Filed under: Cellphones

With LTE a few years out yet, Alltel needs something to get it over the 3.5G hump — and seeing how it’s presently a CDMA carrier, you can pretty much guess where this is going. Sure enough, Verizon’s newest partner in crime has announced that the rollout of its EV-DO Rev. A upgrade is now underway, promising a bump in downlink speeds from 400-700kbps on the existing Rev. 0 network to somewhere between 600kbps and 1.4Mbps. Uplink speeds are where Rev. A really shines, though, blazing as much as ten times faster than it did before — 800kbps on a good day with bursts of up to 1.8Mbps. Two data cards are being offered to take advantage of the service — one from Huawei and one from UTStarcom — while compatible handsets currently include the HTC PPC6800 and Touch. The rollout is targeted for “select markets” right now — Charlotte, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa among a total of 18 — with overall EV-DO coverage continuing to expand as well; Alltel’s targeting 82 percent of its footprint to be upgraded by year’s end.

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Filed under: Cellphones

With LTE a few years out yet, Alltel needs something to get it over the 3.5G hump — and seeing how it’s presently a CDMA carrier, you can pretty much guess where this is going. Sure enough, Verizon’s newest partner in crime has announced that the rollout of its EV-DO Rev. A upgrade is now underway, promising a bump in downlink speeds from 400-700kbps on the existing Rev. 0 network to somewhere between 600kbps and 1.4Mbps. Uplink speeds are where Rev. A really shines, though, blazing as much as ten times faster than it did before — 800kbps on a good day with bursts of up to 1.8Mbps. Two data cards are being offered to take advantage of the service — one from Huawei and one from UTStarcom — while compatible handsets currently include the HTC PPC6800 and Touch. The rollout is targeted for “select markets” right now — Charlotte, New Orleans, Phoenix and Tampa among a total of 18 — with overall EV-DO coverage continuing to expand as well; Alltel’s targeting 82 percent of its footprint to be upgraded by year’s end.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless

Still waiting around to hop on the Rev. A highway? Although last week would’ve been a swell time to do so, now’s not too bad either, and Verizon Wireless customers have yet another option at their fingertips. The Kyocera KPC680 ExpressCard is available now for anyone interested, and enables BroadbandAccess users to reach average download speeds of 600kbps to 1.4Mbps and upload speeds that range from 500kbps to 800kbps when situated in a Rev. A area. Additionally, this thing sports a “breakthrough” (ahem) antenna design that “moves the antenna away from the device as it is opened, providing greater sensitivity, dual external antenna ports for signal flexibility and a compact form factor.” Get yours now for just $49.99 after a mail-in rebate and throwing your John Hancock on a two-year agreement.

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