As we woke up from our egg-nog induced slumber the day after Christmas, word dropped that a possible Galaxy S III success was headed to T-Mobile with LTE. Well, after a bit of skepticism, T-Mobile has made that news official tonight at their CES 2013 press event. The good folks from The Verge were told that the new version of the Galaxy S III will require a “small” software update to enable once the company’s LTE network is live. T-Mobile has said roughly the same thing in the case of the Galaxy Note II, which also features software blocked LTE network capability.

T-Mobile has not announced a timeframe for release with their new variant of the Galaxy S III, but with the Las Vegas market going live with LTE in the coming weeks, it can’t be long.

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