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inquisitor

Hey folks,

I just read on engadget that T-Mobile is about to refarm its whole frequency spectrum:

The current GSM spectrum in the 1900MHz will be largely rededicated to UMTS/HSPA, which will eliminate handset incompatibility for 3G for many devices including the iPhone, so you don't need an AWS-compatible handset for 3G access anymore. Instead any device supporting AT&T's 3G network will also work on T-Mobile's network.

Given this increase of capacity (or better: spectral efficiency) in the 1900MHz band T-Mobile will further rededicate some of the AWS spectrum to LTE.

T-Mobile will still have a very hard time to compete with the other US carriers who own a lot of spectrum on lower frequency bands, anyway this will be a significant improvement in my eyes.

more sources:
http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mob...san-francisco/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/t...-2g-discounts/

Cheers

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inquisitor (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,399 Join Date: 15 Nov 2006 Country:	T-Mobile to refarm frequency spectrum, deploys HSPA to 1900MHz = iPhone compatibility - 11-07-2012, 22:27 Hey folks, I just read on engadget that T-Mobile is about to refarm its whole frequency spectrum: The current GSM spectrum in the 1900MHz will be largely rededicated to UMTS/HSPA, which will eliminate handset incompatibility for 3G for many devices including the iPhone, so you don't need an AWS-compatible handset for 3G access anymore. Instead any device supporting AT&T's 3G network will also work on T-Mobile's network. Given this increase of capacity (or better: spectral efficiency) in the 1900MHz band T-Mobile will further rededicate some of the AWS spectrum to LTE. T-Mobile will still have a very hard time to compete with the other US carriers who own a lot of spectrum on lower frequency bands, anyway this will be a significant improvement in my eyes. more sources: http://www.tmonews.com/2012/06/t-mob...san-francisco/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/t...-2g-discounts/ Cheers terminals: Samsung: Galaxy S5 DuoS (G900FD); BLU: Win HD LTE; Nokia: 1200; Asus: Fonepad 7 ME372CG; Huawei data: E3372, Vodafone R201, K3765, E1762; postpaid: O2 on Business XL; prepaid: DE: Aldi Talk, Lidl; UK: 3; BG: MTel, vivacom; RU: MTS; RS: MTS; UAE: du Tourist SIM; INT'L: toggle mobile VoIP: sipgate.de (German DID); sipgate.co.uk (British DID); ukddi.com (British DID); sipcall.ch (Swiss DID); megafon.bg (Bulgarian DID); InterVoip.com