Sprint has been far quieter about its 5G plans, perhaps because it still has a lot of work to do to meet its 4G objectives – and with less financial leeway than its larger rivals. The operator is also planning some tests of its own in millimeter wave spectrum (which is what the US carriers are mainly equating to 5G at this stage). Its first trial in an unspecified “millimetric band radius” will take place at the Copa America football tournament this June, where it will use high frequency spectrum to deliver 4K video streaming of the football games, working with Nokia and Ericsson. However, it claims it will be able to leapfrog competitors, once 5G is commercial, because of…