Verizon to Launch LTE in '30 NFL Cities' by End of 2010
Sep 16, 2010, 8:24 AM by Eric M. Zeman
While speaking at a gathering of IT executives, Bernie McMonagle, a Verizon senior federal sales executive, said that Verizon Wireless plans to launch its Long Term Evolution 4G network in 30 "National Football League Cities" by the end of 2010. McMonagle didn't specify which cities, but said they will all be major markets across the U.S. Verizon will expand its LTE network to cover the entire country by 2013. This is in line with what Verizon Wireless has previously committed to with respect to its LTE launch. McMonagle said that, similar to its initial 3G roll-out, wireless laptop dongles will be the first devices capable of accessing and using the LTE network. LTE-equipped phones will not follow for some time, said McMonagle, because there are no phones that use the 700MHz spectrum on which Verizon will operate its LTE network. All Verizon's LTE devices will use SIM (subscriber identity module) cards, and will use the IPv6 standard. Additionally, Verizon Wireless is updating many of its base stations to Gigabit Ethernet to increase backhaul capabilities. Because Verizon is using standardized technologies for its LTE equipment and devices, McMonagle said that he expects multi-band devices that can be used in multiple countries will be available fairly early in the LTE roll-out. Verizon said at launch, its LTE network will support download speeds of 5Mbps to 12Mbps, and upload speeds to 2Mbps to 5Mbps, with latency in the 30 to 150 millisecond range.
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