T-Mobile Now Offering HSPA+ Service in 25 Metropolitan Areas

T-Mobile is in the process of rolling out 3.5G service across the United States, and has just announced that it is now offering HSPA+ in 25 metropolitan areas.

In real-word testing, this HSPA+ network offers an average download speed of nearly 3 Mbps and an upload speed of almost 1.3 Mbps. That makes it faster than Sprint's WiMAX network, which is advertised as being 4G.

Now Available in...
T-Mobile's 3.5G network is now up an running in:

Supporting Hardware
T-Mobile says that more than a dozen of its devices can take advantage of this faster network.

The smartphones on this list are:

• HTC HD2
• Motorola Cliq
• Motorola Cliq XT
• T-Mobile myTouch 3G
• T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
• T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender
• Garminfone
• T-Mobile G1
• HTC Touch Pro 2
• T-Mobile Dash 3G

UPDATE: T-Mobile's current smartphones get some benefit from this faster network, but its first fully HSPA+-capable smartphone isn't coming out until later this summer.