Driving 5G today, Preparing for 6G future

As the world’s largest supplier of smartphone chipsets, we’ve empowered US customers with connected devices. We’re excited to continue working with T-Mobile to create the best 5G products today, and on into the 6G era.

Dr. JC Hsu Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Wireless Communications Business Unit at MediaTek

Learn more of products that covers the wide range of our customers' needs – all the colour variants, all the memory variants, and all the price points.”

Interestingly, one of the most significant complexities of T-Mobile's consumer supply chain comes from the promotion-led approach of the American mobile market, which significantly differs from other mobile markets across the globe.

“Here in the US, we operate in a very promotional market. Those promotions change and, as they do, demand for certain devices and accessories moves up and down. The complexity lies in managing the network of suppliers we have around these promotions, feeding our distribution centre with the right amount of inventory so we can meet consumers' needs while keeping an optimal inventory level across thousands of points of sale,” Caballero-Vieyra explains.

“We're talking about hundreds of products, thousands of points of sale, and a very large number of partners. And managing all that complexity in an efficient way is extremely challenging.” It certainly sounds like it.

Consumer demand, telco innovation, and supply chain evolution

In the mobile industry, building a supply chain that’s flexible enough to successfully support these complex technologies and their rapid evolution is no mean feat.

So, how does T-Mobile manage the evolving demands of the customer landscape with an ever-expanding range of mobile devices?