To support its $4 billion 4G network evolution plan, T-Mobile USA, Inc. has entered into multi year agreements with Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks. T-Mobile’s evolution plans include network modernisation and deployment of long-term evolution (LTE) service in 2013.

As part of the agreements, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks will provide and install state of the art, Release 10 capable equipment at 37,000 cell sites across T-Mobile’s 4G network. This would lead to increase in signal quality and enhancing performance. T-Mobile expects to be the first carrier in North America to broadly deploy antenna integrated radios, enabling accelerated deployment and reduced site loading.

Prior to this, T-Mobile secured the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licenses from AT&T which we are agreed to as part of the breakup of the proposed merger between the two companies. This new spectrum, in addition to the re-farming effort, enables the launch of LTE in AWS spectrum and up to 20 MHz of LTE in 75 per cent of the top 25 markets.