Let’s see what the AT&T Wizards have up their sleeves.
If you’re into gadgets like I am, you’ll be interested in their plan for total domination:
Network Updates
Bear with me for a little techno-talk. AT&T currently operates the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, and it’s getting faster this year with 4G. AT&T is the only US company delivering 4G using both HSPA+ and LTE technologies. This will ultimately provide customers with a faster and more consistent talk and data experience.
The company will accelerate the LTE network build, to be largely complete by the end of 2013. AT&T plans to launch the LTE service in mid-2011. Additionally, AT&T has completed its deployment of HSPA+ to 100% or its mobile broadband network, which enables lightning fast 4G speeds when combined with ethernet connections. The company is expanding their Ethernet and fiber backhaul to cell sites across the US and adding new sites each week. By 2012, AT&T expects almost two-thirds of its mobile broadband traffic will be on expanded backhaul.
In key markets, AT&T is already seeing 4G speeds of up to 6 MBPS on its existing HSPA+ network. As the LTE build grows and backhaul is expanded, these are expected to get even faster.