EVDO Service Providers
In the U.S., Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and Alltel have completed significant deployment of 1xEV-DO since 2004. Sprint currently covers a population over 200 million with plans to reach over 250 million by end of 2007. Sprint covers 96 million population with RevA as of Feb 1 ‘07. Verizon Wireless EV-DO is available to more than 200 million people in 242 Major Metropolitan Areas and 180 primary airports and Sprint has EV-DO rolled out to 220 Major Metropolitan Areas and over 100 more smaller markets. Sprint in the US, Iusacell Mexico and Bell Mobility now have EVDO roaming agreements. Alltel currently offers service in 40 major cities (market areas with over 200,000 people), and will expand to cover more than 40 cities and has some states almost entirely covered with EVDO. Sprint signed a roaming agreement with Alltel for both voice and (1xRTT & EV-DO) data roaming that began Q32006. The new agreement gives customers of both companies free access to each others networks giving Spring and Alltel significantly the largest EVDO network in the US. Sprint also now offers 1xRTT data roaming on the Verizon Wireless network. This new agreement is also reciprocal for both carriers customer base.
List of US carriers that provides EVDO services:
ACS Wireless - coverage in Alaska.
Alltel - coverage in approximately 50 markets as well as non-overlaying sprint markets.
Amp’d Mobile - Coverage in the USA, On the Verizon network.
Bell Mobility - coverage in Canada. Sprint roams EVDO on Bell Canada.
Bermuda Digital Communoications Ltd./CellularONE Bermuda - EV-DO Rev 0 installed in November 2005 and REV A due for Commercial deployment Nov 2006. Covering the Islands of Bermuda.
Movilnet - in Venezuela. Product name is Aba Móvil and is available in all major cities.
Manitoba Telecom Services - coverage in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Sprint - branded as Power Vision and Mobile Broadband—check EV-DO coverage in your area, Rev 0 coverage reaches over 200 Million People, and is offered in 220 Major Metropolitan Areasand over 100 more smaller markets. Rev A coverage reaches 96 million in 28 markets as of Feb 2007. On October 24,2006Sprint announced that they have started deploying EV-DO Revision A on their network. The upgrade should be completed by the 3Q 2007. Sprint also roams on Altell EVDO.
TELUS Mobility - launched its 1xEV-DO network in Canada in November 2005.
Verizon Wireless - branded as BroadbandAccess and V CAST—check EV-DO coverage in your area, Coverage reaches over 200 million people with Rev0, and is offered in 242 major metropolitan areas. RevA rollout has started as of Dec 2006.