Cricket to test its first 4G LTE network in Tucson later this year

By on Jun 22, 2011 at 9:18 PM
mobile June 22, 2011

Cricket will start to test the first installment of its 4G LTE network in Tucson, Arizona, the carrier confirmed in a recent interview with PCMag. Cricket’s vice president of device development, Matt Stoiber, said testing will begin during the second half of this year and that it will use Huawei’s E397 dual-mode USB modem preliminarily. The company has inked a roaming deal with LightSquared and has set a March 2012 target date for the first commercial LTE products to become available for its customers. USB modems will populate Cricket shelves first, followed by 4G LTE phones once the tech has evolved enough to make them cheaper and slimmer with good battery life. PCMag also suggested that Cricket’s next markets could include Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Phoenix.

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  • numetheus

    Makes sense. Tucson is a trashy part of AZ. Of course they should get 4G LTE before Phoenix or any of the other developed cities!

    • IPwn

      Phoenix is way more trashy than tucson bro, nice one though.

      • numetheus

        Ummm no. Absolutely nothing to do or see in Tucson. The only reason to
        be there is if you know someone there or were unfortunate enough to be
        born there. Phoenix is huge. It has nice parts and trashy parts just
        like any capital city. There is a lot to do in phoenix or a city right
        against its border. In Tucson you have nothing except dirt and an
        awesome senoran hotdog joint.

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      • IPwn

        I guess it depends on your preference.  I enjoy Tucson.  I was born in Phoenix and lived in Chandler however I enjoy a more quiet town.  Tucson is still a large city, but it is spread out and I enjoy that.  There is stuff to do there and if you are really craving a night of adventure Phoenix isn’t that far of a drive.  I just think Phoenix is too big for my liking, to each there own.

      • random

        Tucson is shit what are YOU talking about

  • http://twitter.com/crobcary Chris Cary

    Cricket is going to launch LTE before AT&T? Like, what has American Telegraph been doing with their customers’ arms and legs?

  • YoYo

    lol Cricket

  • Casas431

    I will be waitin until cricket goes to 4g n that is why I’m movin from cricket to tmobile. Hopefully they bring 4g soon because maybe by the time 4g on cricket comes out othr companies have probably come up with 5g. N wen they do the 4g phones better have good battery life and front facing cameras and flash n adobe flash n video chat kas no cricket phone has eithr one. Cricket has the samsung galaxy4g but it kant use 4g kas cricket don’t have it. Please hury cricket your gonna be losin customers if u don’t hurry

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