3G in the US?

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klaberte - 02 Aug 2006 18:57 GMT

I have heard rumors that t-mobile will be deploying a 3G data service
in the US in the next few months. Are there any press reports or other
to confirm this?

Also, how will the speeds of such a network compare to t-mobile's
current EDGE network?

Thanks,

K

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klugja@hotmail.com - 03 Aug 2006 13:38 GMT

The auction for the spectrum is Aug 9th. They have to get more
spectrum first.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/279857_tmobile03.html

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Mobius - 04 Aug 2006 02:06 GMT

I am not too sure about the jargon but Verizon Wireless and Sprint already
offer 3G here in the US. I think the term for their implementation is EV-DO
(Evolution Data Optimized) and it is capable of data download bursts upto
2.4 Mbits/sec though steady rates hover around 700 - 800 Kbits/sec. This is
pretty much above what the EDGE network can achieve.

The Verizon offering is called BroadbandAccess while the Sprint one is
called Mobile Broadband, AFAIK. What I heard, though I could not find any
press reports to verify this, is that at least two major carriers are going
to offer Wi-Max and/or HSDPA, or something similar, data access at around 3
Mbits/sec average speed sometime in 2007. But, I repeat, this is only what I
heard. Somebody could perhaps correct me on this.

>I have heard rumors that t-mobile will be deploying a 3G data service
> in the US in the next few months. Are there any press reports or other
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> K

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