ericdabbs

Depends on the type of phone u are looking for. I assume u are talking about the galaxy s5 and the htc one 2. Both those phones should be out by may 2014. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Yes. Unfortunately the issue is that Samsung NV equipment and Motorola legacy equipment don't handoff voice to each other smoothly. This means hard drop calls when attempting to hand off between NV and legacy. So in order to minimize the disruption, Sprint can't just turn on a NV completed 3G sites one by one since customers who connect to those NV sites will get a hard drop off when calling. Therefore, Sprint doesn't want to accept any NV sites (hence not much updates in Ohio markets) until a ton of them in the market have been NV upgraded so that they can shut down the legacy CDMA network side. It sucks but luckily no Motorola will be used by Sprint in the future. Nextel iDEN was plenty enough and Sprint just needs to get rid of the remaining Motorola equipment it has at Sprint legacy sites. Also keep in mind that lack of backhaul issue is a major stickler in slowing down NV deployment for LTE and this is a Sprint nationwide issue.

There is no way that all 38K sites plus maybe the 14K Clearwire sites (or maybe subset of those 14K sites) will be completed with 2.5 LTE by end of next year. I am thinking its going to take a lot longer than end of 2014 to deploy 2.5 LTE on every single Sprint site. Even if all 38K sites were upgraded with Network Vision equipment right now its going to take at least 2 years because of all that permitting and zoning, availability of equipment and of course manpower. I am going to guess at least by mid 2016 this should be complete.

I am very glad to hear about nationwide rollout of LTE 2.5. I always thought deploying LTE 2.5 as a "hotspot" in only select sites was not a great enough use of the vast 2.5 spectrum resources. I always thought that every Sprint site could always use that LTE 2.5 extra capacity to offload traffic especially since we can't predict the traffic profile demand in the next 5-10 years. I really hope they deploy LTE 2.5 on all 38,000 Sprint Network Vision sites and all ~14,000 Clearwire sites.

Interference from what? Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

I hope the stock tanks like crazy tomorrow.

Yes but were you actually going to sign a 2 year contract to get the hotspot service?

I went to my local Best Buy and I saw a Clearwire employee still trying to sell the 4G service. I am thinking by the end of 2013 they will shut down the retail store service and just have the option online. Until Sprint feels comfortable enough to shut down the Wimax service, I don't mind if customers can still sign up for Wimax home internet service given that it is now month to month as a way to get some revenue from the Wimax network.

At this moment LTE 2500 equipment is not being deployed alongside Sprint's Network Vision sites. I am not sure if the 2500 MHz antenna panels need to be replaced or are they reusing the same ones as Wimax. Right now Clearwire is only deploying LTE 2500 on its own sites and not on Sprint Network Vision sites. However about 40% of all Clearwire sites are colocated with Sprint sites but I am not sure at this point if the LTE 2500 carrier cards are are being installed in the Sprint Network Vision cabinets or the Clearwire cabinets. My guess is that even in colocated sites that all LTE 2500 carrier cards and equipment are installed in the Clearwire cabinet since the Wimax network is connected to it and the TD-LTE has to share the backhaul with Wimax for now. Eventually all TD-LTE equipment should be moved over to the Sprint Network Vision cabinets once they get the backhaul issues squared away and Wimax can be shut down.

I dont think the lack of SVLTE function in triband LTE phones is going to be a big deal. If you ask folks if they rather have single band LTE with SVLTE or triband LTE w/o SVLTE, I am sure you'll find more people interested in being able to connect to LTE 800 and LTE 2500.

I haven't heard any word yet on what Sprint plans to do with the Wimax customers like myself. I really hope they offer a free LTE device to kick us off of Wimax. I think it helps both sides since Sprint really needs to refarm more 2.5 spectrum to be able to add a 2nd 20 MHz TD-LTE carrier.

If they do release one, 4th quarter would be a better time to do so right around the galaxy note 3 while ppl think that the gs4 phone is still current technology. Releasing it in 1st quarter 2014 would be pointless next year. Hopefully we see some FCC documents pass through in sept. I didnt think about the BOGO free gs4 as a way for sprint to get rid of their existing inventory. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G using Tapatalk 2

Wow that is a lot of quotation mhammett.

Back on topic, do we have new news about whether Sprint will get a triband LTE model of the Galaxy S4? I just find it hard that Sprint would release an updated model of the Galaxy S4 in October.

Makes sense. its best to wait until LG officially announces the Optimus G2 on Aug 7th and get more details first.

As long as the Galaxy Note 3 stays the rumored 5.7 inch display, 1080p screen, Snapdragon S800 and triband LTE, I will be a buyer.

Here is the FCC link. This is the Moto phone that is rumored to be the Sprint version of the Moto X phone. If you look at the RF Exposure Test Report on pg. 3, it tells you the functionality it supports and it clearly states only LTE Band 25 (1900 MHz) support. https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=425753&fcc_id=IHDT56PB2

Thanks dude. Man hopefully this functionality will come to Samsung, Moto and LG LTE devices.

Can someone post a screenshot of a HTC device that shows the LTE connection frequencies. I am curious what this looks like on the app. I hope there is a way to get this same functionality on Samsung and LG devices.

Maybe to clarify that I meant high end LTE smartphones. I guess the iPhone is a wild card but I don't think the Galaxy Note 3 will be single band LTE.

Why wouldn't it be the G2 phone? According to the FCC documents, the phone dimensions are (W 70.9 mm x H 138.5 mm) and don't match up with the LG Optimus G2. The GS4 phone dimensions are (W 69.8 mm x H 136.6 mm). The phone dimensions match up more like a Galaxy S4 and HTC One. LG could be pulling an Apple here and not waiting too long after the announcement to have the phone on sale. i am sure they want to beat the iPhone 5S and Galaxy Note 3 and get it into the market before they do.

It does for SVLTE but not SVDO according to the FCC docs but its not because its an older processor though.

There is discussion right now among the spectrum committees about whether the FCC should put auction rules to limit the amount of 600 MHz Verizon and ATT can obtain. ATT's position is of course let the market forces determine the price of the spectrum and put no limits on the amount of spectrum any carrier can obtain while Tmobile's position is to limit the amount of 600 MHz that Verizon and ATT can obtain and still be able to meet the financial goals for the US govt. I never mentioned anything about getting into a bidding war with ATT and Verizon. If the FCC takes Tmobile's position and puts in the rules of the auction to limit the amount of 600 MHz spectrum they can obtain it doesn't matter at that point. Once Verizon and ATT hit their limits for a particular market, they can't bid anymore. Then you also haven't heard that Tmobile is also proposing that the FCC set a revenue target for each market to ensure it meets its financial goals to finance FirstNet, broadcaster relocation, broadcaster incentive payment, pay down national debt, etc. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-proposes-sliding-spectrum-screen-rule-600-mhz-auction/2013-06-25 Also this 600 MHz auction is not the only spectrum that is expected to accomplish all the financial goals that the US govt is seeking for. There is also the PCS/AWS-2 H block auction and the AWS-3 (1755-1780, 2155-2180 MHz) auction to help the US govt achieve its financial goals. Heck there is even talk about 1695-1710 MHz spectrum up for auction. http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/aws-2pcs-h-block-spectrum-auction-guide

I am not arguing that WCDMA+ is useful or not. Of course it can be useful but you are making it sound like WCDMA currently is crap and can't be used as a stop gap until WCDMA can be rolled off. The point is LTE is the future for Tmobile and not WCDMA/HSPA+ Advanced. Remember a few years ago during the ATT/Tmobile merger that Tmobile stated that they were not interested in LTE and they felt that HSPA+ was doing the job. Well guess what shortly after Tmobile caved and jumped onto the LTE bandwagon. Also do we even know if ATT is interested in WCDMA+? If not then that is going to be a huge problem getting good pricing for equipment for the US spectrum bands.

If there is 84 MHz or 120 MHz of 600 MHz spectrum is available, then why shouldn't Sprint try to shoot for getting 20 MHz of 600 MHz spectrum. All of the 600 MHz spectrum is going to be sold to some major carrier either way or do we really want Verizon and ATT to gobble up the majority of the 600 MHz spectrum? Tmobile at most is probably shooting for grabbing 20 MHz of 600 MHz to give them a pretty low band spectrum position that they so lack and the smaller carriers like US Cellular, nTelos, etc are only going to buy a portion of a 5x5 block. The 600 MHz band is going to be one of the last great spectrum bands available for mobile broadband in the future so Sprint should try to secure more than just a single 5x5 block. I don't believe a 3x3 or a 5x5 LTE carrier at 800 MHz is going to be enough to handle all deep indoor traffic. Also who cares about how ATT and Chicago? That is just one example and that doesn't mean that ATT is happy about it. If ATT wanted to stand pat with a lot of their major cities only have a 5x5 LTE block at 700 MHz, then they wouldn't have done a deal with Verizon earlier this year to buy a good chunk of the 700 Mhz B block licenses to bolster their 700 MHz holdings to deploy a 10x10 LTE network in NYC, Seattle, SF, Texas markets, etc. http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-sell-700-mhz-b-block-spectrum-att-19b/2013-01-25 http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/146841-verizon-wireless-sells-lower-700mhz-spectrum-to-att-for-1-9-billion Also we don't know what Sprint and Softbank have plans for the 2500 MHz spectrum especially with the EBS licenses. Perhaps Sprint will only keep a small portion of EBS licenses in areas where they don't have BRS spectrum but I have to think that BRS spectrum is a must keep. If that is the case then their 2500 MHz spectrum holdings reduce dramatically.