AT&T has announced a moderate expansion of its LTE 4G network, as well as its build-out plans for the remainder of the year.
Beginning today, five new markets have access to LTE. Those markets are Ruston, La.; New Bern, N.C.; State College, Pa.; Georgetown, S.C.; and Jayuya, P.R. AT&T also expanded the availability of LTE in the existing markets of Atlanta, Ga.; Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Shreveport, La.; Oxford, Miss.; Albany, N.Y.; and San Juan and Guayama, P.R. According to AT&T, its LTE 4G network is now available in 370 markets across the U.S., though it didn’t say how many POPs are currently covered.
Further, AT&T named 50 additional markets where it will provide LTE before the close of 2013. Some of those markets include Fairbanks, Ak.; Hawaii (Big Island); Jackson, Mich; Fargo, N.D.; and Elmira, N.Y. The company is still on track to cover 270 million POPs in more than 400 markets by the end of the year. AT&T says its LTE 4G build-out will be functionally complete by the summer of 2014, which is about a year behind a similar benchmark reached by Verizon Wireless.
AT&T’s footprint will cover 300 million POPs by the end of 2014.
Full list of the 50 new markets to receive LTE before the end of 2013.
1. Fairbanks, AK
2. Dothan, AL
3. Selma, AL
4. Redding, CA
5. Durango, CO
6. Pueblo, CO
7. Tifton, GA
8. Waycross, GA
9. Kauai, HI
10. The Big Island, HI
11. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
12. Twin Falls, ID
13. Lewiston, ID-WA
14. Decatur, IL
15. Kankakee-Bradley, IL
16. Peoria, IL
17. Paducah, KY-IL
18. Alexandria, LA
19. Lake Charles, LA
20. Lewiston-Auburn, ME
21. Battle Creek, MI
22. Jackson, MI
23. Joplin, MO
24. Poplar Bluff, MO
25. Rolla, MO
26. Brookhaven, MS
27. McComb, MS
28. Natchez, MS-LA
29. Kalispell, MT
30. Greenville, NC
31. Jacksonville, NC
32. Fargo, ND-MN
33. Elmira, NY
34. Utica-Rome, NY
35. Portsmouth, OH
36. Sandusky, OH
37. East Stroudsburg, PA
38. Pottsville, PA
39. Abilene, TX
40. Amarillo, TX
41. Longview, TX
42. Marshall, TX
43. San Angelo, TX
44. Tyler, TX
45. Port Angeles, WA
46. Appleton, WI
47. Fond du Lac, WI
48. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
49. Gillette, WY
50. Sheridan, WY
