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Overview of 4G technologies per carrier

Pink Jazz

Aug 11, 2008, 5:02 PM
Here is what the U.S. carriers have selected for 4G:

AT&T - LTE
Verizon - LTE
Sprint - WiMax
T-Mobile - none yet, but most likely LTE
Alltel - LTE
US Cellular - TBA
MetroPCS - LTE
Leap/Cricket - TBA

So, we now have four U.S. carriers who have chosen LTE, one who has chosen WiMax, and still none who have chosen UMB. If USCC and Leap want to stay competitive by having all these roaming agreements, it makes most sense to choose LTE. UMB will be dead on arrival.
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jskrenes

Aug 11, 2008, 5:16 PM
Pink Jazz said:


So, we now have four U.S. carriers who have chosen LTE, one who has chosen WiMax, and still none who have chosen UMB. If USCC and Leap want to stay competitive by having all these roaming agreements, it makes most sense to choose LTE. UMB will be dead on arrival.


And Wimax will have three Sprint fanboys, its CEO and board of directors scratching their heads wondering why they're still losing customers.
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Slammer

Aug 11, 2008, 7:20 PM
Here we go with the sprint bashing again. do really think sprint is saying to themselves that every carrier is wrong and Sprint is right? Google, Intel,comcast,time warner,motorola,Samsung,GE and others have invested heavily in Wimax for a reason. LTE maybe the future standard but WiMax is deploying now and that is the advantage that they are looking at. whether or not you like Sprint does not matter. the fact that they are ahead of everyone else does. They realize themselves that this maybe a gamble but Sprint/Clearwire have done the research on the theory that if you build, they will come. Do you think the iphone would have been as successful as it is if people waited for something different? You should hope they survive or the price of LT...
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eric_cartman

Aug 11, 2008, 5:58 PM
T-Mo will definitely choose LTE, as they plan to launch it in Germany in 2009, and if successful, will plan for other markets, including USA.

I hope the carriers use 700MHz instead of 2.5GHz, since the signal will travel farther, better travel through walls, and fewer towers.
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mingkee

Aug 11, 2008, 9:31 PM
T-Mobile will choose LTE, along UMTS/HSPA on AWS band
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dave73

Aug 12, 2008, 2:54 AM
Pink Jazz said:
Here is what the U.S. carriers have selected for 4G:

AT&T - LTE
Verizon - LTE
Sprint - WiMax
T-Mobile - none yet, but most likely LTE
Alltel - LTE
US Cellular - TBA
MetroPCS - LTE
Leap/Cricket - TBA

So, we now have four U.S. carriers who have chosen LTE, one who has chosen WiMax, and still none who have chosen UMB. If USCC and Leap want to stay competitive by having all these roaming agreements, it makes most sense to choose LTE. UMB will be dead on arrival.


Alltel will only LTE if they stay Alltel. Otherwise, it won't matter anymore, as they're in the process of being bought out.
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trey1475

Aug 12, 2008, 12:19 PM
But they are being bought out by Verizon Wireless so they will still be LTE.
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carmodboy99

Aug 12, 2008, 12:48 PM
Still, Alltel at that point wouldnt count as another notch against WiMAX, its just verizon at that point
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carmodboy99

Aug 12, 2008, 12:35 PM
Its funny how ATT Residential is on the WiMAX forum supporting WiMAX, but then ATT Wireless (same company) is publicly so against it... go figure.
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scorpio

Aug 12, 2008, 4:51 PM
ATT said they plan to use Wimax for it's rural residential areas, which means LTE won't have the range of Wimax.
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dooleydonut

Aug 15, 2008, 5:10 PM
Don't get confused with ATT "the phone company" and ATT "the wireless company". ATT Residential considers to use "fixed WiMax" for their rural broadband service; it's a totally different toy from Sprint's mobile WiMax. I don't think anyone will be interested in carrying a phone as huge as their cable modem?
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