Verizon Wireless spent $38M in 2011 to upgrade Kentucky










Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that it invested $38 million in 2011 to enhance its network in Kentucky, according to a news release.

The upgrade included the expansion of fast, 4G LTE technology to Louisville and Lexington, covering nine universities and seminaries and 12 major sporting venues.

Earlier this week, the company announced that it had invested $159 million last year to enhance its network in Indiana.

In Kentucky and Indiana, the work included adding new cell sites and upgrading equipment on existing sites to increase coverage and capacity of the company’s voice and data network; installing permanent backup generators at sites to protect against crises; and prepping the backbone of the network to deploy 4G LTE in urban and rural locations across the states.

Since the company was formed in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $383 million to upgrade its network in Kentucky. It also has spent $1.3 billion in Indiana, where last April 4G LTE service was launched in New Albany, Jeffersonville and Clarksville.

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