T-Mobile chooses Nokia & Ericsson to Provide US 3G Network

[Jon Westfall]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/11/29/t-mobile-chooses-nokia-and-ericsson-to-provide-us-3g-network/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/...-us-3g-network/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"It's going to be sometime mid 2007 when T-Mobile gets their much anticipated 3G network off the ground; thankfully, it looks like they're moving right along, having announced both Nokia and Ericsson to be the providers of their UMTS network. Now even though the parent company of T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom isn't releasing any financial details of the contracts, first estimates are $2.66 billion to be spent over the next two or three years on its next-generation network."</i><br /><br />T-Mobile has finally confirmed some more of its 3G plans, and continues on their expansion. I've had T-Mo for almost 4 years now, and am amazed at how their network seems to get more reliable and present every day - and 3G just makes my mouth water in anticipation. Sometimes it's good to be with the number 4 carrier - they have more incentive to keep up with the upgrades (Albeit 3G support has lagged way too far behind!)

[MitchellO]

What frequency will their UMTS network be?

Not that it would affect those holding Quadband GSM/Triband UMTS Treo 750v's :D

[ADBrown]

What frequency will their UMTS network be?

Not that it would affect those holding Quadband GSM/Triband UMTS Treo 750v's :D

It will almost certainly be 1700/2100--frequencies not supported by the Treo.

[MitchellO]

What frequency will their UMTS network be?

Not that it would affect those holding Quadband GSM/Triband UMTS Treo 750v's :D

It will almost certainly be 1700/2100--frequencies not supported by the Treo.

I am running my Treo on Australia's 2100Mhz UMTS network. The Treo supports UMTS 850/1900/2100Mhz, so if they do 2100Mhz the US is covered.

[ADBrown]

I am running my Treo on Australia's 2100Mhz UMTS network. The Treo supports UMTS 850/1900/2100Mhz, so if they do 2100Mhz the US is covered.

The US 2100 MHz band isn't the same one as is used for 3G elsewhere in the world. And from my understanding, a 2100 MHz 3G device wouldn't work unless it also had 1700 MHz.

[MitchellO]

But isn't that like saying a Triband GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz device won't work in the US because it doesn't have the 850Mhz band?

[virain]

But isn't that like saying a Triband GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz device won't work in the US because it doesn't have the 850Mhz band?
There was a very good article on this site explaining all of this 3G friquency staff. As far as T-Mobile consern, I have been using this company since it was called Voicestream and I can say, they are pretty good, only slow, with implementing new technologies :wink:

[ADBrown]

But isn't that like saying a Triband GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz device won't work in the US because it doesn't have the 850Mhz band?

For the regular GSM bands, uplink and downlink are both handled within the same band, on slightly different frequencies. For 3G, because it's so bandwidth intensive, they use different bands for uplink and downlink--1800 and 2100 in the rest of the world, soon to be 1700 and 2100 for T-Mobile, and I believe that Cingular is either using 850 and 1900 or simply great heaps of 1900 spectrum, though they'll probably supplement later with their new 1700/2100 licenses.

[ricksfiona]

But isn't that like saying a Triband GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz device won't work in the US because it doesn't have the 850Mhz band?
There was a very good article on this site explaining all of this 3G friquency staff. As far as T-Mobile consern, I have been using this company since it was called Voicestream and I can say, they are pretty good, only slow, with implementing new technologies :wink:

Same here. Service has been great and their Customer Service is 2nd to none. I wish they would implement newer technologies faster, but I think the strategy is to sit back and wait for the dust to settle to figure out what technology is 'real' and what is a fad.

[virain]

Same here. Service has been great and their Customer Service is 2nd to none. I wish they would implement newer technologies faster, but I think the strategy is to sit back and wait for the dust to settle to figure out what technology is 'real' and what is a fad.
T-Mobile in Europe, specialy, in Germany, is on the cutting edge of technology, just read the news. But here, in USA they emplement those new techs, only when the "Old World" is already "bored and tired" of them

[alanjrobertson]

They're certainly the only mobile network in the UK offering anything like reasonable data plans. Their "Web'n'walk" product is vastly superior for both price and data speed (they're rolling our HSDPA on their 3G network).

Cheers

Alan