T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has launched EDGE services across 90 percent of its GPRS-enabled network and that the higher-speed wireless data service now is commercially available to customers with EDGE-enabled devices. The carrier was expected to launch EDGE earlier this year, but delayed the service due to a lack of compelling devices.

T-Mobile USA currently offers a pair of EDGE-enabled handsets from Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. A company spokesman said customers can continue to access the EDGE services for the same price as their current GRPS rate plans, but that the carrier would begin looking at possible EDGE-specific pricing plans sometime in the future.

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. currently offers EDGE services across most of its network and plans to offer higher-speed UMTS/HSDPA services in at least 15 markets by the end of the year. T-Mobile USA's parent company Deutsche Telekom AG said it was waiting on additional spectrum before announcing additional network upgrades.

DT also announced that its T-Mobile International operations signed Wi-Fi roaming agreements with Swisscom Mobile and Telecom Italia covering 1,000 hot-spot locations in Switzerland and 800 locations in Italy. The agreement is available to T-Mobile wireless customers in Austria, The Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

DT noted it was the leading transatlantic Wi-Fi provider with more than 13,000 locations in Europe and the United States, and it offers Wi-Fi at more than 35,000 locations around the world through roaming agreements.

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The device does have to be EDGE and no the 6315 does not have EDGE.

Posted by dmc874, Saturday, Sep. 3rd, 2005

now does the device have to have edge. Or can my cf gprs card run edge on my 4700

Posted by handymanski, Saturday, Sep. 3rd, 2005

Does a 6315 have EDGE?

Posted by sgc2, Saturday, Sep. 3rd, 2005

EDGE works in Cincinnati Ohio, Getting 102K+ consistently, WoooooHoooo all for the same $20 unlimited price.

Thanks TMobile.

Posted by GuardianZX9, Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

As long as your device is already setup for data you will get EDGE automatically where available. The only way you will be able to tell is by running a speed test.

Posted by dmc874, Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

I was told yesterday by the Wireless Data group that if you have a non-T-Mobile phone, to call them and a configuration message would be sent to your phone to allow the EDGE network to be accessible by your device.

Posted by Physboy, Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

are there any configuration changes that need to be made to our devices to get edge speed or is it completely seemless

THanks

Claude

Posted by , Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

So far EDGE is included free for t-mobile. As long as you pay for a normal data plan for GPRS, you'll have EDGE speeds now.

Posted by s4czech, Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

what is the cost and where can we go to read about the service offered by t-mobile?

Posted by handymanski, Friday, Sep. 2nd, 2005

EDGE works great on my 6515. Live tv streaming from www.orb.com is wonderful!

Posted by s4czech, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

This is great news the 6500 should run great on it.

Posted by agent680, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

That would be a welcomed suprise, I can tell ya that. I was just told by Wireless Data support that they were not expecting anything in until Q1 of next year, then again she did not even know that EDGE service had started as of today until, I emplored her to check her sources.

Posted by Physboy, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

T-Mobile Wizard should be here any day now. According to a reputable source.

Posted by dmc874, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

Now, if we can only get T-Mobile to update their data devices so that this new service can be used, it would be great! The Nokia 3220 and the Motorola V330 hardly qualify as data devices and are the only phones they have which can use the EDGE network. Oh boy, here we go again.

Posted by Physboy, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

;) Thanks DMC!

Posted by David Ciccone, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005

Hmmm. I think we were posting at the same time. Thanks for the further information.

Posted by dmc874, Thursday, Sep. 1st, 2005