T-Mobile Plans to Rollout HSPA+ 3G Wireless Network in 100 Metropolitan Areas by End of 2010

Submitted by lalit on March 23, 2010 - 8:09pm.

T-Mobile today showcased the nation’s fastest 3G wireless network on its latest mobile broadband devices at CTIA 2010. The company unveiled plans to upgrade its national high-speed 3G service to the High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) technology, which will deliver customers data speeds faster than the current 3G network technology. By the end of 2010, T-Mobile expects to have HSPA+ deployed across the breadth of its 3G footprint, covering more than 100 metropolitan areas and 185 million people.

T-Mobile successfully launched its HSPA+ network service in Philadelphia last fall providing customers access to one of the fastest and most modern wireless networks in the U.S. T-Mobile now has made HSPA+ commercially available in new markets including major areas of New York City, New Jersey, Long Island and suburban Washington, D.C., with deployment in Los Angeles coming very soon. The company will continue to aggressively expand the availability of HSPA+ in additional 3G markets.

According to T-Mobile, its HSPA+ network is outperforming competing 3G wireless networks with speeds up to three times faster at 21Mbps. And the company demonstrated the network speed at CTIA using devices like T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ capable device in US; the Dell Inspiron Mini 10; the HTC HD2; the Motorola CLIQ XT and the T-Mobile myTouch 3G.