lilotimz
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April / May launch... support *all LTE frequencies* including FDD-LTE & TDD-LTE.
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Support FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE O.O
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Sorry for the noob question but.. What is GMO? New around here lol
Read.
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Already sent for the almighty spectrum god wiwavelength... he knows everything... literally.
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Permanent till 800mhz service is activated. It's actually now more accurate and shows more realistic expectations.
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ericcson also provides inspections for other OEMS as they cannot inspect their own stuff.
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How many towers are up with LTE in st.paul and how many LTE Towers are live in mn right now?
A decent amount of cell sites have LTE have been accepted. The rest of the info are in the sponsor section.
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Good luck! Sprint wants any and all persons available to do their NV in this area especially with T-mobile and ATT blitzing with their updates.
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They're called the market OEMs. Samsung is in charge of the market and supplying the equipment and handling the logistical work of moving thousands of parts from around to world to a staging area to be dispersed to contractors. Contractors are local folks like you or I who have training on climbing cell towers and/ or working with cellular / electrical equipment. There's also subcontractors who are basically folks that contractors hire and you go on and on from there.
Basically this is the process.
Sprint tells Samsung to move their butts on a market. Samsung mobilizes equipment and local contractors and starts applying for applicable permits to work on cell sites. If permits and backhaul is ready (they caught up by now) then they begin. If not, they'll work on other towers that are ready. Wherever a site is ready, they'll hop on it instead of wasting time. Time = $$$$
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They still support the standard ATT frequencies and are better in doing so. Just like how new Sprint NV panels can do what the legacy old panels can do but better. It's always better to have similar gear on all your towers even if the technology in them is not completely turned on. It simplifies logistics and stockpiling of replacement parts in case any of them needs to be modified / repaired. Not to mention, legacy panels for all carriers are going to be likely over 10 years old at this point from a quagmire of different OEMs. Better to coalesce under a few standard ones that are going to be nationwide. Saves money down the road.
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They're putting them up as fast as they can and in as much places as they can. They will sooner or later face the data crunch that Verizon is facing and so am preparing as many towers to be LTE 700/850/AWS capable as humanely possible. Doesn't mean they'll launch LTE in every one of them.
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Sprint?
ATT
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EHRPD has been active since late december.
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Yeah, real old school.
AJ
I actually have a pair and the ball in a box somewhere with all of my old toys... dangit... nostalgia attack :'(
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No. 3g upgrades will be launched when a cluster is ready regardless of LTE being turned on. A cluster can be anywhere from a few towers to several dozen. The majority must be upgraded in a cluster before they can turn the upgraded 3g on or it'll cause a lot of headache that Sprint does not want to have.
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Best way to tell is to see if you're in an area with NV progress by being a sponsor. To my knowledge, all sites being worked on in the UCV market is currently GMO's pending the beginning of full builds in the coming weeks (?). To have CDMA 1xA 800 will require new panels to be put up along with the assorted NV goodies which GMO's do not completely have (read here http://s4gru.com/index.php?/blog/1/entry-340-sprint-deploys-special-ground-mount-option-network-vision-sites-in-some-low-capacity-and-high-engineering-locations/ ).
All in all, SMR 800 should increase everyones coverage when it gets deployed, especially for those in the lower signal areas.
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Nope. Google CFO already announced that Moto has 18 months of product in the pipeline when they acquired them back in August of 2012. You need at least 12-18 months to develop, test, and manufacture a new phone. The initial months were Google trimming the unneeded fat from Moto and streamlining operations. At best, they begun designing this "X" phone 2-3 months after the acquisition which puts it highly unlikely that it'll be announced at Google IO in May as that means they finished the design, tested it, and can manufacture it in approx 7-8 months. Not really possible.
Best possible case is that this mythical X phone will be out somewhere in the late summer and fall of next year.
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Vegas is ALU to my knowledge. Samsung does Northern California & Lower central valley. Alu does SoCal and the east from there (cough vegas cough)
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Any new Sprint antennas on this tower. Something is being done, they have a machine heating up the ground going to a phone connection. What's going on? This is tower 1267131. ML03XC106
Watch for any changes on the top 2 racks.
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highly unlikely the Moto X will be announced anytime soon. They acquired Moto last summer and the already 18 months of product profile. Even if they start doing the designs the day they were acquired by google, it's highly unlikely they'll go from the design board to the production lines in barely under a year.
Most likely the "X" phone will be a fall / holidays phone.
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Most fascinating! Though I kinda doubt 6 months. I'd say 3 months at the earliest as Samsung tends to make everything go "zoom zoom zoom"...
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http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/2902-how-to-spot-sprint-panels-and-rrus-ericsson-style/
Everyone take a seat in the desks....and welcome to Sprint RRU Spotting 101.
First lets look at what to NOT look for. In our area, AT&T has RRUs that look almost identical to the ones Sprint has. They are both made by Ericsson.
The box circled above is NOT an RRU. Do not confuse these. These are probably some sort of junction box and/or amplifier that AT&T used on previous deployments. Take note of the size.
Hey that's an RRU! Yep. One big problem though. Where are the others? Not to mention the panel next to it is another give away. We will get to that in a minute. Since there is only one RRU located on this sector and panel, this is NOT Sprint's.
Let's look at the cables. Notice there are only 2 hooked up the panel itself? (Do not confuse the ACUs hanging out of the bottom). There are 4 inputs on this panel but only 2 are used. Easier to see in the next picture. Again this is AT&T's equipment for LTE.
See what I'm talking about now? AT&T is only using one side of this panel. Hence the one RRU. Those other little pieces sticking out of the bottom are actually stepper motors that change the downtilt of the antenna from a remote location. They daisy chain from one another.
This is a different site. Do you notice the same thing? One RRU with only 2 cables on the one panel. This is AT&T again. "But but..where's Sprint?" Read on...
Looks like the same RRU right? Count them! 2 back to back, then one at the top. Some sites will have more depending on the traffic.
Look! It's three RRU's again.
Now let's look at the panels. Notice how the cables are right up at the front of the panel and not in the center? Also, count them. There are 6 inputs. 2 for PCS 1X/EV, 2 for 800SMR, and 2 for PCS LTE. There are also 3 ACUs for downtilt control (more on that later). See how all the cables are hooked up?
Six cables all hooked up again. Creates almost a "wall" of cables where you can't even see the ACU's tucked in behind them.
A little different angle. But again 6 cables hooked up. Look behind the cables on the bottom of the panel and you can see the 3 ACUs with the RFS stickers on them. This allows Sprint to remotely control the downtilt of all three interfaces all independently. 1X/EV, 800SMR, PCS LTE, could all have their own downtilt setting. If another site comes online or even another site is added later due to capacity or to thicken coverage. Sprint could change the downtilt angles of the adjacent sites all without ever visiting the site.
There's also another type of panel to look for on Network Vision upgrades. See below:
This panel is a narrow beamwidth panel used in some dense urban areas and even rural areas to "shoot" down the interstate to the next city. This different panel is circled on the sector on the left. Notice the regular panel on the right? You can also see the narrow beam legacy panels with the "fins" on the sides of them on the same sector. But once again the dead give away are the multiple RRU's behind the panels. (Thanks to kevins669 in the NOLA market thread for this picture)
I hope these graphics and explanations can help you recognize the Sprint equipment in your area. Just remember, every tower is different due to the thousands and thousands of variables between sites. If you are ever in doubt, take a picture and post it. You have to learn some how... that's what I did. Then you'll take on the addictive hobby of taking pictures like I have of the sites above.
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Hmm... i was under the impression it was only GMO's and not full builds... I guess yay?!!!
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Rumored for March 14th of 2013
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