Verizon Will Sell You LTE 4G Data in Q4
Verizon Will Sell You LTE 4G Data in Q4
Posted 04/16/2010 at 2:22pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Dick Lynch is the Verizon chief technical officer, and he has some news on Big Red's 4G rollout. The LTE time table they talked about a while back is actually working out well. So well in fact, he's pretty sure Verizon will have commercial availability in 25-30 markets in Q4 if this year. When Verizon first talked about this goal several months ago many felt it was too aggressive, and would be pushed back.
Even before the wide scale commercial rollout, Verizon will be testing the fledgling 4G network with their close partners. This may happen as early as late summer. It's unlkely you'll be buying a phone compatible with the LTE network right away. The first LTE devices will probably be USB modems for use in laptops. The new high speed standard has the potential to be ten times faster than current 3G data, but an additional cost could apply in the early part of the transition. How much of a premium would you pay for that kind of wireless data?
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Selio
April 17, 2010 at 9:23am
July to october is a perfect place to announce an lte iPhone. they could even announce it at th regular iPhone keynote at WWDC.
Selio
April 17, 2010 at 9:23am
July to october is a perfect place to announce an lte iPhone. they could even announce it at th regular iPhone keynote at WWDC.
Keith E. Whisman
April 16, 2010 at 8:52pm
Anyone know what markets they are looking to Offer 4G LTE in? Phoenix I hope is one of the first ones.
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