Cingular UMTS Launch Maps Leak (Updated Again)
Update 2: Added Seattle, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco. You can also compare coverage to the former AT&T Wireless UMTS coverage by checking the UMTS coverage maps on our AT&T Wireless Page. Update: Added Washington D.C. and Baltimore maps. As the November 1st launch date for Cingular’s re-launched UMTS service draws […]
Cingular To (Re)Launch UMTS November 1
RCR is citing unnamed documents (which, we have tracked down to Cingular’s corporate intranet) that Cingular will launch UMTS on November 1. This will be a re-launch of the AT&T Wireless UMTS service in the existing six cities, as well as in 10 new cities. Cingular will not be launching with any UMTS phones, opting […]
Sprint Soft Launches Power Vision (Updated)
Update: Sprint has informed us that these Power Vision Packs are the business versions of their EV-DO offerings, and that pricing and offerings may change for the consumer launch of EV-DO, which they have maintained has not happened yet. The PPC-6700 is currently only intended for business customers. Sprint today began the soft launch of […]
Confirmation: Sprint’s Past EV-DO Launch Plans
Many have criticized our statements that Sprint was planning to launch EV-DO with the merger’s Day One. At the time, we confirmed that it was possible that the Samsung 940 would launch with the merger, we also stated that it was possible no EV-DO phone would be available on Day One. Here is a screenshot […]
T-Mobile To Launch EDGE Next Month (Updated)
Update: T-Mobile is now reporting based on this high level of coverage to their announcement that they currently have a 90% network deployment of EDGE up-and-running. In a brief note on their about page, T-Mobile has stated they will launch their nationwide EDGE network next month. Since the start of the year readers have been […]
Sprint: More Phones Set for Launch
In addition to the EV-DO pricing we just covered, the following phones have been tagged as headed to stores soon. The majority of these phones may not be available on Sprint Nextel’s Day One. Samsung A560 (Voice-Only) $169.99 UTStarcom CDM-105 (Voice-Only) $169.99 Nokia VI-3155 $189.99 Samsung RL-A820 $199.99 Sanyo RL-4930 $199.99 Samsung PM-A840 $229.99
AT&T: UMTS SF Launch Area Map
A HoFo poster has scanned the upcoming UMTS service area map for the San Francisco launch area. So, here it is… Feel very lucky if you are in that area, and unlucky if you aren’t.
Sprint: EV-DO Launches Today
Sprint today has launched, in addition to their plan changes, and as previously reported, EV-DO for data card customers. The breaking news of today is that EV-DO will launch today in 34 cities and major metropolitan areas (most of which we broke news of launch dates in-line with the current launch). For a complete listing, […]
Sprint: EV-DO Launch Schedule (Updated)
Update: Since the release of this list, many much more detailed lists have been posted from a variety of sources. We did not post a detailed list of smaller markets because they are likely to change and are in a much more fluid state of deployment. The cities posted below are much more likely to […]
Verizon Sets Treo 650 Launch Dates
Verizon has issued internal launch dates for the PalmOne Treo 650. While subject to change, Verizon expects to begin selling the device to business customers on the 11th, and to consumers on the 23rd. This move would leave T-Mobile as the only national carrier to have not upgraded from the Treo 600 to the Treo […]