Reply With QuoteThe title is incorrect. The proposed phone will be offered by T-Mobile. Each of the carriers has to operate as if a merger proposal has not been offered.
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http://www.intomobile.com/2011/07/10...fc-and-att-3g/Up until now the only handsets that have supported both T-Mobile and AT&T 3G have been made by Nokia, which is a bit ironic since they have absolutely zero presence in North America. It’s expected that AT&T will be given the go ahead to swallow up T-Mobile this coming March, so these multiband 3G devices will be needed as AT&T restructures T-Mobile’s current network to better lineup with their plans for expansion. AT&T has said that they’ll use T-Mobile’s existing HSPA+ network to roll out LTE access and that at some point in the future T-Mobile customers will need to upgrade their handsets to something that’ll support their current high speed network, which operates in the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands.
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The title is incorrect. The proposed phone will be offered by T-Mobile. Each of the carriers has to operate as if a merger proposal has not been offered.
Last edited by efparri; 07-11-2011 at 08:23 PM.
Earl F. Parrish
Why yes, that is a bag phone
Assuming the acquisition is approved, the phone would effectively be offered by AT&T as of the date of the transaction.Originally Posted by efparri
While each carrier has to operate as a separate entity, there seems to be a trend in which one of the companies is releasing plans/limits that are nudging closer to the plans/limits of the other company. Comments on the social networks and in the blogosphere have been taking note of this.
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I named it an ATT phone because by the time it's sold TMO will be ATT...or whatever, it's hard to keep track of. Assuming ATT is successful this may be the first US duopoly phone, and IMO a sad day.
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Can't make you happy! But thank you for pointing out my blunder...over and over again.
ATT's 1st TMO/ATT 3G phone hits the FCC.
I have a blue tooth
Well not only is the title incorrect, but this T-Mobile news is being posted in the AT&T forum. And the excuse that the device won't be released until after the acquisition is not true. Earliest projected date of the acquisition is next March. Any device now clearing the FCC will be released long before then.
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Interestingly, T-Mobile is splitting 3G LACs in the SF Bay Area at the moment. It seems they are splitting out the broader Oakland Hills and parts of the Peninsula including west SF - areas where AT&T needed the most support from T-Mobile in-market roaming in the past.
I'm not sure if it matters, or is just internal, but they did this a few years ago to allow AT&T to in-market roam on 2G longer in selected areas.
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Over 1,100 AT&T sites in the 9 Bay Area counties + San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
Now over 1,500 T-Mobile sites in these 12 counties
Why yes, that is a bag phone
I think there is some relevance to AT&T customers... and I'm pretty sure that some T-Mobile customers, having heard about the pending acquisition, are checking out the AT&T forum to gain some insight about how AT&T works.
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Of course it is relevant, but that doesn't mean all those cranky guys will agree.
Radiation is good
if we are on att .. do we need the 1700 band when the merger goes through to take advantage of t-mobiles network? or is the 1700 band going to be used for LTE..
and vice versa
if on t-mobile, will users need the wcdma 850/1900 bands to use the gsm network? not unless they want 3g right? since most t-mobile phones have 850/1900 gsm bands .. correct?
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If your an AT&T customer, you wont see the T-Mobile UMTS network, only the GSM side. They plan of shutting down T-Mobile's UMTS network eventually and reharvesting the spectrum for LTE services.
T-Mobile users will ultimately need 850/1900mhz phone's when the T-Mobile network turn down occurs because AT&T is not deploying GSM in many areas any more, and many areas are 3G only.
Besides, the AT&T GSM network is horrible compared to T-Mobile's in quality so its not like they are going to want to be stuck on AT&T GSM.
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i know this thread is a little stale, but you do realize that this is not a phone, it's the "4g" mobile hotspot, hell even my Rocket 1.0 from almost two years ago has 850/1900 HSPA+ in it as well, that's why i keep it around.
Left: Apple iPhone 5 on T-Mobile Unlimited LTE, On the right CenturyLink DSL at Home:
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Must have morphed then.
http://mobile.engadget.com/2011/07/08/edit-huawei-sonic-with-aws-endorsed-by-fcc-fittingly-given-t-mo/Last month we wrote about a device launched in Turkey called the Huawei Sonic, a smartphone that we thought was special because it was cheap (less than 200 Euros) and featured near field communication (NFC) support.
and it’ll not only do NFC, but it will also be able to hop on AT&T’s 3G network. The good news doesn’t stop there however, the Sonic looks to be T-Mobile’s first smartphone that will be able to take full advantage of their 42 Mbps HSPA+ network.
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hmm everything i've found on it pointed to a 4g hotspot, might be a phone then. but even though, huawei puts 850/1900 in a lot of things, so either way i dont see this being done because of the att thing, just because they do it.
if you want to look at it as a double edge sword, remember if this does not go through T-Mobile still has to get "favorable" roaming agreements from AT&T, so this could work out well in either scenario
Personally, after my experience with the Rocket and Jet line, i'd never buy a huawei phone anyway.
*edit*
seems you were right, but with only 600MHz, what's the point of 42Mbps?
http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwid...eId=3745&tab=0
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