T-Mobile's CTO talks about the carrier's future connectivity; new HSPA+ markets added
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Ray was the subject of an interview on the carrier's blog page and in the course of the questioning, T-Mobile's technical chief said that 84Mbps download speeds on the HSPA+ pipeline is something that the carrier is evaluating, but T-Mobile plans on investing $4 billion over time and will have its own 4G LTE offering sometime next year. And the good news for T-Mobile, is that it is deploying LTE at a time when prices are lower for equipment and infrastructure. At the same time, the performance of LTE has improved and the carrier plans on rolling out LTE release 10 compatible equipment and will be well positioned to move to LTE advanced when it is ready.
T-Mobile is able to put together an LTE network thanks to the AWS spectrum it received from AT&T as the consolation prize for the termination of the AT&T purchase of T-Mobile. The carrier will also refarm some of its 1900MHz spectrum to use for HSPA+ which will free up additional spectrum for LTE. If all goes according to plan, by 2013 the carrier will have 20MHz LTE service in 75% of the top 25 markets in 2013 with the rest covered by 10MHz LTE service.
Another benefit of the refarming is that it will make T-Mobile's network compatible with the Apple iPhone. The carrier is the only one of the top four U.S. carriers not offering the popular device and that could change after all of the work is completed.
source: T-Mobile
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9 Comments
1. tward291 posted on 13 Mar 2012, 13:42 0 0
i love my tmobile now that said get a dame windows not the radar but a high end one
2. Roomaku posted on 13 Mar 2012, 13:57 0 0
They will probably get another low end one like the lumia 610, but who knows?
3. tward291 posted on 13 Mar 2012, 14:05 1 0
i hope they can just get one like the lumia 900 or titan 2
5. snowgator posted on 13 Mar 2012, 15:15 0 0
I guess T-Mobile is on solid ground? Is their parent company all happy with them now?
6. k1ng617 posted on 13 Mar 2012, 15:48 1 0
That "refarming" would be AMAZING for me. I have an international Galaxy Note and AT&T's 3.5G is really hit or miss near me.
7. simplyj posted on 13 Mar 2012, 16:37 0 0
How do I check if I have HSPA+ 42 mbps in my area? The T-Mo coverage map shows nothing for speed
9. -box- posted on 14 Mar 2012, 01:49 1 0
Dear T-Mobile: Please do not do what Sprint did to get the iphone. Let folks buy the unlocked, unsubsidized version from apple and use it on t-mobile if they want, but do not make the rest of us suffer for the small percentage of customers who may want that outdated piece of garbage, even if it is popular
