AT&T HSPA+ Roll Out to Hit 250M Customers in 2010

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Jeff Gamet

8:30 AM, May. 17th ET, 2010

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Cell service provider AT&T is planning on upgrading its wireless network to support the faster HSPA+ protocol, and plans to make the service available to some 250 million customers in 2010. HSPA+ is a a faster 3G wireless connection that supports 14.4Mbps speeds, as apposed to the 7.2Mbps 3G speeds currently available to subscribers.

News of the planned network upgrade came from AT&T Operations CEO John Stankey at a Reuters event, according to Engadget, and potentially means many iPhone 3GS owners will be able to access Internet-based content faster by the end of the year.

AT&T plans to continue working towards its 4G network rollout which is scheduled to begin some time in 2011.

The announcement that HSPA+ network upgrades are on the way is a reversal from earlier AT&T plans. The company previously planned to skip HSPA+ upgrades and work on transitioning straight from 3G to 4G.

At&T hasn’t yet said which markets will get HSPA+ support.

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Lee Dronick

said on May 17th, 2010 at 10:25 AM (Edited: 10/18/2011 6:20 PM):

“plans to make the service available to some 250 million customers in 2010”

I don’t know the current US population, but as of 2009 there was some 309 million. I wonder if they are saying that they will be offering faster service to 250 million people.

Bryan Chaffin said on May 17th, 2010 at 1:07 PM:

I take that to mean that it won’t be made available in some of the less densely populated areas of the U.S., similar to AT&T’s current network.

Lee Dronick

said on May 17th, 2010 at 1:15 PM (Edited: 10/18/2011 6:20 PM):

I take that to mean that it won’t be made available in some of the less densely populated areas of the U.S., similar to AT&T’s current network.

I would think that they would roll it out first at places where they can get a quicker return on their investment.

doogie said on May 17th, 2010 at 1:29 PM:

How many people do they offer HSPA to now?

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