T-Mobile Claims "America's Largest 4G Network"

Posted 11/03/2010 at 5:52am | by Paul Lilly

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The battleground among wireless carriers is switching from 3G to 4G turf, and according to T-Mobile, they have flags planted in more areas. On Monday, T-Mobile announced the expansion of its 4G service into six more metro areas for a total of 75 overall, while today marks the national retail availability of the T-Mobile myTouch 4G and the wireless carrier's first 4G netbook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G.

"4G is about performance and today T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network is delivering 4G speeds that match and often beat WiMAX and are readily comparable to what early LTE will deliver. Our 4G network is capable of theoretical speeds up to 21Mbps and we have seen average download speeds approaching five Mbps on our myTouch 4G phone in some cities with peak speeds of nearly 12 Mbps. Further, independent reviewers have seen average download speeds on our webConnect Rocket between 5 and 8 Mbps with peak speeds up to 8-10Mbps," said Neville Ray, chief technology officer, T-Mobile USA. "The footprint of our 4G service is not something that competitors are going to match anytime soon, and starting today, we will begin marketing our network advantage with TV commercials advertising ‘America’s Largest 4G Network’ from T-Mobile."

In the TV advert, T-Mobile attacks AT&T and Apple in similar fashion to the Mac vs PC ads that featured Justin Long and John Hodgman. In particularly, T-Mobile calls out Apple's FaceTime for only only working on Wi-Fi connections, while "4G with T-Mobile lets me video chat from practically anywhere."

See the full advert below.