Mar 08
Verizon Wireless announced that if recent speed tests are any indication, its new 700 MHz 4G LTE network will be “significantly faster” than the carrier’s current 3G deployment.
Trials in both Seattle and Boston have revealed peak download speeds of 40 to 50 Mbps, and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps. More indicative would be the sustained average data rates, which are coming in at 5 to 12 Mbps down and 2 to 5 Mbps up.
That puts it at about three to four times faster than EV-DO Rev A in the real-world, if the numbers hold.
In December, Verizon updated its LTE specs and released them to developers, including the carrier’s device approval process. The latest word is that Verizon is expected to launch USB modems in 25 to 30 markets later in 2010, with the first LTE-capable smartphones not arriving until 2011.
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