AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G scheduled for August 21st launch

Aug 16th 2011
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AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G scheduled for August 21st launch

With it having been within the works for therefore long, it is easy to forget that AT&T is able to flip the turn on its sparkling-new LTE network virtually any second now. But Ma Bell is worked up to remind us of its impending true 4G launch by announcing that its first two dedicated LTE devices , the USBConnect Momentum 4G and Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G, are set to be sold in stores this upcoming Sunday. As well, users of the USBConnect Adrenaline may be ready to download a firmware update on August 26th that activates its dormant LTE radio. The carrier also officially announced that its DataConnect plans might be offered for $50 per thirty days for 5GB, with usage charges of $10 for every additional GB. Hold your horses, though — the units can be available for purchase and may be used on HSPA+ for now, nonetheless it doesn’t guarantee AT&T will activate the upper-speed 4G network next week. Nay, we could have to attend a little bit longer before Ralph de la Vega pushes the large red button on his desk, but that day will not be too distant.

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First LTE/HSPA+ Devices Arrive in AT&T Stores Aug. 21
AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G Eligible for $50, 5GB Data Plans

Dallas, Texas, August 16, 2011

Key Facts

The AT&T* USBConnect Momentum 4G** and AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G** can be available in shops and online Aug. 21.
AT&T also confirmed data pricing for data-only mobile broadband devices at the company’s forthcoming LTE network.
Customers would be capable of choose 5 gigabytes of information for a monthly rate of $50 with any additional data consumed available for $10 per gigabyte.
The LTE-upgradeable AT&T USBConnect Adrenaline can be capable of be updated to LTE beginning Aug. 26.

Data Plan Options

Because the first devices in an effort to be ready to benefit from AT&T’s future 4G LTE network arrive in AT&T stores, customers who choose the AT&T USBConnect Momentum 4G and AT&T Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G may be capable of select the similar $50 for five GB data option as many current USBConnect or Mobile Hotspot customers do today.

Also able to 4G speeds on AT&T’s HSPA+ network, the USBConnect Momentum 4G, Mobile Hotspot Elevate 4G often is the only LTE devices within the U.s.a. to have a 4G/HSPA+ network with enhanced backhaul to fall back to if a customer moves outside of LTE coverage.

Already in customers’ hands, the AT&T USBConnect Adrenaline is LTE-upgradeable, containing an LTE chipset that may be enabled with a software update. Those customers can visit www.att.com/adrenaline to download that update beginning Aug. 26.

LTE Roadmap

AT&T recently announced plans to roll out 4G LTE in five markets – Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio – later this summer. Customers with compatible devices and 4G LTE coverage in those markets would be capable of enjoy access to 4G LTE speeds as AT&T’s 4G LTE is turned up.

As AT&T rolls out 4G LTE, customers outside of its 4G LTE coverage areas will still have access to AT&T’s fast HSPA+ network. When combined with enhanced backhaul, HSPA+ enables 4G speeds which are as much as four times faster than AT&T’s already fast mobile broadband speeds. Because AT&T has taken the additional step of deploying HSPA+ technology with enhanced backhaul, its customers can have access to consistently fast mobile broadband speeds when moving inside and outside of 4G LTE areas.

By the top of 2011, AT&T plans to give 4G LTE to customers in not less than 15 markets, covering 70 million Americans.

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