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T-Mobile USA to get rolling on 3G

Discussion in 'Wireless News' started by ComicalMoodyDan, May 2, 2008.

  1. ComicalMoodyDan

    ComicalMoodyDan Gold Senior Member
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    T-Mobile USA to get rolling on 3G
    By Colin Gibbs
    Story posted: May 2, 2008 - 1:37 pm EDT

    T-Mobile USA Inc. plans to officially launch its 3G network starting next week. The launch comes about two years after the nation’s No. 4 carrier paid $4.2 billion for advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 66, spectrum the carrier plans to use for its 3G network.

    Although T-Mobile USA has spent the past two years quietly building its W-CDMA network and device lineup, the carrier in the coming days plans to report progress on its 3G rollout beyond New York, as well as details regarding devices that will support the network. T-Mobile USA took a similar low profile approach when it launched GPRS and EDGE services on its traditional GSM-based 2G network.

    Further, the carrier said its 3G network will support both voice and data when it launches next week, refuting news reports and blog posts that had indicated the network would initially only support voice services.

    T-Mobile USA announced in 2006 that it planned to spend around $2.6 billion building its 3G network, and that it hoped to commercially introduce the service by the middle of last year.

    T-Mobile USA, part of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, bid aggressively in 2006’s AWS auction — the carrier spent more on spectrum than any other bidder — and essentially doubled its spectrum capacity in the top 100 U.S. markets. However, the carrier sat out the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction; rivals AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless were the big winners in that auction.

    T-Mobile USA to get rolling on 3G - RCR Wireless News
     
    #1 ComicalMoodyDan, May 2, 2008
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    Ummm, isn't that the point of an auction... The person willing to spend the most gets it?

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    I'm getting a little tired of hearing they're going to "announce" something 3G-related. They've been doing this for too long.
    T-Mobile, just do it already! Stop the announcing of the announcements!!!:mad:
     
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  4. Eric47

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    even if they launch the top 25 cities. its going to be a small footprint. far smaller that ATT's. who CURRENTLY has one of the smallest. but is finally in an advantageous position to start expanding quickly now that TDMA is done and over with.
     
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    I don't think TMO had a TDMA network. Did they?
     
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    He's referring to AT&T TDMA.
     
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    Ok, I thought he was somehow saying that now that TMO's TDMA is shut down they have more bandwidth for their 3G rollout. Then I thought, TMO didn't have a TDMA network to shut down...

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    wow.....theres a lot of stuff happening in the next week......LG Vu and the Samsung Access come out. AT&T launches its Mobile TV service......T-Mobile rolls out 3G.....this will be an interesting next month
     
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    #8 SmArTeStChIlD421, May 3, 2008
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    Well all I can say is that its about time.
     
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    Yep!

    i know that in my area they didnt even mention adding 3G until sometime after we started discussing the TDMA shut downs. so im assuming thats how they are able to add 3G here, as well as many other places. ATT that is ;)
     
    #10 Eric47, May 3, 2008
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