Comments on: Finally, T-Mobile Launches a U.S. 3G Network

By: Ivan

Ivan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:00:09 +0000

man I just got 3g on tmobile susposedly turned on today, as it stealth launched in my local market a month ago and I finally caugt word of it. My hope was that my Nokia N95 NAB would finally have high speed data… but… NOPE! Verified the N95 will not work on tmobile 3g dang it!
it’s quite ironic that the N95 NAB = N95 NORTH AMERICAN EDITION… if it wasn’t for the great deal on unlimited minuites offer I was given I’d drop t-mobile in a heart beat… Guess I’ll get the G2 after all Poor nokia – stupid tmobile! this is a all a dang ploy to keep us folks who like to buy unlocked phones from having their way when it comes right down to it…

By: Widodo

Widodo — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:42:56 +0000

T-Mobile is rumored to have the first Android phone, slated for release in Q4. I imagine it will want to have 3G coverage in most major cities by then.

By: Mike Admans

Mike Admans — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:25:39 +0000

At last people here in the USA are noticing that we love to avoid global standards and keep ourselves
in what most vendors view as a niche market.
This has caused the USA to lag behind the rest of the world certainly in the mobile-telephony arena
(and other things too) and the only explanation seems to be the mis-guided view that anything “foreign”
must be avoided. There used to be a saying about “cutting of your nose to spite your face” I believe!

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By: John Gibson

John Gibson — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:09:15 +0000

@Jeff Beck: The 2100 MHz that T-Mobile USA uses is not compatible with the typical 2100 MHz we see in the European (or dare I say, global) market. I believe the AWS 100/2100 is for downlink/uplink, different structure than all the others.

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By: Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:42:06 +0000

The question is, and remains, did they do this right in that you can use a handset that supports UMTS / HSPDA 2100, or do you need to buy a T-mobile handset that supports both 1700 and 2100. My guess is probably not. Which means that suck just as bad as AT&T who stupidly rolled their our in most markets on 1900. I mean how stupid is that.

NO ONE IN THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS EVER HEARD OF 1700, I mean this is crazy what the hell is going on here?

If all this is true, the trend of screwing the US consumer will continue, and no one will know any different.

The service should be available to UMTS 2100 only handsets right?

Someone please tell me this is not just one big huge let down.

By: Raymond Padilla

Raymond Padilla — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:46:06 +0000

T-Mobile is rumored to have the first Android phone, slated for release in Q4. I imagine it will want to have 3G coverage in most major cities by then.

By: A Taylor

A Taylor — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:36:02 +0000

The key to whether this will drive down prices and increase the number of handsets available amongst the other carriers is how quickly T-Mobile rolls out to the rest of the US.

If the past is any indication, It will be quite a while before T-Mobile 3G is rolled out countrywide though.

But even with 3G being rolled out by all the major carriers, we still lag far behind Korea, Japan etc in terms of mobile broadband speeds, coverage and options. But even baby steps like these are a tep in the right direction.

By: kapshure

kapshure — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:25:32 +0000

@Esme Vos

b/c most likely the N95 you have only uses US version supporting WCDMA 850/1900 band, and does not operate on the 1700/2100 band that TMO is pumping now.

I could be wrong. Can anyone clarify on this?

By: Lite Review

Lite Review — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:25:08 +0000

3 G in our country Indonesia have so poor quality. I think it just the same as dial up connection

By: Esme Vos

Esme Vos — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:01:57 +0000

I’m confused. You say that there are four handsets that can be used with this network (Nokia 3555, Nokia 6263, Samsung t819 and Samsung t639). You mean my Nokia N95 can’t use this 3G network? How can this be?