T-Mobile Celebrates 1st Anniversary of LTE Rollout By Launching Major Network Upgrade Program

Over the past year, T-Mobile US has abolished a litany of consumer pain points through a series of revolutionary new programs and services -- and Americans have responded by making T-Mobile the fastest growing wireless company in the US today, the un-carrier announced it is continuing its relentless pace of industry innovation by launching a major new program to expand what has already become the fastest LTE deployment in the US.

Less than one year since launch, T-Mobile's 4G LTE network already reaches 210 million people in 273 metro areas nationwide. Building on the unprecedented pace of its LTE rollout, T-Mobile is now kicking off a major new program to upgrade its 2G/EDGE network with 4G LTE. The company plans to complete 50 percent of the work in 2014 alone, and expects the program to be substantially complete by the middle of 2015. The upgrade will provide customers who currently experience 2G/EDGE coverage new access to 4G LTE, and many already covered by 4G LTE will enjoy access to 4G LTE in even more places.

In addition, T-Mobile plans to begin deploying 4G LTE in the new 700 MHz A-Block spectrum the company is in the process of acquiring. In a span of just six months, T-Mobile deployed its 4G LTE network coast to coast and at a pace unprecedented in the US wireless industry -- going from zero to nationwide coverage between March and September 2013.