Neville Ray
| Neville Ray | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962/1963 (age 63–64)[1] |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British[1] |
| 🏫 Education | City University of London[2] |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | President of technology, T-Mobile US |
| 🌐 Website | Neville Ray on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Neville Ray is president of technology at T-Mobile US. He reports to CEO Mike Sievert[3] and manages 5G strategy and execution.[4][1] Before becoming president of technology, he held the position of Chief Technology Officer. Ray also played a role in managing the 2020 merger of Sprint Corporation and T-Mobile US.[5]
Education
Ray graduated from the City University of London.[2]
Career
Ray started his career in the 1990s, working for a Dubai-based contractor on oil rigs, radio masts, and television broadcast towers in the Middle East.[1] In 1996, he joined Pacific Bell Mobile Services as vice president of network operations, a position he held until 1999.[6] In 2000, Ray joined T-Mobile USA,[1] previously called VoiceStream before its acquisition by Deutsche Telekom in 2001.[7]
In December 2010, Ray became Chief Technology Officer, responsible for T-Mobile's wireless network and IT services and operations.[6] During this time, T-Mobile increased its LTE coverage,[8][9] becoming the fastest LTE as ranked by Ookla from 2014 through 2018.[10]
In 2019, Ray became President of Technology.[11] In this role, he oversaw T-Mobile's acquisition of Sprint, the largest merger ever in telecommunications, and the integration of both companies' cellular networks.[5] T-Mobile launched the first nationwide standalone 5G network under Ray's leadership.[12][13] Ray also led the creation of T-Mobile Ventures, an investment fund for 5G innovation.[14]
Ray is on the Board of Governors of 5G Americas, an industry trade association, serving as chairperson from 2008 through 2013, in 2015, and again in 2018 through 2019.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 FitzGerald, Drew (23 March 2021). "T-Mobile's Top Engineer Took Risks to Develop 5G Network". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stewart, Ashley (23 August 2017). "T-Mobile tech chief picks a fight with FANG". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Soper, Taylor (12 March 2020). "T-Mobile and Sprint reveal new leadership structure — here's the email sent to employees". GeekWire. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ Wagner, Alex (19 June 2020). "Neville Ray talks T-Mobile 5G and his network playbook". TmoNews. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 DeGrasse, Martha (15 May 2018). "T-Mobile CTO discusses planned integration of Sprint network". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gibbs, Colin (7 November 2016). "Meet the CTOs in wireless: T-Mobile's Neville Ray". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Goodman, Peter S. (1 June 2001). "Deutsche Telekom Buys VoiceStream". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Fried, Ina (6 October 2012). "Two Networks, One Company: T-Mobile Explains Why Its MetroPCS Deal Can Work". AllThingsD. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Dano, Mike (5 August 2016). "T-Mobile's Ray: We'll match Verizon's LTE coverage this year". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Wagner, Alex (22 January 2019). "T-Mobile posts fastest 4G LTE speeds in U.S. for 20th straight quarter, says 600MHz in 2,700 cities". TmoNews. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ Alleven, Monica (24 February 2020). "T-Mobile promotes Saad to CTO amid executive shuffle". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Belton, Pádraig (22 September 2020). "T-Mobile's Neville Ray: 5G will decide if next Apple is from US or China". Light Reading. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Alleven, Monica (4 August 2020). "T-Mobile launches nationwide 5G standalone network". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Hardesty, Linda (21 October 2020). "T-Mobile's Neville Ray unveils 5G venture capital fund, talks FWA". FierceWireless. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "Neville Ray". 5G Americas. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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