Verizon Wireless Announces Latest 4G LTE Roll-Out Plans

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Verizon is continuing on with their planned 4G LTE network roll-out and it looks like an additional 15 cities will soon have coverage. In addition, 10 already live cities are going to see a bit more coverage rolled-out. These lucky locations will have the new found speed as of tomorrow, August 18th.

The details have arrived by way of Verizon press release and without any further adieu, the new cities include the following locations;

• Tucson, Arizona
• Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, Arkansas
• Bakersfield and Salinas/Monterey/Seaside, California
• Fort Collins, Colorado
• Frederick, Maryland
• Worcester, Massachusetts
• Omaha/Council Bluffs, Nebraska
• Albany, Ithaca and Syracuse, New York
• Altoona and Johnstown, Pennsylvania
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Provo, Utah

And moving on to the locations that will see some expansion, that list includes the following 10 locations;

• Washington, D.C.
• Tampa, Florida
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Boston, Massachusetts
• Lansing, Michigan
• New York, New York
• Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio
• Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah

Otherwise, in terms of progress as a whole — it looks like Verizon will now have 4G LTE coverage available for more than 160 million Americans, which they ever so nicely point out as being “more than half the U.S. population – in fewer than eight months.”

According to David Small, chief technical officer of Verizon Wireless

In eight short months we’ve introduced our 4G LTE network to more than half of the U.S. population, while continuing to offer the nation’s most reliable 3G network coast to coast…This matters to millions of Americans because they can take advantage of faster 4G LTE speeds both at home and when they travel throughout the country – today and in many more markets to come this year. Each new market and expansion is significant as it brings us closer to delivering on the promise to bring our 4G LTE network to more than 185 million Americans by the end of 2011.

And lastly, in terms of 4G LTE compatible devices, that list is now up to 10 and includes;

• Smartphones: Revolution by LG, DROID Charge by Samsung and ThunderBolt by HTC
• Tablets: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with 4G LTE
• Notebooks and Netbooks: HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr Entertainment PC and Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr with built-in 4G LTE
• Hotspots: Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot MiFi 4510L and Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot SCH-LC11
• Modems: Verizon Wireless 4G LTE USB Modem 551L and Pantech UML290 USB modem