AllThingsD is reporting recent comments made by T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm, on things ranging from LTE networks as to why they are the only major carrier not carrying the iPhone.
Humm acknowledged that the lack of a TMo iPhone has to do with their use of the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum band for its 3G network; something that the iPhone to-date, has not supported:
“The key reason we didn’t have the iPhone in the past is we are on different band than globally the market was,” Humm said. “That is something which will change over time. Chipsets are also evolving to be able to allow for more bands.”CNET also reports a bit more on the topic from T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer, Neville Ray, who speculates that Apple's plan for the iPhone 5 may include AWS supported chipsets: