AT&T has announced that it will have completed a country wid
rollout of its HSUPA 3G service by the end of June. We're guessin
that a little voice from Cupertino might have been hurrying AT&
along. You know, just like AT&T boosted EDGE speeds last year o
the iPhone's launch day. Just saying

The network offers theoretical speeds of 1.4 Mbps down and 800Kbps up
which AT&T claims "will be as speedy as logging onto the hig
speed Internet service that many consumers enjoy at home.

We're not sure exactly who those poor customers are, or how they coul
possibly '"enjoy" speeds like that, but if AT&T keep
spending at the $5 billion-a-year rate it is now, we should expect t
get a real mobile internet just in time for the iPhone 3

SAN ANTONIO, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- By the end of June
connecting to AT&T's 3G mobile broadband service will be a
speedy as logging onto the high speed Internet service that man
consumers enjoy at home

AT&T Inc. NYSE: T today announced that, in the next month, th
company will deploy High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA
technology in the six remaining markets across AT&T's entire 3
(third-generation) wireless broadband network. When done, AT&
will have completed its deployment of HSUPA technology, whic
complements existing HSDPA technology (High Speed Downlink Packe
Access), making AT&T the only U.S. carrier to have fully deploye
HSPA technology in its 3G network

Today the superfast AT&T 3G network is available in more than 27
markets. By year-end, the AT&T 3G network will be available i
nearly 350 markets

With the new addition of HSUPA technology, AT&T 3G users can enjo
uplink speeds between 500 and 800 Kbps. The technology is available i
all but the few remaining AT&T 3G markets and will be included i
all future deployments. The new upload speeds complement AT&T'
3G download capabilities, which currently offer up to 1.4 Mbps acros
all markets for customers who have capable devices, such as AT&T'
LaptopConnect wireless modems

"The ability to quickly upload large files from a laptop is n
longer a luxury -- it's a necessity," said Kris Rinne, senio
vice president of Architecture and Planning for AT&T's wireles
operations. "By fully deploying HSUPA across our 3G footprint
we not only meet the current needs of our customers but also lay th
path for our continued evolution to even faster wireless broadban
capabilities.

Between 2005 and 2008, AT&T will have invested more than $2
billion in network improvements and upgrades -- an average of $
billion a year. AT&T recently turned down its older TDMA network
and that will allow the company to reuse valuable 850 MHz spectrum t
expand and enhance 3G markets

The company's HSPA network is the best-positioned among America
carriers to grow in line with customer demand, evolving to HSPA+ an
providing next-generation speeds without costly investments. AT&
plans to adopt LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology to reach eve
higher speeds in the long term

AT&T has the largest digital voice and data network in the U.S. I
addition, only AT&T can offer 3G roaming in 60 countries
including Japan and South Korea, and voice calling in more than 20
countries

Equally as important as the network is the device through which
customer experiences it. AT&T's handset portfolio i
company-owned stores is more than 75 percent 3G-capable -- and wil
be even more enticing with the addition of more 3G-enable
smartphones in the summer and fall of 2008. Additionally, AT&
also has the most compelling set of 3G services, such as AT&
Video Share(SM), which allows users to share live video over wireles
phones while on a voice call

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