grow in size and complexity — and people expect to be connected wherever they are — intelligent networks will play an increasingly important role in keeping customers, businesses and first responders connected when it matters most.

For more information on T‑Mobile’s preparedness and response capabilities, visit the company’s Emergency Response hub and follow @TMobileNews on X and Instagram.

About T-Mobile US, Inc.

As the supercharged Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is powered by an award-winning 5G network that connects more people, in more places, than ever before. With T-Mobile’s unique value proposition of best network, best value and best experiences, the Un-carrier is redefining connectivity and fueling competition while continuing to drive the next wave of innovation in wireless and beyond. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Mint Mobile. For more information, visit https://www.t‑mobile.com.

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Across 11 host markets, T-Mobile expanded network capacity at 57 locations, including stadiums, airports, transit hubs and fan gathering locations. Macro sites, small cells, distributed antenna systems (DAS) and portable network assets worked together to help deliver a consistent customer experience wherever fans gathered.

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Monolithic Power Investigation Initiated: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates the Officers and Directors of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. – MPWR

NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MPWR) (“Monolithic” or the “Company”).

On November 11, 2024, Edgewater Research analysts published a report revealing that Nvidia, the Company’s largest customer, had cancelled half of its outstanding Monolithic Power orders and intended to eliminate Monolithic Power Systems’ allocation to most variants of its next-generation Blackwell chips due to “[p]erformance issues” with the Company’s products, and that Nvidia engineers had “lost confidence” in the Company’s products and decided to turn to its competitors as “primary suppliers.”

Thereafter, the Company and certain of its executives were sued in a securities class action lawsuit, charging them with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period in violation of federal securities laws, which remains ongoing.

KSF’s investigation is focusing on whether Monolithic’s officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to its shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.

If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of Monolithic shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-833-538-3606 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn ([email protected]), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-mpwr/ to learn more.

About Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC

KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation’s premier boutique securities litigation law firms. This past year, KSF was ranked by SCAS among the top 10 firms nationally based upon total settlement value. KSF serves a variety of clients, including public and private institutional investors, and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, Delaware, California, Louisiana, Chicago, and a representative office in Luxembourg.

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Fundrise Innovation Fund (NYSE: VCX) to Accelerate Lockup Expiration of Restricted Shares by One Month

The Fund has chosen to accelerate its post-listing lockup expiration from September 14th, 2026 to August 13th, 2026, concluding that the lockup period has achieved its primary purpose of supporting orderly price discovery.

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
The Fundrise Innovation Fund (NYSE: VCX) today announced that the expiration date of the Fund’s post-listing share lockup will be adjusted forward by one month, from September 14th, 2026, to August 13th, 2026, which will result in previously locked-up shares being eligible to begin trading on August 14th, 2026.

The Fund’s management has chosen to accelerate the expiration having determined that the lockup period has now served its primary purpose of supporting orderly price discovery by the market and that doing so is in the best interests of all shareholders.

The Fund’s investment strategy, portfolio, and ongoing operations are unaffected by this decision.

About Fundrise

Fundrise is the largest direct-to-consumer alternative investment platform in the U.S., having pioneered low-fee access to private-market investing for individual investors. Founded in 2012, Fundrise serves millions of users investing across real estate, private credit, and venture capital strategies. The company, headquartered in Washington, DC, has a team of technology and finance experts with deep regulatory experience, having cleared multiple public offerings with the SEC.

About the Fundrise Innovation Fund (NYSE: VCX)

The Fundrise Innovation Fund is a publicly registered, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company filed with the SEC in 2021. The Fund invests in leading private technology and AI companies, providing everyday investors access to venture capital opportunities that have historically been limited to institutional investors.

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