UPDATED: Verizon to launch LTE – 12/5/2010

UPDATE:

The word has already spread across the web and in case you missed it here’s what we know so far. On 12/5/2010, Verizon Wireless will commercially launch its 4G LTE network in 38 markets and cover 110 million people to help make America’s Best Network even better! Verizon Wireless 4G LTE will allow customers speeds up to 10 times FASTER than 3G, real-time responsiveness, and seamless integration between the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network and 3G network.

The first devices available will be two new Verizon Wireless 4G LTE USB modems:
  • 4G USB LG VL600
  • 4G USB UML290
Plans available for these 4G LTE USB modems:
  • $50 monthly access for 5GB or $80 monthly access for 10GB
  • Note: Both plans have $10.00 per-GB after allowance
Benefits:
  • 5 – 12 Mbps download speeds, 2 – 5 Mbps upload speeds
  • Download songs in seconds, movies in minutes
  • Upload a 10MB PowerPoint presentation in 25 seconds
  • Video chat LIVE, without network interruptions

This is all of the information we have for now. Verizon is sure to be announcing more details soon. For now, check out their 4G LTE network availability here.
END OF UPDATE

Deploying LTE

As most of you have heard, Verizon Wireless will be the first in the U.S. and among the first in the world to launch LTE, starting with 25 to 30 markets in 2010, covering approximately 100M people; and extending to cover our current 3G footprint in 2013. Surprisingly, during last nights football games Verizon ran a commercial confirming the release of LTE would be by December of 2010.

Verizon Wireless plans on utilizing its nationwide swath of their own contiguous 700 MHz spectrum to deploy the LTE/4G network. This spectrum covers the entire lower 48 states plus Hawaii, as well as giving Verizon Wireless customers the nationwide bandwidth and coverage they need, when and where they need it without any hassles.

See the commercial clip below in case you missed it during Sunday nights football game.

Want to learn more about 4GLTE? Visit www.verizonwireless.com/4GLTE

Advantages of Verizon Wireless LTE

The performance and capabilities of LTE will be unmatched in the marketplace, allowing customers to do things never before possible in a wireless environment. Consider some of the advantages that Verizon Wireless’ implementation of LTE will provide:
  • HIGHER DATA RATES
  • MORE COVERAGE
  • BETTER MULTIPATH, MOBILITY AND POWER PERFORMANCE
  • LATENCY
  • SIMULTANEOUS USER SUPPORT
  • BETTER SECURITY
  • SIMPLIFIED WORLDWIDE ROAMING
  • MASS DEPLOYMENT

Source: BGR & Verizon

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