The race to meet year-end network expansion goals continued this week as Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA both announced greater coverage from their respective next-generation networks, just a day after similar announcements from AT&T Mobility and Sprint Nextel.
Verizon Wireless claims that it has added LTE coverage to 29 new markets today, bringing that networks total coverage to 470 markets across the country. The carrier noted that new markets include Selma, Ala.; Clarksburg, W. Va.; and Port Angeles, Wash. In addition to the new markets, Verizon Wireless said it has bolstered coverage in 36 current markets, with total network coverage at more than 250 million potential customers covered.
T-Mobile USA’s network expansion is part of its ongoing network migration that will see the carrier move its current HSPA-based operations from the 1.7/2.1 GHz band to the 1.9 GHz band, freeing up the 1.7/2.1 GHz band to support its planned LTE rollout beginning next year. The carrier said that it has made the transition in 14 new markets, including New York City; Newark, N.J.; Boston, Cambridge and Springfield, Mass.; Providence, R.I.; Philadelphia; Detroit and Warren, Mich.; Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth, Texas; and Tampa, Fla.
Tied to the network shuffle, T-Mobile USA again highlighted that AT&T Mobility customers using Apple’s iPhone can now access HSPA-based services on its network. T-Mobile USA recently announced plans to launch its own Apple products compatible with its network sometime in 2013. That launch is expected to coincide with the carrier’s LTE plans.
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