T-Mobile USA making announcement about 3G on December 6?
If we ignore all the nonsensical parts of this Inquirer article, then we see that T-Mobile USA might be about to make an announcement regarding their US 3G offering. According to a rep, the company will be making an announcement on December 6th on the subject, which sounds to us like the Government might have finally shifted off of T-Mobile's turf. That's all the relevant details we have, so set your calendars if 3G networks news announcements are your kinda thang.[Thanks, Frank P.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
james @ Nov 24th 2007 8:09PM
read the article i call "shenanigans"!!!!!
Chris Medeiros @ Nov 24th 2007 9:48PM
Rumor is that they have been testing the 1700 MHz network for the past few months somewhere out west (California?)Also rumor is that they are really trying for a commercial roll out by the end of 2007, even if it is in a few select cities like N.Y., L.A., and Chicago and then bring other cities online later in 2008.
oitbug @ Nov 28th 2007 11:07PM
Chris sounds right on target. I spoke with an old friend who happens to design and build T-mobile 3G infrastructure; they've tested parts and are deploying as fast as they can.
Ahsher Stern @ Nov 24th 2007 9:52PM
it's about time!!!
bustafone @ Nov 25th 2007 1:05AM
I'll believe it when I see it.
Mike @ Nov 25th 2007 1:36AM
I was hoping T Mobile might offer the HTC Touch or Elf in the US soon.
Drakkor @ Nov 25th 2007 4:54AM
are their 3g bands the same as euro ones?
Jay @ Nov 25th 2007 12:07PM
3G in Europe works on the 2100 band..so no, its not the same
john @ Nov 25th 2007 6:32PM
I hope so. My job is about to change from issuing a crappy phone with a crappy service, to giving us an allowance for whatever phone and service we want. I've been trying to decide between a tethering plan Sprint (fast but expensive) and T-Mobile (cheap but slow). If T-Mobile gets 3G out there before February, it'll make my choice easier.
Adama D. Brown @ Nov 26th 2007 2:19AM
John, have you considered Sprint SERO? It's cheap and fast, as long as the coverage works for you.
john @ Nov 26th 2007 2:58AM
I hadn't heard of it, no.
I'm in the San Jose area. I had been considering getting the "Free Incoming Plan", "nights and weekends start at 6pm", "unlimited mobile to mobile", and "unlimited phone as modem" (or whatever that one is called).
What the SERO front page says is just that it has unlimited data. Does that include tethering? And can you still get add-ons like unlimited mobile to mobile, and nights and weekends start at 6pm? (free incoming would still be nice, but those two options are MUCH more important to me)
Do I have to get an employee's discount code or something?
DAN @ Nov 26th 2007 3:48PM
T-Mobile - welcome to 2005
RC @ Nov 28th 2007 6:36PM
Although T-Mobile will be using the 1700MHz/2100MHz bands for 3G, they are incompatible with European/Asian 1700MHz/2100MHz phones. T-Mo is using different frequency blocks.
mikemick @ Dec 6th 2007 7:59PM
Well, it looks like December 6th is almost over...and still no announcement. That makes me a sad panda.
Vinnie Lagorio @ Dec 6th 2007 10:36PM
Yeah no kidding, I want me's a Tytn II
Connor @ Dec 16th 2007 12:59AM
oddly enough I think t-mobile did make an announcement on Dec 6th. but to the 3gamericas.org
http://www.3gamericas.org/pdfs/Global_3G_Status_Update.pdf
The PDF file is dated Dec 6th and shows a date of Mar 08 of HSDPA to be brought online.
UMTS start date is 2007 still.