FEATURE AMERICAS LTE DEPLOYMENTS
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North America is channelling its pioneer past where LTE is concerned, and has become the market to watch for developments in the new technology. Latin America, while some way behind overall, is bustling with pre-commercial and test activity.
opments, operator by operator and market by market throughout the Americas region.
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On September 21, 2010 regional carrier MetroPCS became the first operator in the United States to launch LTE. MetroPCS offered the world’s first commercially available 4G LTE handset, the Samsung CraftTM. Service was launched in Las Vegas, then extended to Dallas/ Forth Worth, Detroit and Boston, Sacramento and New York. The Samsung SCH-R900/Craft is also the first multi-mode CDMA-LTE handset. LTE network rollouts continue in 2011 across the remaining MetroPCS US markets. Verizon Wireless launched its large-scale commercial LTE system in 700MHz spectrum on December 5, 2010. The service, which was initially available using an LG-supplied USB dongle, covers 74 metropolitan areas (June 21, 2011). LTE phones and tablets will debut in 2011. The company expects coverage to match that of its existing 3G network by 2013, and 185 million people in 175 metro areas will be served by end-2011. AT&T Mobility launched LTE in September
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2011. Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio were the first markets. Nationwide coverage will be reached by end 2013. AT&T confirmed plans to introduce Voice over LTE technology by 2013. T-Mobile USA is committed to LTE deployment, however, it is the subject of a proposed takeover by AT&T. Agri-Valley Broadband plans to be the first wireless carrier in America to use LTE for a regional rural deployment in 700MHz spectrum, and has selected its infrastructure partner. The company plans to deploy LTE in up to 40 counties in Michigan to “provide 4G wireless broadband service to rural areas that cannot economically be reached by cable or fiber connections.”
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