49 New LTE Markets for First Half of 2011 Named by Verizon
Verizon promised their LTE network would blanket the entirety of their current 3G network by 2013, and today’s announcement that they’re lighting up nearly 50 new markets in the next 6 months is another big step toward fulfilling that goal. (For the record, they committed to 140 markets by the end of this year, so we should be seeing just over 50 more for the latter portion of 2011.) Here’s a full list of cities expected to be receiving LTE love sometime soon:
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Mobile, Alabama
- Montgomery, Alabama
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Gainesville, Florida
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida
- Pensacola, Florida
- Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Augusta, Georgia
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Kahului-Wailuku, Hawaii
- Lahaina, Hawaii
- Boise-Nampa, Idaho
- Carbondale-Marion, Illinois
- Wichita, Kansas
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Hammond, Louisiana
- Detroit, Michigan
- Flint, Michigan
- Fayetteville-Lumberton, North Carolina
- Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, North Carolina
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
- Wilmington, North Carolina
- Dayton-Springfield, Ohio
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Erie, Pennsylvania
- State College, Pennsylvania
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Hilton Head, South Carolina
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Clarksville, Tennessee
- Cleveland, Tennessee
- Kingsport, Tennessee; Johnson City, Tennessee; Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas
- Bryan-College Station, Texas
- Provo-Orem, Utah
- Salt Lake City-Ogden, Utah
- Centralia, Washington
- Olympia, Washington
- Charleston, West Virginia
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Looks like Verizon’s strategy is to hit as many big cities and areas in one state as they can in one fell swoop – almost opposite of Sprint who announces 1-2 markets at a time. In fact, I can’t even remember the last time Sprint lit a city up. There are still a ton out there missing out on 4G, guys! [via A&M]