Verizon Wireless is moving quickly to upgrade customers to LTE...
Verizon Wireless is moving quickly to upgrade customers to LTE and working with rural carriers to bring wireless to areas it doesn’t serve, Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone said Wednesday in a State of the Net keynote. Verizon expects to…
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upgrade all its 2G and 3G wireless to LTE by 2013, he said. It plans this year to add 140 markets and in 18 months to cover half the U.S. population. In the past six months, the company has signed agreements with at least five rural carriers to build 4G networks using Verizon’s 700 MHz spectrum, Melone said. Verizon has “spent some time” with Chairman Jay Rockefeller of the Senate Commerce Committee and has plans to build out the Democrat’s home state of West Virginia, Melone said. The carrier has committed to spread its network to 10 cities in the state, including Charleston by April, he said. Internet Caucus Chairman Jerry Berman replied, “Charleston’s not rural America.” Also in the keynote, Melone applauded openness and collaboration, saying the days of closed wireless networks are over. “Times have changed. … In a 4G world, that guarded model needs to be turned inside out.”