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T-Mobile Fires Up 1900MHz HSPA+ in NYC and Other Markets

Dec 20, 2012, 12:43 PM by Eric M. Zeman

T-Mobile USA today announced a significant expansion of its 1900MHz HSPA+ service. It is available in 14 new markets, including New York City; Newark, N.J.; Boston, Cambridge and Springfield, Mass.; Providence, R.I.; Philadelphia; Detroit and Warren, Mich.; Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas; and Tampa, Fla. Many of the devices sold by T-Mobile rival AT&T will be able to access fast data in those areas. T-Mobile is in the process of refarming its 1900MHz spectrum from GSM/EDGE to GSM/HSPA+ so it can use its 1700MHz spectrum for its forthcoming LTE 4G network.

About the author, Eric M. Zeman:

Eric has been covering the mobile telecommunications industry for 17 years at various print and online publications. He studied at Rutgers Newark and University of Kentucky, and has a degree in writing. He likes playing guitar, attending concerts, listening to music, and driving sports cars.

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Rich Brome

Dec 20, 2012, 1:31 PM

Working for you?

Are you a T-Mobile customer with an unlocked phone in one of these cities? Are you seeing new 3G data today (or this month?)

I'm in Manhattan and have an unlocked iPhone 5 on me, with a T-Mobile SIM in it. It's still only getting EDGE. I'm wonder if it's working for others.

Haggard

Have you tried resetting the network settings and whatnot to see if that helps?

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MarryTheNight

Rich Brome said:
Are you a T-Mobile customer with an unlocked phone in one of these cities? Are you seeing new 3G data today (or this month?)

I'm in Manhattan and have an unlocked iPhone 5 on me, with a T-Mobile SIM in it. It's

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KOL4420

Rich, you would need to troubleshoot your phones network settings. I am not sure how it works on iphone but on my Android I look under Network and wireless. I click on data network and then select WCDMA AUTO that should allow you to connect to faster ...
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Globhead

I just discovered that my old xperia x10 mini doesn't do 1900 3g. ☹️

However, airportal.de shows a couple dozen markers for Austin within the past month.

Mikeumo

I have been detecting 3G areas on my iPhone 5 and ipad 3 here and there in Dallas for the past two or three months. Now, I guess, it's official. 5 to 10 Mbps down, less than 1 Mbps up when I have three or more bars. The coverage is still spotty.

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