Sprint leak reveals LTE rollout in new cities
Summary: Where does the firm intend to rollout LTE services in the United States next?
The US's third-largest carrier sprint is expanding its LTE network, and customers from California and Indiana among others may see network coverage appear today.
According to a leaked note obtained by Phone Arena, a total of 21 new cities are being added to the carrier's LTE network on Friday.
The carrier has been playing catch-up in the 4G LTE market, poor coverage bowing against the pressure of rivals including AT&T and Verizon. Sprint Nextel chief executive Dan Hesse said last year that there is, "a competitive disadvantage in terms of LTE footprint today," and further admitting that "We're catching up, but we are behind." If you own an Sprint LTE device and happen to be in the area, mobile Internet speeds have the possibility of reaching 6 to 8Mbps, potentially peaking at 25Mbps.
In January, Sprint announced that 28 new cities would be added to its LTE network in the coming months, including Paris, Texas; Branson, Mo.; Oxford, Miss. and Bay City, Michigan. Coverage has also recently appeared in small pockets across New York, Washington D.C. and San Francisco pre-launch. The firm says that Sprint's 4G LTE network will be commercially available and officially announced in these areas within the next few months. As of today, Sprint will apparently be offering LTE services in the following states and cities:
- California: Los Angeles, Contra Costa County
- Florida: Palm Bay, Port St. Lucie, West Palm Beach
- Indiana: Bloomington and Lafayette Illinois: Rochelle
- Minnesota: Mankato-North Mankato Missouri: Joplin
- North Carolina: Charlotte, Shelby, Albemarle, Sailsbury, Lincolnton
- Tennessee: Memphis, Greenville, Tullahoma Texas: Denison, Kerrville
- Virginia: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News
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Tmobile/Sprint
Excellent, then.
There are customers there
I wish Sprint would get some more towers in my middle-of-nowhere town. We've got 100% coverage by AT&T and Verizon, but anything not on those networks really is awful. I tried Virgin Mobile, and had a usable signal only about 30 percent of the time.
AZ
How stupid is Sprint's in house roll out team?
They were on the ball with the wimax rollout as Midland Odessa was one of the first areas and it is still in service and going strong. But new Sprint phones arent even Wimax compatible so we are all sitting around with these new phones and our thumb up our ass.
Not to mention