Beginning this Sunday, the network will make faster mobile internet in the U.S. Verizon Wireless this week triggered the largest mobile phone network based on fourth-generation LTE technology in the world, which will cover the outset more than 110 million Americans.
The telephone company explained in a statement that the network LTE (Long Term Evolution) will be activated on Sunday 5 December to become the mobile phone network in the country’s fastest, will initially cover 38 metropolitan areas and more than 60 airports .
LTE is a standard for mobile phone networks to multiply tenfold the data access speed compared to third generation standards. Therefore, it is expected to assume LTE generalization of the real takeoff of the Internet through mobile devices.
Beginning Sunday, Verizon Wireless will operate the largest network of all time. Our initial launch of 4G LTE network provides access to faster mobile and advanced United States more than a third of Americansâ€, today announced its president, Dan Mead.
The head of the U.S. carrier said that by 2013 this network will be completed and all the coverage offered by the company through its network of third generation (3G).
To promote its use among laptop users, Verizon will offer pricing plans that include paying $ 50 a month for 5 gigabytes of data, or $ 80 for 10 gigs. Each additional gigabyte will be charged $ 10. To this must be added the modem, which the company will offer two models, both for $ 250 or $ 99 if you sign a subscription agreement for two years.
Currently there are no mobile phones in the U.S. market that can access this new technology, but Verizon expects the first reaching the market by mid next year.