Mobile operators are harnessing video in different ways within their 5G offerings, in some cases as a distinct revenue stream, in others as a carrot to entice subscribers to one or other of the service packages such as fixed wireless internet access in the home. T-Mobile USA has settled on the latter after dallying briefly with becoming a disruptive force in subscription video services and taking on the country’s major pay TV operators. That is really the story behind its six-month long foray into subscription video launched in October 2020, which failed to gain much traction on the back of a fairly lackluster entry level package. Like some other OTT offerings, it rather fell between two stools. On the one…