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T-Mobile announces LTE roll out plans

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http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/23/2818745/t-mobile-usa-lte-4-billion

Having announced earlier that it intends to launch LTE service next year, T-Mobile USA is now going into a little more detail on how it plans to make that happen. In a press release talking about its "challenger strategy," the company says that it'll invest some $4 billion into network upgrades — $1.4 billion of which will happen in the next two years — to achieve LTE service in the "vast majority" of the top 50 markets by 2014, with a faster 20MHz-thick slice of LTE operational in three-quarters of the top 25 markets.

It's long been known that T-Mobile is starved the amount of spectrum required for a proper nationwide LTE deployment, though, and the carrier reiterates that here: not only is this plan contingent on regulatory approval of the spectrum it won from AT&T after the takeover failed, but it says that it still needs "additional AWS spectrum for broader / deeper LTE build-out," and it's unclear whether the company has spectrum purchases budgeted into the $4 billion figure. In the meantime, it'll be relying largely on refarming of existing 3G bands to kick off service.
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Moving forward . . . 🙂
 
remains to be seen, i guess. after seeing what the iphone did for sprint, it may not be a bad way for tmo to spend some of this newfound cash...
 
Whats interesting is the rollout of HSPA+ 3G/4G on the 1900mhz band.
We're be able to get 3G speed on pretty much all international/ATT GSM phone.
If I find out that it will be in my city, I will stay put when my contract is over in April.
 
kaerflog said:
Whats interesting is the rollout of HSPA+ 3G/4G on the 1900mhz band.
We're be able to get 3G speed on pretty much all international/ATT GSM phone.
If I find out that it will be in my city, I will stay put when my contract is over in April.
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I agree. I'm more interested in 3G bands on more standard (non-AWS) phones than I am long-term LTE plans.
 
This better be done right. I love my SGS2 on tmo's hspa+. I also have a job-related droid razr on verizons lte that just sucks ass. hspa+ is much faster and stable for me in Manhattan.

Tmobile getting the iphone will help them big time as there are tons of trendoids stuck on mommy and daddy's tmo account.
 
i'd rather tmobile DIDN'T get the iphone, the carrier cost of carrying the iphone is enormous and those costs will simply be passed on to the consumer.
 
If TMo does get the iPhone this year, I'll seriously consider it. Already thinking about going back to Sprint after bailing in 2008 for an iPhone. I know I'm not going to get LTE where I'm at for quite a few years on AT&T.
 
OS said:
i'd rather tmobile DIDN'T get the iphone, the carrier cost of carrying the iphone is enormous and those costs will simply be passed on to the consumer.
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i hope they dont either. i'm on verizon right now, because i didn't want to be part of at&T (so i guess i'm one of those 800k).

but i know verizon is taking it in the ass from apple and probably contributes to the monthly bill if you look at their quarterly reports, apple users are eroding their margins (so they are tryign to make up for it by raising prices on everyone).

i would consider t-mobile again once they get a better phone selection and once my contract is up (which would be late 2013 right tho) .

they don't need to officially carry the iphone so if they get HSPA+ support for global phones they can just tell someone to buy an iphone retail for $650 and use it on t-mobile and not carry the apple subsidy burden while still supporting people who want an iphone (which is what they do now, except on edge).
 
hans007 said:
i hope they dont either. i'm on verizon right now, because i didn't want to be part of at&T (so i guess i'm one of those 800k).

but i know verizon is taking it in the ass from apple and probably contributes to the monthly bill if you look at their quarterly reports, apple users are eroding their margins (so they are tryign to make up for it by raising prices on everyone).

i would consider t-mobile again once they get a better phone selection and once my contract is up (which would be late 2013 right tho) .

they don't need to officially carry the iphone so if they get HSPA+ support for global phones they can just tell someone to buy an iphone retail for $650 and use it on t-mobile and not carry the apple subsidy burden while still supporting people who want an iphone (which is what they do now, except on edge).
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There are a lot of people who are in the same boat. Sprint has jacked my rates too once they started carrying the iphone and I am fed up with them. I am either going prepaid or Tmobile once my contract is up. Leaning prepaid as Tmobile is still kind of high price when they make you pay for the phones anyways.
 
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am i the only one who doesnt care about 3G 4G 5G?
all i need is voice. dependable coverage for voice everywhere.
wish there was a cheap carrier catering only to voice.
 
hans007 said:
i hope they dont either. i'm on verizon right now, because i didn't want to be part of at&T (so i guess i'm one of those 800k).

but i know verizon is taking it in the ass from apple and probably contributes to the monthly bill if you look at their quarterly reports, apple users are eroding their margins (so they are tryign to make up for it by raising prices on everyone).

i would consider t-mobile again once they get a better phone selection and once my contract is up (which would be late 2013 right tho) .

they don't need to officially carry the iphone so if they get HSPA+ support for global phones they can just tell someone to buy an iphone retail for $650 and use it on t-mobile and not carry the apple subsidy burden while still supporting people who want an iphone (which is what they do now, except on edge).
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It's also why top-end 4G Android phones are $300 on contract, when the devices don't cost much more (to Verizon) than other top-end phones.

It is not that the carriers can't stay afloat and keep everything looking great if nothing changed, but they all want to maintain the same revenue stream so shareholders remain happy. Ugh. So, we get to be the ones to make the sacrifice in the end. 🙁
 
Tmo will lose me as a 13 year customer in september, going to VZW for iPhone5.

My last straw was their loyalty rep saying that they wouldnt do anything for me even for being such a long term customer, she flat out said I should switch to verizon if I wanted a deal.

Easy enough for me.
 
PhoKingGuy said:
Tmo will lose me as a 13 year customer in september, going to VZW for iPhone5.

My last straw was their loyalty rep saying that they wouldnt do anything for me even for being such a long term customer, she flat out said I should switch to verizon if I wanted a deal.

Easy enough for me.
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They're losing me as well. I've been with them for 13 years also. They lost me over $100 dispute on GTab deal they had last year. They can spend $200+ dollars trying to get new customer. My contract ends in July and I'm taking my family acct to either AT&T or Straight Talk. I think AT&T might be a better deal after the phone subsidy. I bought GSM Galaxy Nexus for this reason so I can enjoy it now on T-Mobile 3G and later switch to AT&T 3G without issue. My wife will get iPhone5.
 
the company says that it'll invest some $4 billion into network upgrades — $1.4 billion of which will happen in the next two years — to achieve LTE service in the "vast majority" of the top 50 markets by 2014, with a faster 20MHz-thick slice of LTE operational in three-quarters of the top 25 markets.
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I found this to be the more interesting part.
Doesn't Verizon currently use 10MHz/slice on it's LTE network?
They could give Verizon a run for it's money in data speeds(assuming the AWS spectrum they plan to use for it is just as good as Verizon's which I don't know).
 
luv2liv said:
am i the only one who doesnt care about 3G 4G 5G?
all i need is voice. dependable coverage for voice everywhere.
wish there was a cheap carrier catering only to voice.
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If you want voice only, you can get that anywhere. Data is the expensive part.
 
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