T-Mobile USA said today it has hired Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to expand its HSPA+ service and construct its new LTE network.
The infrastructure vendors will roll out equipment compatible with LTE-Advanced Release 10 at 37,000 cell sites as part of the $4 billion project.
T-Mobile said it expects to be the first North American operator to deploy what it called "antenna integrated radios" designed to speed up construction of the network and address site loading.
“With these partners on board and the AT&T AWS spectrum secured, we’re on track to enhance our 4G experience this year and deliver nationwide LTE in 2013," T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said in a statement.
The LTE service is scheduled to go live in 2013 and uses AT&T AWS spectrum handed over to T-Mobile as part of the breakup fee from the failed merger.
The licenses, transferred to T-Mobile just last week, give it up to 20 MHz of spectrum for its LTE network in three-quarters of its top 25 markets. Most of its remaining market will run on 10 MHz of spectrum.
T-Mobile is in the process of refarming some of its 1900 MHz PCS spectrum for continued expansions of its HSPA+ service. The operator said will launch HSPA+ in a "large number" of additional markets by the end of this year.
"Rolling out 4G HSPA+ services in the 1900 MHz band will also provide customers with the ability to use a broader range of devices, including the iPhone, on T-Mobile’s 4G network," it said.
Trials of its network modernization project indicated a 33 percent increase in HSPA+ data speeds and improve in-building coverage, the operator said. Its HSPA+ network currently covers more than 220 million people.
T-Mobile today lit up its HSPA+ service in Hattiesburg, Miss., and Madison, Wis., and turned on its dual-carrier HSPA+ network in Fayetteville and Little Rock, Ark.; Lake Charles, La., and Springfield, Mo.
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Malaysia Axiata Group Berhad,
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Finland/Sweden TeliaSonera,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
South Africa MTN Group
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India Reliance Communications ,
Germany T-Mobile ,
United States Verizon Wireless ,
Russia MTS ,
United States AT&T Mobility
China China Telecom,
Indonesia Telkomsel,
India Idea Cellular,
India BSNL,
India Tata Teleservices,
Italy Telecom Italia / TIM
Malaysia Maxis Communications
Turkey Turkcell
Qatar Qtel
Spain Telefónica (Movistar, O2 & Vivo)
France Orange,
Norway Telenor,
Russia Beeline,
Singapore SingTel,
Malaysia Axiata Group Berhad,
China China Unicom,
Finland/Sweden TeliaSonera,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
South Africa MTN Group
United Arab Emirates Etisalat ,
India Reliance Communications ,
Germany T-Mobile ,
United States Verizon Wireless ,
Russia MTS ,
United States AT&T Mobility
China China Telecom,
Indonesia Telkomsel,
India Idea Cellular,
India BSNL,
India Tata Teleservices,
Italy Telecom Italia / TIM
Malaysia Maxis Communications
Turkey Turkcell
Qatar Qtel
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