Clearwire COO Erik Prusch indicated that the company will eventually transition from WiMAX to LTE (Long Term Evolution). There is no specific timeline for the transition plus the plans aren't 100% definite and Prusch also said "WiMax to date has been a very good technology choice for us." and "We were able to take advantage of the speed to market before LTE was even a glimmer in anyone's eye. But we recognize the ecosystem in the U.S. will be larger for LTE than WiMax, so we are conscious of that. We don't believe that customers buy a technology. They buy fast and reliable access to a data network." After Verizon's 4G LTE launch they plan to wait for the LTE network to mature before finally committing on switching technologies.
Verizon rolling out LTE coverage in 21 additional markets on June 16thVerizon announced today that they'll be launching 21 new 4G LTE markets starting on June 16th. This list includes cities like Boise, ID, Milwaukee / Madison, WI, Salt Lake City, UT, and Hartford, CT and Northern California will be getting a large coverage boost, as well as Bay Area coverage expansions through Marin and Solano counties. Verizon initially launched 4G LTE in 38 markets and plans to offer LTE in 175 markets by the end of 2011. Related Links:
Verizon Experiencing LTE Network Issues AgainDiscuss on 4GForums - Is Verizon's 4G LTE network down for you? 4G LTE Coverage AnnouncementVerizon Wireless has just announced that their new 4G LTE service is live in the following cities and airports below. This latest release gives them 4G LTE service 46+ markets and helps them get one step closer to their goal of 145 markets by the end of 2011. Latest 4G Cities:
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Verizon Preps to Launch More 4G LTE MarketsVerizon recently released a tweet indicating that they'll be expanding their 4G LTE network to the following cities on May 19th: Denver, CO; Pensacola, FL; Mobile, AL; Montgomery, AL; Tallahassee, FL; Gainesville, FL; and Fayetteville-Lumberton, NC. On the 19th of April they activated 6 cities in Columbia, SC, Cleveland, TN, Clarksville, TN, Wilmington, NC, Hilton Head, SC and Lehigh Valley, PA. Their goal is to have 145 4G LTE markets by the end of 2011 and cover their entire 3G network with 4G by 2013. Cradlepoint MBR1400 Now Available + Hands-On Review
Read our full hands-on review of the MBR1400Purchase the MBR1400 from 3GstoreVerizon Wireless: ‘Lessons learned’ on LTE network outageVerizon Wireless executive director of LTE spoke today at the Ericsson's Business Innovation Forum in Silicon Valley, where they got several questions about Verizon's big LTE network outage that occurred in April. This 24 hour outage left hundreds of thousands of customers unable to access 4G LTE and even their older 3G EVDO network. Higgins wouldn't give any specific details on what caused the outage, but he did say that the issue was fixed and they've taken steps to ensure it won't happen again. Higgins also said "We’re going to make some adjustments, and some of those adjustments have already been made…It was an important issue. We worked through them. Our vendors were very responsive.” Ericsson's North America VP of strategy and market development Arun Bhikshesvaran mentioned this problem wasn't related to Ericsson directly. They supply the radio access network and elements of the evolved packet core for Verizon's LTE deployment, but because this effected everyone, rather than a single market, the problem was probably further up in the network. |
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