Verizon Wireless to Launch 4G LTE Network across Greater Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday




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PROVIDENCE, RI – (business WIRE) – Starting Thursday, November 17, customers with 4G LTE-enabled devices in
Providence, and twenty-one surrounding communities in Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, will be able to surf the web, download files and share
photos up to 10 times faster than before when Verizon Wireless brings
America’s fastest and most reliable 4G network to Greater Providence.
Verizon Wireless’ 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network will be available
in 178 cities across the country on November 17 and currently supports
16 4G LTE-enabled devices, including the new HTC Rezound and
DROID RAZR by Motorola.

The next 22 New England cities and towns to be covered by the November
17 4G LTE network launch include:

  • Rhode Island:

    • Central Falls
    • Cranston
    • Cumberland
    • East Providence
    • Lincoln
    • North Providence
    • Providence
    • Warwick
  • Massachusetts:

    • Attleboro
    • Easton
    • Dartmouth
    • Fall River
    • Mansfield
    • New Bedford
    • North Attleboro
    • Norton
    • Raynham
    • Rehoboth
    • Seekonk
    • Swansea
    • Taunton
    • Westport

“Beginning Thursday, Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network will offer
tremendous opportunity to Providence’s residents and businesses to
better connect and innovate,” said Christine Berberich, New England
Region President for Verizon Wireless. “As New England’s wireless
leader, we continue to invest in and expand our 4G LTE coverage across
the region and look forward to bringing Providence and surrounding
communities on board this week.”

Coverage and Speed

Verizon Wireless introduced its 4G LTE network on December 5, 2010.
Since its launch, the 4G LTE network has won numerous technology and
consumer choice awards. In real-world, fully loaded network
environments, Verizon Wireless 4G LTE customers from Cumberland, Rhode
Island to Swansea, Massachusetts should experience average data rates of
5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on
the uplink when the network is launched on November 17.

Extending Reliability

As the first wireless company in the world to broadly deploy a
large-scale 4G LTE network, Verizon Wireless is committed to building
its 4G LTE network with the same performance and reliability for which
it has long been recognized. Verizon Wireless’ consistent focus on
reliability is based on rigid engineering standards and a disciplined
deployment approach year after year. The company’s 700 MHz spectrum
gives Verizon Wireless specific advantages with 4G LTE, including a
contiguous, nationwide network license.

Visit www.verizonwireless.com/lte
for more information about Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s largest 4G LTE network and
largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 107.7 million
total wireless connections, including 90.7 million retail customers.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 83,000 employees
nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon
Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For
more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com.
To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and
high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the
Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Verizon Wireless
Michael Murphy, 781-932-1213
Michael.Murphy@verizonwireless.com
or
For
Verizon Wireless
Melissa Jenkins, 978-518-4523
Melissa@Matternow.com

 

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