Nokia and Ericsson have both significantly increased their position in T-Mobile USA’s 5G networks, announcing deals of undisclosed size, but reported to be worth multiple billions of dollars. Both companies will play a key role as T-Mobile embarks on its three-year network upgrade plan. It has already deployed 5G NR Non-Standalone very widely in its 600 MHz spectrum and has started to roll out 5G in some of Sprint’s 2.5 GHz spectrum. The next stages are to accelerate that midband deployment (as well as the replacement of Sprint’s own 5G base stations), and to implement 5G NR Standalone with the 5G core. In the late weeks of 2020, TMO deployed its first 5G Standalone sites. Nokia and Ericsson have been…