Dick Lynch, an executive vice president and CTO for Verizon Communications, said during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress that Verizon Wireless is on track to launch its commercial LTE service this year
Lynch said Verizon Wireless is in the final testing phase, or "Phase 4," of its LTE technology. Within 60 days he said he expects testing to be completed in Boston & Seattle. After those trials are complete, Verizon will be ready to announce commercial deployments.
Verizon announced its plans to launch its LTE network in 2010 at the Mobile World Congress last year. The company has said previously that it will launch the service in 25 to 30 markets throughout the U.S. by the end of 2010. The company is using 700 MHz that it acquired in a Federal Communications Commission auction.
