T-Mobile Brings 5G-Powered ABS, New Fan Experiences to MLB All-Star Week — Backed by America’s Best Network

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America’s Best Network is powering America’s favorite pastime. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) is bringing the heat to MLB All-Star Week in Atlanta from July 11–15 with a full slate of innovative, 5G-powered experiences and exclusive customer perks with Magenta Status — for those both in the stands and at home. Here’s what fans can expect:

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"For over a decade, we've partnered with MLB to help transform the game day experience — and transformation at that scale can only be achieved with a network that is up for the task,” said Mike Katz, President of Marketing, Strategy and Products, T-Mobile. “This year, we’re demonstrating the power of the T-Mobile network in a big way by delivering the first All-Star Game showcase of the 5G-powered Automated Ball-Strike system, expanding our T-Mobile 5G BP show and providing vital connectivity for both MLB’s onsite operations teams and first responders. And all of this is only possible thanks to the unmatched performance and reliability of America’s Best Network."

Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, Powered by T-Mobile

For the first time ever, Major League Baseball’s ABS challenge system will be featured during the All-Star Game, alongside its third appearance in the All-Star Futures Game. Using a 5G private network from T-Mobile Advanced Network Solutions, pitch data is transmitted instantly via 5G-connected devices — enabling fast, secure pitch location verification and real-time communication with the ABS system as calls are challenged, pitches are analyzed and decisions are relayed to players and fans.

As America’s Best Network, T-Mobile has been deploying and expanding its industry-leading 5G coverage across the country at MLB stadiums and has rolled out private 5G networks at 28 MLB ballparks to date, with plans to be in every U.S. ballpark before the end of 2025.

The Futures Game airs live on MLB Network and will be simulcast on MLB.TV and MLB.com on Sat., July 12 at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET and the All-Star Game presented by Mastercard airs live on FOX on Tue., July 15 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET.

T-Mobile 5G BP Show

Back in its fifth year, the fan-favorite T-Mobile 5G BP show returns with co-hosts Kait Maniscalco and Robert Flores, bringing fans closer to the action with all-new views as players warm up for the T-Mobile Home Run Derby. After nearly 2 million people tuned in last year, the Un-carrier is raising the bar (again) with a new 360-degree drone delivering unique aerial views of the park as players go yard during BP. Fans will also get to experience what people are seeing throughout Truist Park — as if they were there — thanks to T-Mobile 5G cameras capturing shots around the park and in The Battery fan area near Truist Park, which includes T-Mobile’s Club Magenta.

The Un-carrier’s 5G network is also powering the real-time remote production of the live show using a network slice to transmit large amounts of data from Atlanta to the MLB Network studio in New York.

Tune in live at 3:30 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. ET on Mon., July 14 on MLB.com, and MLB’s social channels on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X.

Enhanced 5G Connectivity for Fans and First Responders

Fans at MLB All-Star Week in Atlanta — and across the city — will experience faster wireless speeds on our network thanks to permanent 5G upgrades, including Ultra Capacity 5G throughout Truist Park. Making its MLB debut, T-Mobile’s T-Priority will also deliver prioritized, mission-critical 5G connectivity for MLB’s critical operations teams and first responders. Built on T-Mobile’s 5G Standalone network and powered by network slicing, T-Priority allocates up to five times more network resources to ensure reliable communication, even during peak congestion.

Efficient, 5G-Optimized Event Operations

T-Mobile’s 5G network isn’t just powering the fan experience — it’s also enhancing behind-the-scenes operations. In partnership with MLB, T-Mobile is leveraging network slicing to power Non-Ticketed Entry facial recognition technology, providing operational staff with frictionless stadium entry and improving speed and security for back-of-house operations. MLB photographers will also utilize network slicing to quickly transfer photos over T-Mobile's 5G network, eliminating hard-wired connections and accelerating image delivery to clients and fans.

T-Mobile $1M Prize Giveaway

During this year’s All-Star Week, fans won’t just watch the action — they’ll get a taste of Magenta Status and the chance to win big. In partnership with Fanatics, T-Mobile is giving away $1 million in Fanatics FanCash which can be redeemed for apparel, memorabilia, collectibles, All-Star swag and more. Fans can visit MagentaDerbyDrop.com from July 10-15 to enter for a chance to win.

More For Fans in Atlanta

Locals and visitors — and especially T-Mobile customers — can get a taste of Magenta Status, which means next-level connectivity, a world-class experience and the best value in wireless with one-of-a-kind perks you won’t find anywhere else. Throughout MLB All-Star Week, fans around Atlanta can score big with free, action-packed festivities, including:

Visit www.t-mobile.com/MLB to learn more about T-Mobile at MLB All-Star Week.

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T-Mobile’s 5G network powers first-ever Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge system at All-Star Game — in addition to first responder communications, on-site event operations, new broadcast cameras and more

T-Mobile Brings 5G-Powered ABS, New Fan Experiences to MLB All-Star Week — Backed by America’s Best Network

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, including battery plants, hydrogen technology projects, upgrades to the electric grid and efforts to capture carbon dioxide emissions.

The Energy Department said the projects were terminated after a review determined they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or were not economically viable. Russell Vought, the White House budget director, said on social media that “the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled.”

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the administration's action violated the Constitution’s equal protection requirements.

“Defendants freely admit that they made grant-termination decisions primarily — if not exclusively — based on whether the awardee resided in a state whose citizens voted for President Trump in 2024," Mehta wrote in a 17-page opinion. The administration offered no explanation for how their purposeful targeting of grant recipients based on their electoral support for Trump — or lack of it — "rationally advances their stated government interest,” the judge added.

The ruling was the second legal setback for the administration’s rollback of clean energy program in a matter of hours. A separate federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm for Rhode Island and Connecticut can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as Trump seeks to shut it down.

A spokesman for the Energy Department said officials disagree with the judge’s decision on clean energy grants.

Officials “stand by our review process, which evaluated these awards individually and determined they did not meet the standards necessary to justify the continued spending of taxpayer dollars,” spokesman Ben Dietderich said. “The American people deserve a government that is accountable and responsible in managing taxpayer funds.”

Projects were canceled in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. All 16 targeted states supported Harris.

The cuts include up to $1.2 billion for California’s hydrogen hub that is aimed at accelerating hydrogen technology and production, and up to $1 billion for a hydrogen project in the Pacific Northwest. A Texas hydrogen project and a three-state project in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania were spared, according to clean-energy supporters who obtained a list of the DOE targets.

The city of St. Paul and a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit after they lost grants.

Trump said in an interview last fall with One America News, a conservative outlet, that his administration could cut projects that Democrats want. “I’m allowed to cut things that never should have been approved in the first place and I will probably do that,” Trump said in the Oct. 1 interview.

Vickie Patton, general counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund, one of the groups that filed the suit, said the court ruling “recognized that the Trump Department of Energy vindictively canceled projects for clean affordable energy that just happened to be in states disfavored by the Trump administration, in violation of the bedrock Constitutional guarantee that all people in all states have equal protection under the law.”

The administration’s actions violated the Constitution, foundational American values and “imposed high costs on the American people who rely on clean affordable energy for their pocketbooks and for healthier lives,” Patton said.

Anne Evens, CEO of Elevate Energy, one of the groups that lost funding, said the court ruling would help keep clean energy affordable and create jobs.

“Affordable energy should be a reality for everyone, and the restoration of these grants is an important step toward making that possible,” she said.

FILE - Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought speaks to reporters at the White House, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)