Alltel launched the high-speed wireless service-which it said supports transmissions up to 2.4 megabits per second and average speeds of 300 to 500 kilobits per second-in Tampa, Fla.; Cleveland; and Akron, Ohio. The carrier's Axcess Broadband service will sell for $70 per month for unlimited service and works over the Kyocera Passport wireless data card for $160 with a two-year contract and $220 with a one-year contract.

Sample System Overview:

SAMSUNG CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network provides the operator with a robust set of broadband wireless data services to offer their existing customers and to attract new subscribers. Unlike capital-intensive voice oriented 3G deployments, the SAMSUNG CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network deploys in a cost-effective manner?optimizing the use of existing network equipment, cell sites, and spectrum. Most importantly, SAMSUNG CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network can be deployed today - allowing operators to immediately begin differentiating themselves from their competition on the basis of high-value data services, not the prices.

Figure:  SAMSUNG Integrated CDMA2000 network(1X and 1xEV-DO) configuration The CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network consists of AN (Access Network) and DCN (Data Core Network). AN (Access Network), a network consisted of MS, BTS, BSC and DLR, provides mobile terminals with voice communication services, and MS receives packet data from the mobile terminals and transmits the data to DCN. The DCN, a core network consisted of PDSN, HA, AN-AAA (AAA), NMS and a server, processes packet data received from the mobile terminals through AN.

Additional news from Techdirt Wireless:

We've discussed the $80 rule before. Any new wireless data offering seems to be introduced first at a price of $80/month. Ricochet, EDGE, GPRS, 1xRTT, and EV-DO were all offered initially at $80. However, when real competition starts to show up, the providers invariably drop the price. Usually it first drops to about $50/month, and eventually all the way down to $20 -- when it's seen as more of a has-been slow data technology. So, while the news of the day is that regional carrier Alltel is introducing its EV-DO offering, what's a bit more interesting is that they're smart enough to underprice Verizon Wireless by $10/month.

Additional news from Cell Data Networking:

Alltel adds EVDO to three cities: Alltel is a national cellular carrier with significant footprints in lesser-served parts of the U.S., like Nebraska; with mergers in process, they’ll be south (but just barely) of T-Mobile.