http://gigaom.com/mobile/whats-att-planning-hidden-specs-unearthed-in-the-gsm-iphone-5/
Very very interesting... the article goes on to mention that AT&T seems to have a large amount of holdings in the PCS band and they may try to speed up a refarming effort to try to roll out nation wide LTE on additional bands as they limit how much 2G and 3G spectrum is left in use.
My question though, would either of those bands match up with SprintPCS's LTE roll out? I could understand if Sprint wanted their own version so they could lock customers in and what not but i'm curious if an unlocked iPhone 5 (AT&T one with those extra bands) might be able to jump onto a MVNO that has access to Sprint LTE network and doesn't mind allowing any device on as long as they're paying monthly...
Theres more to the AT&T version of the iPhone 5 than meets the eye. ExtremeTechs Neal Gompa sorted through the devices testing documentation at the Federal Communications Commission and found there are two more 4G frequency bands supported in the North American GSM iPhone beyond those Apple revealed in its official specs.
Those bands are cellular and PCS, which operators today use for their 2G and 3G networks. The revelation is surprising, though its certainly not suspicious. Except for Sprint, no iPhone operator is launching LTE on those bands, and Sprint uses a different iPhone variant than AT&T. Apple had no reason to include those bands in its specs because theres no network this particular iPhone could conceivably connect to at least not yet.
Very very interesting... the article goes on to mention that AT&T seems to have a large amount of holdings in the PCS band and they may try to speed up a refarming effort to try to roll out nation wide LTE on additional bands as they limit how much 2G and 3G spectrum is left in use.
My question though, would either of those bands match up with SprintPCS's LTE roll out? I could understand if Sprint wanted their own version so they could lock customers in and what not but i'm curious if an unlocked iPhone 5 (AT&T one with those extra bands) might be able to jump onto a MVNO that has access to Sprint LTE network and doesn't mind allowing any device on as long as they're paying monthly...