Sprint Nextel plans to begin offering three 4G...
Sprint Nextel plans to begin offering three 4G LTE-capable mobile broadband devices this summer that will be able to use the three bands of LTE spectrum it controls -- the Novatel Wireless MiFi 500 LTE, Netgear Zing Mobile Hotspot and…
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Netgear 341U USB Modem, it said Tuesday. The carrier said it will announce pricing and rollout dates for the new devices later. The devices will use the two bands of 4G LTE spectrum in Sprint’s network at 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz, as well as Sprint-controlled Clearwire’s LTE network at 2.5 GHz. Sprint said it will begin using the 800 MHz band for LTE when it ceases operation of its Nextel network June 30. Sprint already offers LTE service on the 1.9 GHz band in 88 markets, and plans to make it available in more than 170 additional markets in the coming months. Clearwire’s spectrum at 2.5 GHz will provide “Sprint customers with increased speeds and capacity in densely populated cities,” Sprint said (http://bit.ly/13EMyjS).