Think you can do a better job running a 3G network than AT&T. Here’s your chance to prove it: Telecom Tycoon HD is a mobile broadband network sim for the iPad that allows you to roll-out a 2G, 3G and LTE network across a virtual city.
Telecom Tycoon HD is a game in the mould of Sim City in which you need to build out a telecom’s 3G service. You begin with an EDGE network and the goal of the game is to ultimately build-up and roll out a next-generation 4G network.
You start the game in the unlikely metropolis of Spokane, Washington and once you achieve a 4G network there, you can expand to larger markets… each of which has stiffer and stiffer wireless competition.
Sounds like this game should function more as a recruiting tool for Ma Bell than a casual game. You can download Telecom Tycoon HD for free from the App Store now.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
