Verizon looking to expand 4G markets to 60

Phone companies constantly need to expand to fit the needs of the consumer and keep up with the latest technology. As MobileCrunch points out, phone companies can easily bang out new phones with slick features, but expanding and upgrading the current network takes a lot of devoted time and resources.

Verizon began with an announcement of moving to LTE in February 2009, and six months later they began testing it in a small market. Now, they will expand 4G technologies to nearly 30 markets before the year 2011. Today, CTO Tony Melone shed some light on Verizon’s 4G plans; basically they will launch it in 30 additional markets 15 months after the initial launch. The initial launch is the 30 market test of the 4G network, which would occur sometime this year, and 15 months later puts the 60 market test sometime in 2012. Unfortunately for Verizon users, it is not known yet which markets will be receiving the 4G network, but I’m sure Verizon would aim for a big market, such as New York, San Francisco, etc.

Via [MobileCrunch]