Verizon Wireless LTE reaches 500 markets

Nieuws Mobiel Verenigde Staten 28 JUN 2013
Verizon Wireless LTE reaches 500 markets
Verizon Wireless announced that Parkersburg, West Virginia became the 500th market in the US with access to Verizon's LTE network. The Verizon Wireless LTE network now covers over 99 percent of Verizon Wireless' 3G network. The LTE network is available to 298 million people in 49 states, and Alaska will receive the service from next month. First launched in December 2010, the network now carries 57 percent of all data traffic on the operator's network.

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