T-Mobile 3G: Not Until 2007

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Via Gizmodo.com:

T-Mobile has finally stated when to expect their 3G high-speed wireless data service rollout in the United States:

T-Mobile USA is preparing the launch of new third-generation (3G) mobile phone services -- which allow video phone calls and music downloads over mobiles -- in 2007, even though it has yet to make a formal decision to bid for the necessary spectrum.

"We plan to begin the 3G rollout in the second half of next year and the first services shall launch in 2007," said Chief Development Officer Cole Brodman.

They'll have lost all the early adopters by then, but that's not their market. Really, this is most notable simply because T-Mo had said previously that they weren't going to pursue a 3G strategy at all, instead relying on their Wi-Fi hotspots.

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Via EWeek.Com:

TMobile Moves To 3G

T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson announced T-Mobile's move into 3G

Dotson reported on the results of the company's recent spectrum auction win, including substantial space on the 1.7 and 2.1 GHz bands, and the expansion of available spectrum in the company's 1.9GHz voice bands. Dotson also announced the start of equipment deployment for UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) data access.

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Via Engadget.Com:

TMobile Details 3G Plans

As expected, T-Mobile has provided full disclosure today on exactly what it plans to do with all that juicy spectrum picked up in this summer's FCC auctions. Having been left out of the 3G race put on by its fellow national carriers, it comes as no surprise that T-Mobile has officially committed to rolling out UMTS / HSDPA on the 1700 and 2100MHz bands at a cost of some $2.1 billion.

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Is the only real advantage transfer rates? I know you posted a FAQ, but busy at work, can't read it now I personally don't care about transfer rates really, just latency and coverage. It's cool that they are moving to 3G, but I'm also glad they watched it play out while the others duked it out, so that they could keep their costs down.
 
So Tmobile is going to be the first one in the US with 3G? Any othere companies with it out there yet? But im just like TexRob, I just want the coverage more then the speed. EDGE is great at 256k (approx). But this means we all will need newer phones too to take advantage of this speed.
 
Well with all the new spectrum that T-Mobile won in the auction as well as setting aside 2 billion for towers.....expect T-Mobile to definately expand their coverage by alot by 2007.
 
I am a Sprint customer, myself and Verizon wireless customers have been enjoying 3G for some time now. When I teather I get speeds between 500-700K with spikes from 900-1.5m
 
well the difference between t-mobile and the other carriers, is that the other carriers have been saying we've got it we've got it and it's only availbable in certain areas, even though more and more areas are getting 3g.
t-mobile on the other hand is waiting until it is set it works and it's going to be a national rollout. i'v heard about 3g already set up in different areas with t-mobile, and also there are 3g phones that t-mobile has bt haven't launched. i've also heard that it might be mid2k8 before nationally rolled out. And i've heard that it's really really fast.
i'm excited!
 
A t1 line is pretty fast.. until 1000 people are sharing it.

I think you're giving a little too much credit to a company who is always 10 steps behind the competition (in the US market) and who barely provides par EDGE service/speed. I'll be a believer in their 3g when I see some physical proof of its coverage area and speeds in actual nationwide conditions, not test markets.

IMO, they are putting the carriage before the horse. If most tmo users were obsessed with having 3g, they wouldn't be with tmo in the first place and the biggest benefit to 3g would be the DUN, not the WAP browsing. They would gain more return if they broadened their 2.5 coverage or atleast strengthened the coverage they do have and gave it the boost AT&T did.

I prefer a 4 foot deep pool that's 30 x 30 than a 5 x 5 pool that's 20 feet deep, but that's just me.
 
ok i have a question i'm assuming to use the new 3g network you're going to need a 3g phone. so what happens to everyone with, lets a pearl, will edge benefit this upgrade? or will it stay at the same speed?
 
who is tmo behind in the US market? Verizon and sprint?.... who to my knowlage still use cdma.

and if att EDGE is faster then my tmobile one, then it would be as fast as my 6meg Comcast cable...... a page rarely take more then 30 seconds to load...

you do realize that att really doesnt have the fewest dropped calls right? that award went to tmobile.


your whole statement was ridiculously biased.
 
funny you mentioned the award of fewer dropped calls going to tmobile
too many people think att/cingular has the fewest dropped calls.. sad
 
Biased? I am a tmobile customer with 2 lines. It seems you are a bit confused as to potential EDGE speeds and actual given speeds. comparing your cable line to any EDGE connection is pretty far off. 3G provides comparable speeds to cable, such as Verizon/Sprint running Evdo A.

Just to share some facts:

-its not if ATT's edge is faster.. it is faster. AT&T gave it an upgrade in the weeks leading up to the iPhone to prepare for the oncoming strain to the network that would happen with all the iPhones on the network pulling the heavy bandwidth videos off youtube and web browsing. this information is easily verifiable through almost any tech site (I'd suggest looking at Engadget). one EDGE network isn't blowing another EDGE out of the water, but there is a speed difference b/t Tmo's and AT&T's.

-tmobile is behind all major carriers in the US market in network voice/data coverage area, customer base size, and network speeds (the only one of the big four not to have a launched nationwide 3g network).

who mentioned anything about the fewest dropped calls?? this is a discussion about 3G and related discussion to data services. It seems my post might have gone a bit over your head =0/
 
All of this doesn't make me happy in any way. If rim doesn't develop a 3g phone then what's the point of a network. I'm not Willing to leave my BB for a speed boost.
If rim would please step out and do develop a nice 3g phone then that would be heaven.
I don't want to have high speeds on a razor, eekk.
 
There are 3G cdma blackberries, just not gsm. If you can't wait, you could switch carriers and enjoy the 3G action that Verizon/Sprint offers.
 
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