Verizon Wireless estimates traffic on its LTE network will surpass...
Verizon Wireless estimates traffic on its LTE network will surpass data usage on its EVDO network by early 2013 and will see “five times the peak data traffic ever carried on the 3G EVDO network” by year-end 2015, Verizon Wireless…
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officials said in a meeting with FCC staff. The comments were made relative to Verizon’s proposal to buy AWS licenses from SpectrumCo and Cox. “The company has explained how it incorporates traffic growth projections into network planning, and has provided data demonstrating the capacity constraints that the 4G LTE network -- and Verizon Wireless customers -- will experience as early as next year absent additional spectrum,” Verizon said, in an ex parte filing, parts of which were redacted (http://xrl.us/bm9qox). In the past Verizon “has consistently underestimated growth in consumer demand, and therefore underestimated its capacity needs,” the filing said. “Given the company’s existing AWS spectrum holdings, it planned to use its AWS frequencies to support the next phase of LTE spectrum deployment -- a capacity overlay -- rather than look first to the heavily used PCS bands. In the last 18-24 months, Verizon Wireless has worked with vendors to develop algorithms to support load balancing between the 700 MHz and AWS spectrum; initiated service trials; and worked with device [makers] to develop equipment for the 700 MHz/AWS bands."