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Verizon Wireless is on running with the rollout of its Long-Term Evolution 4G meshing and the largest U.S. carrier is set to have LTE handsets in mid-2011, according to a reputation from The Wall Street Journal.
Getting a 4G handset out next summer would reportedly be about sixer months ahead of agenda and there’s no tidings on what manufacturer volition rich person the first base gimmick. This is poise stuff because a 4G handset could potentially get 5 to 12 Mbps on the go, which could surface the threshold to services like HD streaming videos, high gear-caliber video chatting, or VoIP calling. Big Red River is currently deploying LTE across the country and it plans to rich person up to 30 markets covered by the end of the class.
Of course of action, this whitethorn start the iPhone-to-Verizon (NYSE: VZ) rumors again because LTE is look like it volition be the criterion for 4G around the earth. If Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) wants to come to Verizon it volition, but this doesn’t make things any easier technologically because Verizon’s 4G handsets will have to be able to capitulation backrest on Big Red’s 3G. Verizon has aggressive LTE deployment schedules but it’s really ruffian to cover the stallion United States – we distillery don’t rich person 100% 3G reporting.
Rival Sprint (NYSE: S) is patronage WiMax for its 4G efforts and it is already delivering 3 to 6 Mbps on the go. It is oblation USB modems and 4G/3G mobile hotspots like the Overdrive and a WiMax handset is expected to launch this summer. We’ve already seen some WiMax handsets from HTC and Sprint is reportedly talking with Samsung about a 4G handset. It’s going to take a while but we’ll soon have some insane broadband at our fingertips. I’m excited.
[Via The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)]