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Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced the addition of 59 new markets
that will be covered by the carrier's 4G LTE service in 2011. These new
regions are in addition to the 88 markets Verizon Wireless already
announced, bringing the total number of projected markets that will
receive LTE coverage from Verizon this year to 147. "Aggressively
expanding this powerful network beyond major metro areas reflects the
reality that the 4G LTE ecosystem is growing quickly, " Verizon Wireless
CTO David Small said in a statement. "Our commitment to reach deep into
medium-sized cities and smaller communities by the end of 2011 means the
power of 4G LTE can be harnessed and provide advanced services to law
enforcement, healthcare workers, educators, and other professionals, as
well as to individual consumers, sooner than many thought possible."
Verizon Wireless launched its first 4G LTE-enabled smartphone, the HTC
ThunderBolt, last week, and the carrier currently offers a variety of
LTE modems.
VERIZON WIRELESS BRINGS 4G LTE TO MORE THAN 145 MARKETS BY THE END OF
2011
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Today, Verizon Wireless unveiled an additional
59 markets that will benefit from the world's first large-scale 4G Long
Term Evolution (LTE) network by the end of this year. These newly named
areas, added to the 39 initial markets launched in December 2010 and 49
markets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, mean that
consumers and businesses in at least 147 U.S. cities will have access to
the fastest, most advanced 4G mobile network in America.
David Small, chief technical officer for Verizon Wireless, said,
"Aggressively expanding this powerful network beyond major metro areas
reflects the reality that the 4G LTE ecosystem is growing quickly. Our
commitment to reach deep into medium-sized cities and smaller
communities by the end of 2011 means the power of 4G LTE can be
harnessed and provide advanced services to law enforcement, healthcare
workers, educators, and other professionals, as well as to individual
consumers, sooner than many thought possible. So whether you spend time
in New York and San Francisco, or Harrisburg, Penn., Saginaw/Bay City,
Mich., Huntsville, Ala. and Las Cruces, New Mexico, you can connect to
the most advanced 4G network in the country."
The HTC ThunderBolt(tm), launched Thursday, March 17, is the first
in a suite of consumer-oriented smartphones, tablets, hotspots and
notebooks that will run on Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network by the
middle of this year. The new consumer devices join two USB modems from
Pantech and LG which have been providing laptop users with speeds up to
10 times faster than the company's 3G network. In real-world,
fully-loaded network environments, 4G LTE users should experience
average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink
and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.
Verizon Wireless is building its 4G LTE network with the same
commitment to performance and reliability for which it has long been
recognized. Verizon Wireless' consistent focus on reliability is based
on rigid engineering standards and a disciplined deployment approach
year after year. The company's 700 MHz spectrum gives Verizon Wireless
specific advantages with 4G, including a contiguous, nationwide network
license.
Verizon Wireless is also working with rural communications companies
to collaboratively build and operate a 4G network in those areas using
the tower and backhaul assets of the rural company and Verizon Wireless'
core 4G LTE equipment and premium 700 MHz spectrum. Already, six rural
companies have signed on to leverage Verizon Wireless' scale for
infrastructure while keeping their customers on the cutting edge of
technology.
Since 2007, when Verizon Wireless jump-started the global 4G LTE
ecosystem with its selection of LTE for its 4G technology, the company
has developed deep partnerships to spearhead a broad LTE ecosystem,
including the LTE Innovation Center in Waltham, Mass., and an LTE
Applications Center, slated to open in San Francisco this fall.
Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network already reaches 110 million people,
more than one-third of all Americans, and is available today in the
following metropolitan areas:
* Phoenix, Ariz.
* Los Angeles, Calif.
* Oakland, Calif.
* San Diego, Calif.
* San Francisco, Calif.
* San Jose, Calif.
* Denver, Colo.
* Washington, D.C.
* Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
* Jacksonville, Fla.
* Miami, Fla.
* Orlando, Fla.
* Tampa, Fla.
* West Palm Beach, Fla.
* Athens, Ga.
* Atlanta, Ga.
* Chicago, Ill.
* West Lafayette, Ind.
* New Orleans, La.
* Baltimore, Md.
* Boston, Mass.
* Detroit, Mich.
* Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn.
* St. Louis, Mo.
* Las Vegas, Nev.
* New York, N.Y.
* Rochester, N.Y.
* Charlotte, N.C.
* Akron, Ohio
* Cincinnati, Ohio
* Cleveland, Ohio
* Columbus, Ohio
* Oklahoma City, Okla.
* Philadelphia, Pa.
* Pittsburgh, Pa.
* Nashville, Tenn.
* Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
* Houston, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* Seattle/Tacoma, Wash.
Additional areas to be covered by Verizon Wireless' 4G LTE network
in 2011 include:
* Decatur, Ala.
* Huntsville, Ala.*
* Mobile, Ala.*
* Montgomery, Ala.*
* Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Ark.
* Fort Smith, Ark.
* Little Rock, Ark.*
* Tucson, Ariz.
* Bakersfield, Calif.
* Fresno, Calif.
* Modesto, Calif.
* Sacramento, Calif.
* Salinas-Monterey, Calif.
* San Luis Obispo, Calif.
* Santa Barbara, Calif.
* Stockton, Calif.
* Colorado Springs, Colo.*
* Fort Collins, Colo.
* Fairfield, Conn.
* Hartford, Conn.
* New Haven, Conn.
* Daytona Beach, Fla.
* Fort Myers, Fla.
* Gainesville, Fla.*
* Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.*
* Pensacola, Fla.*
* Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.*
* Tallahassee, Fla.*
* Augusta, Ga.*
* Hilo, Hawaii
* Honolulu, Hawaii*
* Kahului-Wailuku, Hawaii*
* Lahaina, Hawaii*
* Davenport, Iowa
* Iowa City, Iowa
* Boise-Nampa, Idaho*
* Bloomington/Normal, Ill.
* Carbondale, Ill.*
* Champaign, Ill.
* Rockford, Ill.
* Springfield, Ill.
* Fort Wayne, Ind.
* Indianapolis, Ind.
* Lafayette, Ind.
* Wichita, Kan.*
* Louisville, Ky.
* Baton Rouge, La.*
* Hammond, La.*
* Springfield, Mass.
* Worcester, Mass.
* Hagerstown, Md.
* Flint, Mich.*
* Grand Rapids, Mich.
* Lansing, Mich.
* Saginaw-Bay City, Mich.
* Starkville, Miss.
* Asheville-Henderson, N.C.
* Fayetteville-Lumberton, N.C.*
* Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, N.C.*
* Raleigh-Durham, N.C.*
* Wilmington, N.C.*
* Fargo, N.D.
* Omaha, Neb.
* Albuquerque, N.M.
* Las Cruces, N.M.
* Santa Fe, N.M.
* Reno, Nev.
* Albany, N.Y.
* Ithaca, N.Y.
* Syracuse, N.Y.
* Dayton-Springfield, Ohio*
* Lima, Ohio
* Toledo, Ohio
* Tulsa, Okla.*
* Portland, Ore.
* Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pa.
* Erie, Pa.*
* Harrisburg, Pa.
* Johnstown, Pa.
* Scranton/Wilkes Barre, Pa.
* State College, Pa.*
* Charleston, S.C.*
* Columbia, S.C.*
* Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.*
* Hilton Head, S.C.*
* Sioux Falls, S.D.*
* Chattanooga, Tenn.*
* Clarksville, Tenn.*
* Cleveland, Tenn.*
* Dyersburg-Union City, Tenn.
* Jackson, Tenn.
* Kingsport-Johnson City, Tenn.-Bristol, Va.*
* Knoxville, Tenn.*
* Memphis, Tenn.*
* Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas*
* Bryan-College Station, Texas*
* El Paso, Texas
* Temple-Killeen, Texas
* Provo-Orem, Utah*
* Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah*
* Olympia, Wash.*
* Centralia, Wash.*
* Spokane, Wash.
* Charleston, W.Va.*
* Madison, Wis.*
* Milwaukee, Wis.*
* Indicates a metro area previously announced in 2011
Visit www.verizonwireless.com/lte for more information about Verizon
Wireless' 4G LTE network.
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