T-Mobile lights up 10 new metro areas with enhanced service

T-Mobile announced today that 10 more metro areas throughout the U.S. now have HSPA+ coverage. Customers on T-Mobile’s network in these areas with appropriate handsets can take advantage of T-Mobile’s Challenger initiative to eventually roll out service on the 1900MHz HSPA+ band nationwide. T-Mobile is also encouraging AT&T customers with unlocked phones to transfer their service to experience the benefits of T-Mobile’s network.

The locations announced today include:

• Phoenix, including Tempe, Scottsdale, Glendale, Peoria, Paradise Valley, Surprise and Ahwatukee
• Mesa, including Chandler and Gilbert
• Tucson, including South Tucson, Marana, and Vail
• Silicon Valley, including Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Santa Clara, San Jose
• Oakland
• San Francisco
• Stockton
• Modesto
• Miami, including Coral Gables and Miami Beach
• Fort Lauderdale, including Hollywood

These new areas join Baltimore, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas and Washington D.C. offering T-Mobile’s enhanced coverage.

source: T-Mobile

AT&T Announces $14 Billion Network Expansion

AT&T announced it will invest $14 billion to expand its wireless and wireline broadband networks. AT&T cited anticipated expansion of IP data growth and new services. The wireless giant plans to expand its 4G LTE network to cover 300 million people by the end of 2014. It had previously planned to cover 250 million LTE customers by the end of 2013. Hopefully customers will not see any new mystery charges to cover this expenditure.

The huge financial investment is great news for those waiting for LTE coverage but it’s the company’s wireline broadband services that will see the biggest expansion. AT&T expects to increase its wired IP broadband network to cover 75% of its customer locations. It will also increase fiber deployment to an additional million business customers.

Hit the source for a detailed breakdown of the planned investment.

Source: AT&T

Sprint announces 22 new LTE-enabled cities

Today Sprint has unveiled a whopping 22 new LTE enabled cities. These cities are:

• San Francisco, CA, San Mateo-Redwood City, CA
• Cape Coral-Ft Meyers, FL
• Dyersburg-Union City-Martin, TN
• Emporia, KS
• Fort Wayne, IN
• Greenwood, MS
• Joplin, MO
• Kokomo, IN
• Lafayette/West Lafayette, IN
• Lexington Park, MD
• Marion, IN
• Napa, CA
• Naples-Marco Island, FL
• Ottawa-Streator, IL
• Punta Gorda, FL
• Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
• Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
• Sebring, FL
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN
• Terre Haute, IN
• Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
• Warsaw, IN

Anyone living in any of these cities notice LTE speeds on their LTE enabled device yet? If so, let us know what speeds you’re getting!