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Verizon Taps Detroit for First LTE Expansion

By Staff Author | February 15, 2011

Verizon Wireless says it will launch its LTE network in Detroit, Mich. tomorrow, marking the company’s first expansion since its initial LTE launch in December of last year.

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, Verizon will turn on LTE services covering more than 80 percent of the population in the metropolitan Detroit area and several suburbs, including Dearborn Heights, Grosse Pointe, Pontiac and Wyandotte.

“Metro Detroit: Welcome to the future,” said John Granby, president of Verizon Wireless’ Michigan/Indiana/Kentucky region, in a statement.

Interference from a television broadcast station in Canada has affected much of the metropolitan Detroit area. Verizon says it has resolved the issue, allowing it to launch its LTE network in Detroit.

The Detroit launch brings Verizon’s LTE network to 39 metropolitan areas across the country. The company says its next-generation mobile broadband services will cover two-thirds of the U.S. population by mid-2012, and blanket its entire 3G footprint by the end of 2013. The network averages real-world speeds of 5 to 13 Mbps on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.

Verizon’s only other 4G competition in Detroit comes from T-Mobile USA, who upgraded its HSPA+ network in the area. Clearwire has yet to turn on its WiMAX network in Detroit, but offers WiMAX service in Grand Rapids, Lansing and Flint, Mich.


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