T-Mobile 4G Network Coming With Help From Comcast
Sprint has WiMax. Verizon and AT&T will soon be pushing out LTE. What does T-Mobile have? A 4G Network on the way with help from Comcast if the rumors are to be believed.
According to a “trusted tipster” of TMOtoday, T-Mobile and Comcast entered into an agreement last month wherein Comcast would provide the infrastructure to support a 4G mobile network. The first two areas blessed with quadruple G-droppings? Washington D.C. and Baltimore! Which makes me happy because guess where I live?
But hold your horses there cowboy – T-Mobile won’t even begin TESTING the network for 18 months. Timeframe for actual development and market launch is a completely different ball game, especially considering the entire story has rumorville status – although it would make sense. Comcast would add a service similar to T-Mobile At Home where their land line and cell phone would operate from the same number… or something like that?
The important thing here is that while T-Mobile is rolling out their 3G network they’ve got their eyes on a 4G network. Verizon should have something solidified in early 2010 so any company without an eye on next generation mobile data speed is going to be left behind. I’m hoping T-Mobile won’t be and if this story is true, Comcast could eventually help pull them to the front of the pack.