The Un-carrier’s™ mobile speeds get up to a 50% increase in speed with Wideband LTE upgrade
San Diego, California – December 4, 2014 – On the heels of recent LTE upgrades across the U.S., T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) today announced that San Diego, CA is the latest area to get up to a 50% increase in LTE mobile speeds from a Wideband LTE upgrade. In addition to the greater San Diego area, LTE customers in the Carlsbad area are also experiencing super-fast download speeds, making access to their favorite mobile content seem almost instantaneous. In November, T-Mobile customers in the San Diego area observed download speeds as high as 76 Mbps.
Wideband LTE doubles the bandwidth and increases the capacity of T-Mobile’s LTE network to help deliver faster peak speeds. It is like adding more lanes to a freeway for all LTE customers to speed along in. With T-Mobile’s Wideband LTE, customers can download a full 90 minute HD movie to their phone or tablet in three and half minutes or a whole album in just nine seconds with theoretical peak download speeds of 110 Mbps.
With the average download speed in the San Diego area clocking in at 17.9 Mbps, San Diego customers are using on average 2.6 GB of data per month.
“Our data-hungry T-Mobile customers are going to notice the faster Wideband LTE speeds we’re bringing to San Diego,” said David Gallacher, Regional Vice President – West, Engineering at T-Mobile. “We rolled out the nation’s fastest 4G LTE network last year, but we didn’t stop there. We’re continuing to upgrade our network experience at a breakneck pace. From Facebooking to FaceTiming, whatever you’re doing on your mobile device, when you do it in San Diego with Wideband LTE, you’ll do it faster than ever before on T-Mobile’s network.”
San Diego is just the latest area to get a speed boost, as the Un-carrier ™ continues to expand coverage and enhance performance of its 4G LTE network. Wideband LTE has already been rolled out in the following areas:
- Atlanta, GA
- Greater Bay Area, CA
- Birmingham, AL
- Boise, ID
- Boston, MA
- Columbus, OH
- Connecticut
- Dallas, TX
- Detroit, MI
- Honolulu, HI
- Houston, TX
- Jacksonville, FL
- Las Vegas, NV
- Los Angeles, CA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Mobile, AL
- Orlando, FL
- Greater Philadelphia Area, PA
- Portland, OR
- Seattle, WA
- Spokane, WA
- Tampa, FL
- Upstate New York Area
T-Mobile’s Data-Strong™ network, the fastest nationwide 4G LTE network, now reaches over 250 million people and was the first to launch:
- Next-gen Wi-Fi Calling in September 2014
- Nationwide Voice over LTE (VoLTE) in July 2014
- Nationwide HD Voice in January 2013
Based on download speeds.
About T-Mobile US, Inc.
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company's advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to approximately 53 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and MetroPCS. For more information, please visit https://www.t-mobile.com.
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