Cingular Launches 3G HSDPA in South Texas Markets
October 15th, 2006
Cingular Wireless has expanded its 3G footprint into the much of Southeast Texas, and into the greater Houston area over this past weekend. Cingular 3G, tagged as BroadbandConnect, offers average download data speeds between 400-700 kilobits per second with bursts to over one megabit. The company currently provides 3G services in more than 80 cities and towns located nearby more than 20 major metropolitan markets.
Cingular had also rolled out 3G services in Cleveland Ohio just prior to this release, further expanding its market share of Broadband wireless services.
BroadbandConnect complements our national high-speed EDGE data service, offering customers the flexibility and ubiquity required to be more productive as the world continues to go wireless.
Unlike rivals Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel, Cingular is powering its next-generation network with high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) technology. Verizon Wireless and Sprint have both committed to CDMA-based EV-DO and its successor EV-DO Revision A.
Expect Cingular to make more announcements of 3G expansion during the last quarter of ’06.
Check Cingulars 3G Coverage Maps Here
