14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier AT&T is finally making the first steps towards having true 4G technology available for its customers.
The wireless carrier has just confirmed that it would deploy the long announced 4G LTE network in a number of five markets around the United States, including Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio.
AT&T's Chief Technology Officer, John Donovan, was the one to break the news through a recent post on the company's website.
The roll-out would continue later during the ongoing year, with 10 new markets set to receive the enhanced speeds in the second half of 2011, he explains.
“The next network evolution will arrive this summer with the addition of LTE in five markets – Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio,” John Donovan states.
“We plan to add another 10 or more markets in the second half of the year, and cover 70 million Americans with LTE by year-end. We also have plans to add 20 4G devices to our robust device portfolio this year, with some of those being LTE capable.”
He also notes that AT&T has been hard at work with upgrading its networks to 4G, and that the roll-out of HSPA+ was the first step it took in this direction.
“AT&T has delivered five mobile broadband speed upgrades in recent years, including our HSPA+ deployment last year. And average nationwide speeds on the AT&T network have increased – more than 40 percent over the past two years alone,” Donovan stated.
Recently, the wireless carrier was said to have been put in place a 4G LTE network capable of offering its customers a great experience through delivering faster speeds than other networks in the country.
The actual speeds would differ when in real life conditions, that's for sure, but, overall, the network should deliver a great performance.
According to AT&T, they invested a lot in the deployment of its enhanced networks, and it would continue to invest in them, so as to make sure its customers receive a great experience.
“We’ve invested $75 billion in our wireless and wired networks over the last four years – more capital invested in the U.S. than any company in any industry. And we plan to invest $19 billion in our wireless and wireline networks and other capital projects this year,” Donovan explains.
“The investments we’ve made to evolve our mobile broadband network in recent years, plus what we have planned for the future, put our customers in position to benefit fully from a host of coming mobile broadband innovations.”