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US round-up: T-Mobile starts MetroPCS network switchover; Bluegrass Cellular expands LTE coverage [TeleGeography CommsUpdate](TeleGeography CommsUpdate Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) *T-Mobile US* has confirmed that 92% of former *MetroPCS* customers in Hartford (Connecticut) and Las Vegas (Nevada) have been migrated from the latter's legacy CDMA network onto T-Mobile's GSM/HSPA+/Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, after T-Mobile shut off the CDMA service in those markets. According to Fierce Wireless, the former MetroPCS CDMA network in Philadelphia is next in line for shutdown.*Regional wireless provider *Bluegrass Cellular* has announced that its LTE network covered 80.7% of its core network in central Kentucky as of 30 June 2014, giving it a catchment area of 620,000 potential customers. The carrier plans to complete the build out by late-2015, which will involve adding LTE capabilities to 75 sites and extending coverage to a total of 730,000 people. According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms Database, Bluegrass Cellular launched its LTE network back in November 2012 as part of Verizon's wide-reaching 'LTE in Rural America' programme; under the terms of the agreement Verizon has leased Bluegrass a portion of its upper C block 700MHz spectrum in areas where it has not constructed a 4G network itself. (c) 2014 PriMetrica, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |