Cingular Wireless to Offer Intl 3G Services
February 13th, 2006
Next month, Cingular will begin offering customers a one-stop shopping experience for global wireless broadband service. Cingular GlobalConnect features unlimited domestic data usage on the company’s BroadbandConnect and EDGE networks in the United States and 100MB of wireless data usage on networks throughout Asia and Europe. The company will also provide customers with a single LaptopConnect card that connects to multiple wireless data networks in 95 countries.
Cingular Wireless was the first carrier in the world to make HSDPA service widely available to customers. The BroadbandConnect network is available in 16 major metropolitan areas in the United States, covering 52 cities. The company will extend coverage to most major metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. in 2006. Customers can use the new Option GlobeTrotter GT MAX LaptopConnect card in these markets to receive average download speeds between 400-700 kilobits per second, with bursts to more than one megabit per second.
When Cingular customers travel outside of 3G UMTS/HSDPA coverage in the United States, the GlobeTrotter GT MAX Laptop Connect card can be used to access the Cingular EDGE network (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) in more than 13,000 cities and towns, and connect to either EDGE or GPRS data service in more than 95 countries worldwide. Customers accessing UMTS services in other countries should expect to receive average download speeds between 200-300kbps, depending on the network accessed.
Cingular GlobalConnect will offer two international wireless data usage plans: a North American plan ($109.99 for 100MB) for travel within Canada and Mexico, and an Overseas ($139.99 for 100MB) plan — both include unlimited data usage on Cingular’s domestic data networks.
