14 DAY TRIAL // Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is set to make its 4G LTE network available in a number of 28 new markets as soon as this Thursday, July 21st.
Thus, the enhanced speeds that the carrier's Long Term Evolution network has to offer will be available in a number of 102 cities around the country.
The new service will also come with a number of nine 4G devices for customers to choose from, including three smartphones running under Android, a tablet PC, and broadband devices, like two hotspots and three USB modems.
“On Thursday, when we light up 28 additional 4G LTE markets, we will offer consumers and businesses in 102 metropolitan areas the most advanced 4G wireless network on the planet, while continuing to offer the nation’s most reliable 3G network coast to coast,” said David Small, chief technical officer of Verizon Wireless.
“In fewer than eight months we have introduced our 4G LTE network to more than 100 markets and we are continuing to aggressively expand our 4G LTE network; by the end of 2013 we plan to bring 4G LTE mobile broadband to our entire 3G coverage area.”
The list of available 4G devices from the wireless carrier include the Revolution by LG, DROID Charge by Samsung and ThunderBolt by HTC smartphones, all based on Google's mobile operating system.
Moreover, customers can also purchase the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PC, which runs Android Honeycomb and offer impressive multimedia capabilities.
Not to mention that there are the MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot and Samsung 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot, so that users can easily share the LTE connectivity with additional WiFi-enabled devices while on the go.
For laptop users, the wireless carrier offers three USB modems from Novatel, Pantech and LG, capable of offering speeds that are up to 10 times faster than what the company's 3G network has to offer.
The wireless carrier claims that these device would be able to offer download data rates of around 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps), as well as upload speeds of around 2 to 5 Mbps.
On July 21st, the LTE network will become available in: Decatur and Huntsville, Ala.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Lakeland and Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.; Augusta, Ga.; Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului-Wailuku and Lahaina, Hawaii; Carbondale, Ill.; Wichita, Kan.; Louisville, Ky.; Baton Rouge and Hammond, La.; Springfield, Mass.; Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point and Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Toledo, Ohio; Tulsa, Okla.; Portland, Ore.; Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Pa.; Charleston, S.C.; Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn.; Olympia and Tacoma, Wash; and Charleston, W.Va.
At the same time, Verizon announced the expansion of its network in Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles and San Diego, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Northern New Jersey; Dallas-Ft. Worth and San Antonio, Texas; and Seattle, Wash.