AUSTIN · TX · FCC DATA

Best cell phone coverage in Austin Austin, Texas

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all report outdoor coverage of between 99.8% and 100% of Austin, TX, so no carrier wins on outdoor coverage here.

Carrier-reported coverage from FCC carrier filings as of December 31, 2025, not measured signal. How these figures are read

RESULT · AUSTIN, TX

Coverage in Austin, TX

Population 993,588 (Census 2024 estimate)

What stands out in Austin

  • Verizon reports 97.3% of Austin in a moving car, against 40.5% of Texas as a whole.
  • 5G at 35/3 Mbps covers 99.6% of Austin, against 61.9% of Texas.
  • Beyond the city limits it thins: across Travis County, T-Mobile reports 78.2% in a moving car, against 88.6% in Austin.
  • T-Mobile loses the most of Austin in a moving car: 99.8% outdoors, 88.6% in a car.
✓ ALL THREE WITHIN 0.2 POINTS
All three carriers
99.8–100%

AT&T vs T-Mobile vs Verizon in Austin

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Verizon
Outdoor
100%
In car
97.3%
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AT&T
Outdoor
99.9%
In car
97.9%
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T-Mobile
Outdoor
99.8%
In car
88.6%

4G and 5G across all carriers in Austin

4G LTE
100%
5G 7/1
100%
5G 35/3
99.6%

Check your street on each carrier's map

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Questions about coverage in Austin

Q1

How does Austin compare with the rest of Texas?

Outdoors Verizon 100% (state 86.8%), AT&T 99.9% (state 84.1%), T-Mobile 99.8% (state 72.3%); in a moving car AT&T 97.9% (state 52.1%), Verizon 97.3% (state 40.5%), T-Mobile 88.6% (state 32.6%).

ZIP codes mostly inside Austin

78701, 78702, 78703, 78704, 78705, 78712, 78717, 78721, 78722, 78723, 78724, 78726, 78727, 78729, 78730, 78731, 78735, 78739, 78741, 78744, 78745, 78748, 78749, 78750, 78751, 78752, 78753, 78754, 78756, 78757, 78758, 78759.

See the statewide Texas comparison, or coverage in Dallas, El Paso, Arlington, Garland, McKinney, Grand Prairie, Brownsville, Killeen, Abilene, Conroe, Beaumont, Sugar Land.

Cities with figures closest to Austin's: Winston-Salem, NC, Orlando, FL, Concord, NC, Riverside, CA, Clovis, CA.