
The MVNO will carry Android, Windows and Apple smartphones including iPhone 4S for $499 and iPhone 5 for $649 without subsidy. They will also offer a tablet plan that starts at $15/month for 250MB. Each plan will shift to lower speed data after data is used up and also offers unlimited calls and text on AT&T’s network. The company will offer 4 plans: Aio Basic, Smart and Pro phone plans at $35-40 for 250MB, $55 for 2GB and $70/month for 7GB data respectively. Currently, the service is only available in Houston, Orlando and Tampa but it is expected to roll out nationally over the coming months.
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About 50 engineers were involved in planning, construction or onsite 24/7 monitoring.īoth the super multi-beam antenna and five-beam antenna are AT&T innovations that were conceptualized by L.A.-based AT&T engineers Bob Mathews and Gary Chow who discuss their work in the videos below: expand full storyĪs we reported last week, AT&T today launched its new pre-paid wireless MVNO called Aio Wireless with the iPhone 5 on offer, front and center.Carried a combined 6,054 GB (or more than 6 terabytes) of data on our in-event network during the two weekends of the music festival (24-hour traffic totals, Friday-Sunday for two weekends).Carried approximately 83 GB of data traffic during the peak hour on our in-event network.The network performance stats for this setup – some of which are staggering: Since then, with their mobile response team, they’ve been able to keep their network up and running at huge events with the addition of these ‘kits’ above. This isn’t a test network AT&T’s been honing their skills since they got caught with their pants down at SXSW in 2010 (back when AT&T was the only US iPhone carrier).
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The setup above was what they used to cover a recent Los Angeles festival (read: Coachella). Remember, AT&T’s network is about 80% iPhones so this is important stuff. AT&T shared a little bit of what goes into a portable network cells they put up at special events where bandwidth needs will be extraordinary.
