Sprint Adds EVDO Rev A Capacity to Its Networks in Southeastern Michigan |
| Wednesday, 14 March 2007 | |
Sprint Adds EVDO Rev A Capacity to Its Networks in Southeastern Michigan
With this investment, Sprint further increased network coverage and capacity in Southeastern Michigan. Sprint also extended and enhanced its mobile broadband services, and in December, began deploying EV-DO Rev. A throughout the area. "Sprint continues to make significant investments in its wireless networks in Metro Detroit, Southeastern Michigan and throughout the country," said Jaime Jones, area vice president for Sprint in Michigan. "Customer satisfaction and network quality are two of Sprint's top priorities as we further strengthen our powerful networks where our customers live, work, play and travel." In 2006, Sprint added more than 3,400 cell sites across the country to strengthen performance in both its wireless networks and will add more sites in 2007 than the previous year. Increased Network Investment in 2007 Sprint spent more than $7 billion in capital expenditures in 2006, most of which was invested to enhance its wireless and wireline networks nationwide. Across the country, thousands of markets - large and small - received the benefit of this major investment. This year, Sprint will invest more than $7 billion to further enhance its powerful networks and expand mobile broadband coverage. The Sprint Mobile Broadband Network and EV-DO Rev. A Sprint offers the largest wireless broadband network of any carrier through the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, which reaches more than 209 million people across the country and covers more than 10,000 cities and 1,000 airports. In many major cities, Sprint has upgraded the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network with higher-speed EV-DO (Evolution - Data Optimized) Revision A technology. Sprint's industry-leading EV-DO Rev. A coverage now reaches more than 109 million people and covers 4,600 cities and 378 airports. With EV-DO Rev. A, users should experience significantly faster average data upload speeds of 350 to 500 kbps (compared with 50-70 kbps on current EV-DO networks). Average download speeds should increase to 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps (from 400-700 kbps). By third quarter 2007, the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network is expected to be completely upgraded to the faster EV-DO Rev. A. Related Links: |
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