A snapshot of Tier 1 U.S. broadband network deployments

Network technology

EDGE (75-135 Kbps, according
to AT&T [1])

N/A

Available in more than 13,000 cities and towns and in areas along 40,000 miles of highways, according to AT&T [1]

N/A

“The service will address more than 90 percent of the current T-Mobile data traffic representing over 75 percent of T-Mobile’s network footprint,” the carrier said [2]

WCDMA/UMTS/
HSDPA
(200-300 Kbps for WCDMA/UMTS, or around 600 Kbps with a peak of 1 Mbps for HSDPA, according to T-Mobile [3])

N/A

Available in more than 350 U.S. major metropolitan areas, according to AT&T [4]

N/A

In August [5], T-Mobile said that about 176 cities and 121 million people are covered by its 3G network. The company has said it expects to cover 200 million pops by year-end, adding an additional 100 cities to its coverage

EVDO (300-700 Kbps in the forward link and 70-90 Kbps in the reverse link, according to the CDMA Development
group [6])

287 million people covered

N/A

253 million people covered (and 269 million through data roaming agreements)

N/A

EVDO Rev. A (450-800 Kbps in the forward link and 300-400 Kbps in the reverse link, according to the CDMA Development
Group [6])

"Virtually all" of those covered by EVDO are also covered with EVDO Rev. A

N/A

"Vast majority" of those covered by EVDO are also covered with EVDO Rev. A

N/A

HSPA 7.2 (theoretical peak speeds of 7.2 Mbps)

N/A

AT&T’s Kris Rinne said [7] the carrier plans to deploy HSPA 7.2 in six cities by year-end and 25 of the top 30 markets by year-end 2010

N/A

T-Mobile CTO Cole Brodman said [5] that the carrier would begin deploying HSPA 7.2 by the end of this year

HSPA+ (Sometimes referred to HSPA Evolved or I-HSPA, it can provide 42 Mbps by utilizing 64QAM modulation on the downlink and 11.5 Mbps through 16QAM on the uplink, according to the GSM Assocation [8])

N/A

AT&T will continue to look at HSPA+ but has no plans to deploy it [7], according to Kris Rinne

N/A

T-Mobile USA's Neville Ray said [9] at the 4G World conference that the company would deploy HSPA+ services nationwide by 2010. Ray added that HSPA+ is now available in sections of the Philadelphia area

Mobile WiMAX (3-6 Mbps and bursts over 10 Mbps, according to Clearwire [10])

N/A

N/A

Rolled out in Atlanta; Chicago; Dallas-Fort Worth; Honolulu; Las Vegas; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia, Seattle and elsewhere [11]; with plans to cover 120 million people in 80 markets by the end of 2010
[11]

N/A

LTE (7-12 Mbps, according to initial tests by Verizon Wireless [12])

Verizon said [13] it expects to have 30 commercial LTE markets up and running in 2010, and plans to have a nationwide buildout completed in late 2013 or early 2014

AT&T plans to begin [14] LTE trials in 2010, with deployment beginning in 2011

?

"We will be an LTE house at some point in time, but it depends on how this path develops,” said [9] T-Mobile USA's Neville Ray