As you have read, T-mobile will have 3G in the top 27 markets in the US by October 1st. But why not give a few lucky cities an early present, and flip the switch on 3G as early as…say, August 5th and 6th. That is right you lucky people living in the Las Vegas or Austin markets, as both of these markets will have live 3G in the next 48 hours. With Las Vegas getting the green 3G light on August 5th, and Austin getting it on August 6th, there is no saying who will be next (except for Minneapolis, which should get the green light in August also). Our faithful tipsters have reported that T-mobile said that in the future, 3G will be used to “power ‘high-speed’ (3G) products and services that connect customers in new and exciting ways.” Doesn’t sound bad to us at all. If your wondering what phones T-mobile’s 3G will work on (or why it wont work on your unlocked 3G phone), check out our T-mobile 3G FAQs. With many upcoming 3G phones, and some exciting applications that utilize T-mobile’s 3G network coming out before the end of the year, the remainder of 2008 should be an exciting year for T-mobile customers!
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Nice. Now, people can’t say NYC is the only market.
did I miss something, is Minneapolis come on board earlier than oct 1
Las Vegas and Austin are 100% confirmed, but Minneapolis is not
that is really good!! vegas baby!
3g is up in Chicago and other areas. T-Mobile just doesn’t want to officially announce till 100% working.
Come on DALLAS! lets flip the switch here already!
not it’s time for customers in these 2 markets to grab 3555 or 6263, or data cards from Stelera
Mingkee what about the poor lonely samsungs lol. I hope Detroit launches early!!
sigh…..
T639 has more problem with 3G, it’s more difficult to get 3G signal than others
I wish I can put it on 3G only mode
Just curious what devices everybody will be using come the Vegas roll out. Bit of an anti-climax, eh?
since san antonio is considered austin market, is it included?
chicago is on already?!!? no wonder they didnt have reception for like a week! they mus have been upgrading their hardware stuff!
so does this mean an early launch to the Dream?
dave
as reyes2007 said: yes
damn i wish Seattle got the Green Light early (also TMoUSA HQ is here)
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for L.A! One of the biggest profitable markets in the company! Hopefully 3G is up and going really soon! A LOT of anxious customers over here getting ancy! Did anyone see that the HTC Diamond went through the FCC for Americas 850 1900 2100 bands! Rumor has it it hits t-mobile Q4! Any news on the Bold 9000? Chile already launched it!
Any news about when Chicago will have 3G?
Hi there i live in North Las Vegas and i did noticed something going on here. There were people in a few towers but never thought it was a flip on the 3G I currently have a Blackberry pear 8100 Os 4.5 from “Vodafone” and i noticed that Youtube videos load alot faster. Cant wait to get a 3g unlock phone and tested out
ZeroCool Signal from Tower located on Lake Mead and Eastern
drivethruboy168, I am not sure why you are getting so excited. Those bands for the HTC Diamond are for ATT, not Tmo. Tmo uses 1700. HTC DREAM!
ZeroCool,
You can’t just buy any unlocked 3g phone. Click on the links in the article. There are only 4 AWS phones. Any change in download on the Blackberry 8100 is incidental. Doesn’t use the right bands
Drivethruboy when the say american bands they mean at&t. That really needs to change.
Typo: Utilize, not “utalize”
Duh!!! I know it only works with phones that are on 1700 band!!!! But go ahead and googleIT some and see what you get back!!!!
The entire article didnt make sense to me until that type was clarified. Phew…..
Anyone know if 3G is working on 2100? I have a new iPaq 910c, it doesn’t have 1700/AWS but does have US 2100.
One question though, if there are no decent phones that Tmobile sells that have 3G capabilities, then why are they turning it on? Testing the market? Getting the quirks out in smaller markets? Dont get it.
I am in vegas, and i checked all the phones 3g capable, nothing, still nothing
TheDude,
Thanks! Fixed it
this makes sense because tmobile is having a it yearly retail conference in vegas sept 28-october 3.
Las Vegas is one of the top destinations world-wide.
when is Utah getting 3G?
it appears the hofo member “TmoBoyinAL” provided misleading info
however, don’t give conclusion till after tomorrow
mingkee,
We check and double check our info before posting. If we can’t confirm out info, we’ll definitely let you know, or wait to post. However, we did end up confirming this info more then once.
calling customers in these areas
if you have total internet, grab nokia 3555 or 6263
tether with laptop or pda, and run speed test
Actually, the other poster about t-mobiles 3g freq.s its actually 1700/2100 >>> Customers will not be able to roam with their T-Mobile 3G handsets on another carrier’s 3G network. These handsets use the 1700/2100 frequency band (for 3G) and is specific to T-Mobile. Customers can however roam on another carrier’s 1900 frequency band using GSM. Likewise, other carriers will not be able to roam on our 3G network with their carriers 3G handsets.
phonescoop has an official statement from T-Mobile (somebody please post the link)
and I apologize what I said against hofo member “TmoboyinAL”
Ok. I live in Austin. I want a 3g Dash (or Blackberry, or anything). Where is it?!? Help!
It does include San Antonio, according to this: http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2008/08/04/daily38.html
Can.t Wait For LA To Get 3G
Ive Been a T-mobile Customer For A Couple Years Now And Think Its Great We Are Finally Getting 3G
We Need Better 3G Phones!