Which carriers have 3G?

Cingular/AT&T Wireless

Current network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Planned 3G network: UMTS/HSPDA
3G available now? Yes, in 6 cities
3G plans: Now that it's absorbed the wireless spectrum of fellow GSM carrier AT&T Wireless (which launched UMTS service in Dallas, Detroit, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle in the second half of 2004), Cingular is poised to enter the 3G market in a big way. The carrier has signed agreements with Ericsson and Lucent Technologies to help roll out an HSDPA-enhanced UMTS service starting in 2005.
ETA for nationwide service: End of 2006 for "most major markets."
Supported handsets include: Nokia 6651, Motorola A845
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Sprint/Nextel

Current network: CDMA/1xRTT
Planned 3G network: 1xEV-DO, future upgrade to 1xEV-DV
3G available now? No
3G plans: Sprint just closed a $3 billion deal with Lucent, Motorola, and Nortel to jump-start its 3G strategy. Sprint is hoping to roll out the data-only 1xEV-DO service this year in "major U.S. metro markets." Meanwhile, Nextel's push-to-talk service is set to migrate to the 1xEV-DO service sometime in 2007.
ETA for nationwide service: Early 2006
Supported handsets include: None yet but Sprint currently have multimedia phones on a 2.5G network.
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T-Mobile

Current network: GSM/GPRS
Planned 3G network: UMTS/HSPDA
3G available now? No
3G plans: T-Mobile is trailing the competition in the race to 3G. Representatives for the carrier say that T-Mobile doesn't have enough wireless spectrum available to roll out UMTS until at least 2007, a full year after GSM rival Cingular, which got a leg up by acquiring fellow GSM carrier AT&T Wireless. However, T-Mobile officials announced in December 2004 that the carrier will probably jump directly to the HSPDA-enhanced version of UMTS, rather than launch UMTS first and add HSPDA later. In the meantime, T-Mobile says it will build out its long-awaited 2.5G EDGE network in 2005.
ETA for nationwide service: 2007
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Verizon

Current network: CDMA/1xRTT
Planned 3G network: 1xEV-DO
3G available now? Yes, in 31 cities: Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Dayton; Hartford; Houston, Texas; Jacksonville; Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles; Madison, Wisconsin; Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Milwaukee; New Haven, Connecticut; New Orleans; New York; Newark, New Jersey; Orlando, Florida; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; Providence; San Diego; Tampa; Washington, D.C.; West Palm Beach, Florida
3G plans: Verizon jumped on the 3G bandwagon early, launching 1xEV-DO service in San Diego and Washington, D.C., in October 2003. While 3G service is available across the country, some big cities have been left out for time being. These include Cleveland, Seattle, Denver, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Charlotte, and there's no word on when they might make the list. Verizon also made a big splash at the 2005 CES with its announcement of V Cast, a consumer broadband service offering on-demand video, 3D gaming, and streaming music videos.
ETA for nationwide service: End of 2006
Supported handsets include: LG VX8000, Samsung SCH-A890, UTStarcom (formerly Audiovox) CDM-8940
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