Techno-News Blog Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Saturday, June 27, 2009
AT&T's 3G upgrades to improve iPhone service - Marguerite Reardon, CNet news.cnet.com
AT&T is upgrading its network and using 850MHz spectrum to beef up its 3G wireless network, which should help alleviate dropped calls and slow network connections for iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S users. Apple said this week that it sold more than a million of the iPhone 3G S model worldwide this past weekend after the phone went on sale Friday. Exactly how many of those phones were activated on AT&T's network in the U.S. isn't yet known, but the addition of more data intensive iPhones is likely to put a strain on the carrier's network. That said, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told the blog Gearlog on Tuesday that the company is ready for the onslaught of new iPhone users

 


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