Last month, T-Mobile announced that it was ready to roll out a 3G network in September. Well, we’re at the 27th, and we still haven’t seen anything on that front. Why? The government, of course. Apparently, the spectrum (1700 Mhz) they bought for $4.2 billion has yet to be vacated by its previous occupants. So now T-Mobile has to sit on its hands and wait as law enforcement and homeland security officials pack up their boxes and move to a new home. And apparently they’re totally within their rights: the government agencies have up to six years to get out. Ridiculous. So does this mean we won’t see 3G T-Mobile for six more years? Probably not, but you never know with these slimy government folks. We’ve already talked about them caving to Verizon, so who knows. Maybe they’re also appeasing Verizon by blocking advances by T-Mobile. Yes, that’s completely unfounded, but we’re ticked off enough to bring it up. We admire T-Mobile for their advances over the past few months. They’ve gained a good number of subscribers this year, bought a smaller cell company to cut their costs, and have rolled out HotSpot @Home, which would be awesome if we weren’t seeing femtocell technology closely following. In an attempt to speed up the process, T-Mobile offered $50 million. We’re sure the government will snatch up the money and continued their plodding. After all, it’s the American way! [IntoMobile]]]>
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