For those of you who own a LTE smartphone for AT&T and reside in the NYC area, you may or may not have noticed your device registering an LTE signal instead of HSPA+. While AT&T may have done a soft launch for testing purposes, subscribers can expect their fast 4G service to launch officially within the New York City market before the year is out.
While attending the UBS Media Conference, AT&T’s Senior VP John Stephens confirmed that NYC along with other markets will go live for a full LTE launch this month. Always good to see a carrier offer faster speeds to the consumer, now they need to add more LTE smartphones to join the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Vivid, & the Nitro HD. The brief release lies below.
AT&T Expects Record Smartphone Sales in 4Q
UBS Media & Communications Conference 2011
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–John Stephens, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, today announced that AT&T* is on track to break its single-quarter record for smartphone sales.
Speaking at the UBS 39th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference in New York, Stephens said that AT&T sold about 6 million smartphones in the first two months of the fourth quarter. Because December is traditionally one of the strongest sales months, AT&T now expects to break the previous single-quarter smartphone record of 6.1 million.
AT&T’s strong smartphone sales in part reflect a higher number of handset upgrades from customers who were waiting for the launch of a new iPhone. AT&T previously announced that it activated more than 1 million iPhone 4S’ in the first five days the device was available. AT&T said iPhone 4S sales remain strong. Only on AT&T’s network can iPhone 4S users download three times faster and talk and surf at the same time.
Stephens also said today that AT&T will turn up additional 4G LTE markets, including New York City, this month, and expects to cover 70 million people with its LTE network by year-end 2011, consistent with its previously announced plans.
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