AT&T Continues to Expand 3G Broadband
September 27, 2007
In the coming months, AT&T is going to increase the speed at
which users can upload files on its 3G network. At the same time,
rival telecommunications company T-Mobile USA is having difficulties
getting its 3G network going at all.
AT&T
Much of AT&T's current 3G network makes use of the HSDPA standard,
which increases the speed at which users can download data. Richard
Burns, the head of this carrier's wireless network services group,
told Reuters that, in the next few months, his company is going
to start rolling out technology that will improve the rate at which
its customers can upload files.
Burns said that AT&T is responding to demand from bloggers,
who want to be able to quickly send images and video to sites like
YouTube and MySpace directly from their phones.
T-Mobile USA
Last year, T-Mobile USA paid billions of dollars to acquire the
rights to the wireless spectrum it needs to roll out a 3G network.
However, the government agencies that are currently using that spectrum
are running into delays freeing it up.
T-Mobile had hoped to have its 3G network up and running before
the middle of this year, but, according to RCRWirelessNews, police
and the Dept. of Homeland Security agencies are having so many problems
switching frequencies that T-Mobile's project is currently on hold.
This is a severe blow to this telco, as it's the only major wireless
carrier in the United States without a 3G network. And one of its
competitors, Sprint, is going to start offering a 4G network to
customers in the near future.
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