Both T-Mobile and AT&T have both launched and announced their HSPA 7.2 upgrade this week. This bumps them up from the previous 3.6mbps theoretical speed limit. Still AT&T admits that they still need to update the backhaul from the towers to the internet since that is the current bottleneck. That update is planned over 2010 and 2011 with Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Miami already getting the upgraded fiber optics backhaul love.
T-Mobile on the other hand did not make any mention of backhaul upgrades but they now claim their 3G network reaches more than 200 million Americans. They also plan to speed past carriers promising 4G LTE by being the first to roll out HSPA+ with 26mbps speeds in 2010.
All these 3.5G and 4G upgrades should make for an interesting year…
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