T-Mobile Testing New LTE Network in 8 Major Cities

T-MobileWhile T-Mobile is more than a bit late to the LTE game, the company confirmed on Monday that their new network would be launching by the end of the month. Where it would launch, however, was kept under wraps. That’s the idea, at least. Thanks to some data mined out of a third-party app, we’ve got a pretty good idea where T-Mobile is starting to fire things up. When the guys over at OpenSignal noticed what seemed to be a bunch of engineers using OpenSignal’s signal analysis/mapping app to test a network they’d never seen before, they followed the data on down the rabbit hole. As of Friday morning, they’ve found T-Mobile’s LTE network being tested in 8 major cities: San Jose (and a few other nearby Bay Area regions), Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, New Orleans, New York, San Diego and Kansas City.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).