T-Mobile has announced the expansion of its “Wideband LTE” 700Mhz overlay. The newest additions include New York City, Long Island, and northern New Jersey while central New Jersey and Westchester County, N.Y., will have Wideband LTE coverage very soon. According to T-Mobile, customers in New York City are reporting peak download speeds of 100Mbps with average download speeds around 22Mbps. T-Mobile is using 700MHz spectrum to augment its LTE coverage alongside its existing AWS spectrum. T-Mobile is marketing the paired spectrum as Wideband LTE. The following markets feature support for the Wideband LTE overlay with further expansion slated for next year:
Alabama
- Birmingham-Hoover
- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley
- Florence-Muscle Shoals
- Huntsville
- Mobile
- Selma
- Tuscaloosa
- Valley
Arkansas
- Jonesboro
California
- Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine
- Bakersfield
- Clearlake
- Crescent City
- Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
- Modesto
- Napa
- Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
- Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade
- Salinas
- San Diego-Carlsbad
- San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
- San Rafael
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
- Santa Rosa
- Stockton-Lodi
- Ukiah
- Vallejo-Fairfield
Connecticut
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford
- New Haven-Milford
Delaware
- Dover
- Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ
Florida
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
- Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
- Gainesville
- Jacksonville
- Key West
- Lake City
- Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall
- Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
- Panama City
- Port St. Lucie
- Sebastian-Vero Beach
- Tallahassee
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
- West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach
Georgia
- Athens-Clarke County
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Calhoun
- Gainesville
Hawaii
- Urban Honolulu
Idaho
- Boise City
Illinois
- Champaign-Urbana
- Rockford
Massachusetts
- Boston
- Cambridge-Newton-Framingham
- Springfield
- Worcester, MA-CT
Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming
- Ionia
- Kalamazoo-Portage
- Monroe
- Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills
Minnesota
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Rochester
Mississippi
- Tupelo
Missouri
- St. Joseph, MO-KS
Nevada
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise
New Hampshire
- Rockingham County-Strafford County
New Jersey
- Atlantic City-Hammonton
- Camden
- Newark, NJ-PA
- Ocean City
- Trenton
- Vineland-Bridgeton
New York
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls
- Syracuse
North Carolina
- Fayetteville
Ohio
- Columbus
- Toledo
Oregon
- Astoria
- Bend-Redmond
- Corvallis
- Eugene
- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
- Salem
Pennsylvania
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
- Harrisburg-Carlisle
- Lancaster
- Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County
- Philadelphia
- Reading
- Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton
- State College
- York-Hanover
Rhode Island
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Tennessee
- Chattanooga, TN-GA
- Cleveland
- Jackson
Texas
- Dallas-Plano-Irving
- Fort Worth-Arlington
- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Washington
- Bellingham
- Longview
- Mount Vernon-Anacortes
- Oak Harbor
- Seattle-Bellevue-Everett
- Spokane-Spokane Valley
Wisconsin
- Appleton
- Oshkosh-Neenah
In comments made within the last week, T-Mobile CFO Braxton Carter has pledged an aggressive rollout for 700Mhz spectrum and devices next year.
