IPhone 5 is reported to be capable of sustaining T-Mobile network
According to Forbes magazine reported online edition, apple is about to release of the iPhone 5 smartphones will support T-Mobile provide network service, make the mess up the fourth big network operators have a chance to show fist, from other competitors in the market share of the certain back.
T-Mobile's technical director Neville Ray participated in Las Vegas this week at the consumer electronics show (CES), and to the technology blog CNET and other media sources, fifth generation iPhone chipset will support advanced wireless services, or rather AWS 3 G network services.
IPhone 5 to the T-Mobile off-line operation, does not mean that the company and apple have reached a cooperation agreement. In the past, apple largely ignored T-Mobile wanted to launch support network system AWS version of the request of the smart phone, iPhone, at the same time, the operators think Android smartphone is very good, even worse than the iPhone is good, and based on the Android platform has actively promoted the brand of the Mobile phone.
However, for not long ago miss AT&T acquisition opportunities T-Mobile, iPhone 5 will be joining the operator network under the main driving force. In the AT&T announced acquisitions T-Mobile, for as long as nine months for the examination of the user was worried about the fate of the operators, thus losing the thousands of a customer support, the company is currently the business strategy for reconstruction.
In addition to attract customers to find the loss of development of new customers return and the method, T-Mobile is also facing a reality-as apple's device doesn't support HSPA + network, this enterprise in the first four big operators only in a doesn't sell the iPhone.
Compared with other challenges, product squad lack of iPhone is considered as the T-Mobile the biggest obstacle, however, this obstacle may be temporary.
For T-Mobile such smaller operators speaking, sell the iPhone will pay a high price. T-Mobile won the AT&T for $3 billion break-up fee, have some cash can be used for investment. However, the third largest operators Sprint will be in the next 5 years, the $20 billion dollars to the marketing of the best-selling apple equipment, and create a more suitable data network. So far, Sprint move looks already played a certain result, however, in the foreseeable future, the company's huge investment is still difficult to quickly pull.
In addition, T-Mobile launched LTE network in high speed also lag behind other rivals, the company doesn't look very anxious. In order to cater to consumer for faster data and video transmission speed needs, Verizon and AT&T to speed up the pace of expansion 4 G network, and Sprint will later this year with the launch of new building network. If the next generation iPhone only support LTE network of words, T-Mobile will be found myself again be isolated.
However, T-Mobile has to the way to recovery. The company through the introduced new package, introduce the samsung Blaze 4 G and other new hardware equipment way, you can look forward to a breakthrough.
Apple will roll out this fall the iPhone 5 will be smart phones for T-Mobile bring a comparable and competition of opportunity, however, for such a disadvantage in the operator speaking, this also is certainly a risky move.