International Roaming

[4GHoward]

Sprint is rolling out several new 4G LTE Devices very soon. Will any in the future support International Roaming?

[MacinJosh]

Some might support GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA/HSPA roaming. As for LTE roaming, only if the country adopts LTE on 1900 PCS-G will that happen. Otherwise, I don't see too many international LTE devices for a while.

[BenChase7]

I haven't seen any that support GSM, if that is what you're asking.

[4GHoward]

Do you think it will be available on the future LTE Devices with all the other frequencies it uses?

[MacinJosh]

GSM chips are cheap enough to do so, but CDMA carriers typically reserve only a few devices every few years for international roaming capabilities. As for LTE roaming, it will probably be quite a few years before chipsets are capable of supporting multiple LTE frequencies and still maintain decent battery life. If you like to travel halfway across the world a lot, then the first round of Sprint LTE devices aren't for you.

[4GHoward]

Some might support GSM/EDGE/W-CDMA/HSPA roaming. As for LTE roaming, only if the country adopts LTE on 1900 PCS-G will that happen. Otherwise, I don't see too many international LTE devices for a while.

 

That is probably why Sprint is interested in using Clearwire Future LTE Network possibly for International Roaming with countries such as China.

[MacinJosh]

That is probably why Sprint is interested in using Clearwire Future LTE Network possibly for International Roaming with countries such as China.

 

It could be, but I think it's more that Clearwire is more interested than Sprint, and Sprint will just reap the benefits of such a deal.

[xcharles718]

Sprint 800MHz devices would put them align them with a couple Asian LTE networks.

http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/688-lte-fragmentationany-hopefully-a-solution/