With six more markets coming online, the carrier looks poised to make its 15-market goal for LTE

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

November 14, 2011

2 Min Read
AT&T Hits 15 LTE Markets, Adds Another Tablet

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said Monday that it will add six new Long Term Evolution (LTE) markets this Sunday, Nov. 20, along with a new 4G Galaxy tablet from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: SEC)

The skinny, Android-based Galaxy 8.9 -- AT&T's second LTE tablet -- will cost $479 with a two-year contract. To sweeten the deal, AT&T is offering, until Jan. 7, a free Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket or Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone with the device. Why this matters
This means AT&T will make its target of deploying LTE in 15 markets in 2011. The operator says it hopes to cover 70 million people with LTE by year's end.

AT&T's LTE is, or will be, available in Athens, Ga.; Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; Chicago; Dallas/Fort Worth; Houston; Indianapolis; Kansas City; Las Vegas; Oklahoma City; San Antonio, San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Washington, D.C. come Sunday.

AT&T's LTE footprint is much smaller than Verizon Wireless 's 4G service, which will be in 178 towns and cities by Nov. 17. AT&T, of course, notes that it offers High-Speed Packet Access-Plus (HSPA+) service as a fallback that offers "4G speeds" in areas supported with "enhanced backhaul."

Expect to see more competition on smartphones, tablets and data pricing as service providers look to figure out what LTE's niche is in the U.S. in 2012.

See more
Read up on AT&T's LTE deployment:



  • AT&T Readies Its First LTE Phones

  • AT&T's First LTE Tab Is for Big Spenders

  • AT&T LTE Test-Drive Results Revealed

  • AT&T LTE Launch Set for Sunday

  • AT&T/T-Mobile: Nationwide LTE Within 6 Years

  • AT&T Offers $700 HTC LTE Tablet

  • LiTE Bites: LightSquared's 12 & AT&T in Chicago



— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Light Reading Mobile

About the Author(s)

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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