Nexus One Spotted at FCC on Its Way to AT&T

Nexus One by HTC is the first mobile phone that came to the market running under Google's Android 2.1 operating system, and also the first one to be sold via the company's own web store. For the time being, the device is available for purchase in the United States with support for the network of only one carrier, T-Mobile, but it seems that things are going to change in the near future.

Google already announced that a future Nexus One model will also hit the market with CDMA connectivity options, and that Verizon Wireless will have it on its airwaves, but that is not the model that was spotted recently at FCC. This flavor will include support for another carrier in the country, it seems, namely AT&T, which can provide connectivity to current Nexus One users, though not on its 3G network.

However, it seems that AT&T will soon have a Nexus One model available on its airwaves, at least this is what a recent FCC filing for a device with ID NM899110 shows. According to the guys over at Engadget, this phone is physically identical with the currently available Nexus One, which has ID NM899100, and should hit the market as a variant of the first model.

When it comes to the network frequencies that the new Nexus One model will support, the FCC filing shows 3G on WCDMA Bands I, II, and V, which points out at AT&T in the US, along with Rogers, Bell, and Telus in Canada, along with a great deal of European carriers. Considering that the model ID and label style are almost identical for the two handsets, although the supported bands are different, one can only imagine that this is the AT&T-bound Nexus One that was already rumored at the beginning of the year. One way or the other, more details on the matter should emerge in the near future, so stay tuned for additional info on a Nexus One with support for AT&T's bands.