Back in Septempber 2010 we brought our readers an article on – AT&T Launching their LTE (4G) network in mid-2011. At that time AT&T’s operations CEO, John Stankey gave us this information. Now it’s May 2011, and AT&T has announced that it will be setting up LTE in five market. These include, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio.
Well AT&T, thats a good start. It’s nice to see this top mobile carrier give it’s customers something to look forward to. I would think they should really be trying to step up their game in the LTE markets. Just look at Verizon Wireless. May 19th announcements for 9 cities to receive LTE coverage. Then on May 23rd, another 21 cities announced. Big Red is on a roll, i’d say. So, after AT&T covers these 5 cities with LTE, and add 10+ more by the end of this year, customers may have good reason to rejoice.
AT&T’s 4G Evolution
Dallas, Texas, May 25, 2011
By John Donovan, AT&T Chief Technology Officer
AT&T has delivered five mobile broadband speed upgrades in recent years, including our HSPA+ deployment last year. And average nationwide speeds on the AT&T network have increased – more than 40 percent over the past two years alone.
The next network evolution will arrive this summer with the addition of LTE in five markets – Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio. We plan to add another 10 or more markets in the second half of the year, and cover 70 million Americans with LTE by year-end. We also have plans to add 20 4G devices to our robust device portfolio this year, with some of those being LTE capable.
We’re positioning to deliver a great mobile broadband experience in the near term with HSPA+ and a growing LTE footprint.
We’ve invested $75 billion in our wireless and wired networks over the last four years – more capital invested in the U.S. than any company in any industry. And we plan to invest $19 billion in our wireless and wireline networks and other capital projects this year. The investments we’ve made to evolve our mobile broadband network in recent years, plus what we have planned for the future, put our customers in position to benefit fully from a host of coming mobile broadband innovations.
[via engadget]