Special Report: The US 5G market evolves The US operators are ramping up their 5G roll-outs, each of the big three having secured the all-important midband spectrum that really makes 5G economics work with a balance of coverage and capacity. T-Mobile acquired its plentiful 2.5 GHz airwaves along with its Sprint acquisition, while Verizon and AT&T were big bidders in recent auctions, especially for C-band spectrum. The public pronouncements of the big three MNOs are often cast in terms of direct opposition to one another, especially TMO’s ‘Uncarrier’ briefings (it held the latest last week). But in reality, the US mobile landscape is far more diverse and interesting than these public comparisons suggest, and there is the potential for…