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AT&T has been testing their 7.2 Mbps data network in Chicago since December, but the service is now set to go live in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami by the end of the year, and another 25 cities by the end of 2010. Rogers has been working on their own HSPA upgrade across Canada and even reaching for the 21 Mbps mark, but the list of supporting hardware is still short. Six new 7.2 Mbps-capable handsets are expected to be released on AT&T before the end of the year to make use of the higher speeds, and on top of that, there are a lot of existing iPhone 3GS customers who will be benefitting from the higher speeds (that is, if AT&T doesn’t throttle them). Between the 7.2 Mbps upgrade and increased capacity through the 850 Mhz band, AT&T is trying hard to fix their reputation for a poor network; is that damage already done, or are folks seeing an improvement in coverage?
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
