Verizon Wireless hosts major LTE expansion tomorrow in 11 states
After AT&T unveiled its first HSPA+/LTE modems on Tuesday, Verizon Wireless, who began rolling out its LTE service in late 2010, announced it will have another major LTE rollout tomorrow. The wireless operator will turn on its 4G LTE networks in 11 states tomorrow, August 18.
Verizon Wireless has laid out a handful of smaller metropolitan areas and their outlying suburbs to begin LTE service this time around.
This rollout includes:
New York-Ithaca, Albany, Syracuse, Nyack, West Nyack, Orangeburg, Pearl River and Spring Valley
Ohio/Kentucky- Greater Columbus, the greater Cincinnati area from Franklin, Ohio in the north to Erlanger, Kentucky in the south.
Pennsylvania- Johnstown, Altoona
Massachusetts- Greater Worcester area and MetroWest communities
Nebraska- Council Bluffs, Omaha
Utah- Provo, Orem
Colorado- Fort Collins
California- Salinas, Monterey, Bakersfield
Arizona- Tucson
Maryland- Frederick
Most of these new regions aren't totally new deployments, but instead are expansions of 102 existent networks that Verizon Wireless has rolled out in the last 8 months.
By the end of 2011, the company expects to have 175 markets covered, when chief competitor AT&T is just beginning its deployment.