Sprint announced Wednesday that it had demonstrated 1 Gbps over-the-air speed on its new Spark network at a Sprint lab near Silicon Valley, Calif. The company is just beginning to roll out the super-high-speed network, targeting customers who run data-intensive applications. It will start by offering peak speeds of 50-60 Mbps in five markets and will increase those speeds over time as it builds out the network.
Sprint began deploying Spark with limited availability in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa and Miami this week.
Sprint's Spark Starts Flying
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani November 1, 2013 05:00 AMSprint announced Wednesday that it had demonstrated 1 Gbps over-the-air speed on its new Spark network at a Sprint lab near Silicon Valley, Calif. The company is just beginning to roll out the super-high-speed network, targeting customers who run data-intensive applications. It will start by offering peak speeds of 50-60 Mbps in five markets and will increase those speeds over time as it builds out the network.
Sprint began deploying Spark with limited availability in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Tampa and Miami this week.