Boost Mobile is continuing its bid for your business with a new round of announcements about its network, its performance, and its phone lineup. The first point this service—once known as one of Sprint’s prepaid brands—makes: its 5G network "now covers more than 70% of the US population,

Boost Mobile has stepped out of the shadow of the big carriers and officially upgraded from an MVNO to a full carrier, with its 5G network now covering a large chunk of the U.S.

Boost Mobiles continued investment in its network makes it clear that the carrier intends to drop its previous identity as a value-focused MVNO. Boost Mobiles 5G network now covers 70% of the population with its cloud-native O-RAN 5G network. Coverage improves to around 99% of the US population when you include its partner coverage.