“AT&T isn’t the only company hoping to cash in on wireless service for Apple’s iPad,” Olga Kharif reports for BusinessWeek.
“In the runup to the Apr. 3 U.S. release of Apple’s highly anticipated tablet computer, Wi-Fi service providers and cellular carriers are angling to sell consumers and small businesses that buy iPads add-on wireless data services,” Kharif reports. “The services would be alternatives to monthly 3G cellular plans from AT&T (T), which is Apple’s chosen data-plan provider for the iPad.”
“Sprint Nextel the third-largest U.S. cellular carrier, plans to market to iPad owners its Overdrive mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, which for a $60-a-month subscription lets users connect as many as five mobile computing devices to its next-generation 4G cellular network,” Kharif reports. “‘In our view the iPad will make a very compelling 4G device,’ says Sprint spokesman Scott Sloat. Sprint says its 4G network offers download speeds that are as much as 10 times as fast as AT&T’s 3G network.”
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Kharif continues, ” 3G-enabled iPads could conceivably work on other carriers’ networks, including that of T-Mobile USA, which uses similar network technology as AT&T. There are no technical limitations that would preclude that, says Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris. She wouldn’t comment on whether Apple is in discussions with other U.S. carriers to offer iPad service plans. T-Mobile didn’t return a request for comment.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "JES42" for the heads up.]
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