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All posts tagged "expansion"


Thursday, January 5, 2012

AT&T Expands 4G to 11 Cities

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad" @ 12:33 PM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ancisco_la.html

"AT&T announced on Thursday that it has expanded its high-speed 4G long-term evolution network to 11 new cities, including the New York metropolitan area, San Francisco and Los Angeles."

And the cities, in no particular order, are:

New York City metro area, Austin, Tx, Chapel Hill NC, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh NC, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Apple Retail Expansion

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 11:00 AM

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...s_in_china.html

"At Apple's annual shareholders meeting at its campus in Cupertino, Calif., Thursday, the company revealed it intends to open 25 stores in the nation of China."

This bit of info was from the Apple meeting last Thursday, but China isn't the only place Apple is going to build new stores. They plan on a total of 50 stores this year, including Shanghai, Spokane WA, Boise ID and London according to Tim Cook, Apple COO.


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

AT&T Plans Network Expansion to Ease 3G Crunch

Posted by Vincent Ferrari in "Apple iPhone & iPod Touch" @ 01:00 PM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10271450-94.html

"That said, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel told the blog Gearlog on Tuesday that the company is ready for the onslaught of new iPhone users. One of the things it has been doing to prepare is upgrading its network so that it can offer 3G wireless service using its 850MHz spectrum licenses. For the most part, AT&T has been using spectrum in the 1900 MHz band to deliver its 3G services, which have become saturated, Gearlog explains. This means that as AT&T sells more 3G devices, such as the iPhone, it has been cramming more users into an ever more crowded spectrum band."

That'll be nice, but honestly, I don't know what the problem is. I live in NYC and I get 5 bars in 90% of the city with stable 3G service and decent download speeds wherever I go. I think it's just become so fashionable to bash AT&T that people aren't really paying attention to the real world. Is their coverage perfect? Of course it isn't; that's the nature of the cellular beast. The reality of cellular is that all the networks are imperfect, and some are better in some areas than others. If you live in a major metropolitan area like NYC or San Francisco, though, it's six of one and half a dozen of the other.

There isn't one network I haven't had a phone on in NYC over the last 15 years, and every single one of them has a hole where you don't expect it, or slow data transfer when you're in the middle of an open field with no one around you. They're radio frequencies, folks. If you want something more reliable, carry a landline and a really long cable.


Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Apple Adding Retail Locations

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 12:00 PM

http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/200...a-chic-ny-mall/

"The economy may be uncertain, but Apple isn't hesitant to open another New York retail store where the average household income is three times the national average. This fall a store will open at the Americana Manhasset mall, in the town of the same name whose small size (pop. 8,300) belies its average household income of $125,240 a year."

Photo Credit: Apple, Crabtree Valley Mall, NC

This store is due to open in October 2009, but some stores have been put on the back-burner, for now at least. The proposed store in Minnesota at Grand Place in St. Paul apparently has been delayed. This is based on information from the job postings list at Apple, which shows openings at this location "inactive." In other store news, Apple is planning on continuing expansion outside the U.S. with store openings planned for October 2009 in Canada, one store in Germany and two more stores in the UK.


Friday, January 23, 2009

Expansion Plans Scaled Back for Apple

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 11:00 AM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-1...tag=mncol;title

"Apple's fiscal first quarter was a blowout by any standard, but it's worth taking a look at one potential concern: retail."

Even after the glowing earnings report they seem to have found a weakness in the armor, namely the retail side of things. They had a drop of about 18% in the retail sales, and have since decided to scale back expansion to 25 new stores, 1/2 of them outside the United States. Seems like a smart move in an economic climate like this. It reminds of what Starbucks went through a year or two ago, consolidating stores and scaling back expansion plans. I always thought it silly when I saw one Starbucks store competing with another one across the street. I'm not comparing this situation to Apple's, but then again, we do have 3 stores in the Portland Metro area.


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