It's great to see that T-Mobile has finally seen the light on this. It's unfortunate that they had to have their backs against the wall to do the obvious.
Their spectrum refarming should have started 2 years ago, when they noticed how popular the iPhone was becoming. Them not actually offering an iPhone hasn't been an issue for over 1 million of their customers who have purchased them unlocked, and dealt with EDGE data for 3 years now. Had they reclaimed their spectrum 2 years ago, They could have beat Verizon to the punch on being the first competitor to ATT with support for the 3g iPhones. No clue why they didn't take advantage of that while they could have.
Moreover, it's good to see that they are in fact pushing for LTE deployment on the AWS band to match with ATT. That will keep the competition going, and with 42mbps HSPA+ for fallback, TMO can at least provide a pretty consistent experience across its entire network, without the massive drop in data speeds that Verizon and Sprint will see going from LTE->EvDO.
Glad to see that all 4 carriers will finally be moving onto a single standard eventually.
Meh, carriers that sell the iphone make little to no money off of them, and LTE on Att and Verizon is on 700mhz. You aren't going to have a same freq and tech supported on all carriers ever.
I dont understand why tmo wants to build lte. The can get speeds up to 84mbps if they just upgrade and tweek their exsisting 42mbps hspa network. Maybe if it was a lte advanced network it would make sense. But they can have comparable hspa speeds without the big disadvantage of huge battery drain of the lte chips not to mention size and heat as well. It would be a good strategy for them to keep prices down without sacrificing much performance. Especially since they wouldnt have to spend a few hundred million on a new network.
Hey Bookburner, the reason why Tmo wants LTE because that way they can phase out the 2g service (just like At&T) to which would free up a lot spectrum. T-mobile is approaching this upgrade the smart way unlike big red or blue and even sprint networks. Remember true 4g was established at 100mb per second and I hope they have LTE-Advanced and bump up their HSPA+ to 84mb. But here is the funny thing that they already have HSPA+ that can go faster the LTE, all you they need is to change the software. I heard it from a reliable grapevine at tmo that the iphone 5 is comming this summer. At first I thought my source was BS's me but then the source told me that they were being trained on it. So I'll wait and see if the info pans out and that would be a wise move for t-mo.
Why is everyone complaining about t-mobile's plans to deliver lte in 2013? It's all about growth and that's what we need in the US. Hopefully t-mobile will stick to their plans and improve their offerings. I can't wait lol. <a href="http://bddfhq.com"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">pet feeding</FONT></a>
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reuthermonkey1 - Thursday, February 23, 2012 - link
It's great to see that T-Mobile has finally seen the light on this. It's unfortunate that they had to have their backs against the wall to do the obvious.Their spectrum refarming should have started 2 years ago, when they noticed how popular the iPhone was becoming. Them not actually offering an iPhone hasn't been an issue for over 1 million of their customers who have purchased them unlocked, and dealt with EDGE data for 3 years now. Had they reclaimed their spectrum 2 years ago, They could have beat Verizon to the punch on being the first competitor to ATT with support for the 3g iPhones. No clue why they didn't take advantage of that while they could have.
Moreover, it's good to see that they are in fact pushing for LTE deployment on the AWS band to match with ATT. That will keep the competition going, and with 42mbps HSPA+ for fallback, TMO can at least provide a pretty consistent experience across its entire network, without the massive drop in data speeds that Verizon and Sprint will see going from LTE->EvDO.
Glad to see that all 4 carriers will finally be moving onto a single standard eventually.
sprockkets - Thursday, February 23, 2012 - link
Meh, carriers that sell the iphone make little to no money off of them, and LTE on Att and Verizon is on 700mhz. You aren't going to have a same freq and tech supported on all carriers ever.DanNeely - Thursday, February 23, 2012 - link
2 years ago they had probably already decided that their best bet was to get bought out and started prep work for the obvious ATT deal.Bookburner - Friday, February 24, 2012 - link
I dont understand why tmo wants to build lte. The can get speeds up to 84mbps if they just upgrade and tweek their exsisting 42mbps hspa network. Maybe if it was a lte advanced network it would make sense. But they can have comparable hspa speeds without the big disadvantage of huge battery drain of the lte chips not to mention size and heat as well. It would be a good strategy for them to keep prices down without sacrificing much performance. Especially since they wouldnt have to spend a few hundred million on a new network.octavio - Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - link
Hey Bookburner, the reason why Tmo wants LTE because that way they can phase out the 2g service (just like At&T) to which would free up a lot spectrum. T-mobile is approaching this upgrade the smart way unlike big red or blue and even sprint networks. Remember true 4g was established at 100mb per second and I hope they have LTE-Advanced and bump up their HSPA+ to 84mb. But here is the funny thing that they already have HSPA+ that can go faster the LTE, all you they need is to change the software. I heard it from a reliable grapevine at tmo that the iphone 5 is comming this summer. At first I thought my source was BS's me but then the source told me that they were being trained on it. So I'll wait and see if the info pans out and that would be a wise move for t-mo.gdon91 - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - link
Why is everyone complaining about t-mobile's plans to deliver lte in 2013? It's all about growth and that's what we need in the US. Hopefully t-mobile will stick to their plans and improve their offerings. I can't wait lol. <a href="http://bddfhq.com"><FONT COLOR="#99ccff">pet feeding</FONT></a>