Sprint PCS launches EV-DO
Sprint PCS has today began the
official launch of high-speed EV-DO service in select markets. Verizon Wireless began offering a similar service last summer. The launch this month is limited to 34 markets, but by early 2006 Sprint expects to cover over 60 metro areas (which comes to over 200 markets) nationwide.
Currently, Sprint is launching EV-DO only for business customers in the form of PC cards for providing laptops with data service.
bq. For business customers, pricing starts at $40 per month for 40MB with a price cap at $90 for those months when customers use the service more. Sprint also will offer an unlimited access plan through business sales channels for $80 per month.
EV-DO provides downloads speeds of 400-700 kbps with a peak rate of up to 2.0 Mbps. It's about ten times faster than 1xRTT, the existing CDMA data technology.
