AT&T Expands to 175 4G LTE Markets

AT&T Inc. has bumped the number of 4G LTE towns and cities it supports up to 175. "AT&T’s 4G LTE covers more than 170 million people -- we more than doubled the number of people covered by 4G LTE in 2012 (vs. year-end 2011) and we expect to cover 300M people with 4G LTE by year-end 2014, planning to reach 250M by year-end 2013," a spokesman for the operator said in an email Wednesday. The operator has added 14 new markets to its LTE roster. The markets are:

• Beaumont, Texas
• Binghamton, N.Y.
• Carbondale-Marion, Ill.
• Fort Pierce, Fla.
• Fort Smith, Ariz.
• Fresno, Calif.
• Houma, La.
• Jefferson City, Mo.
• Lakeland-Winter Haven, Fla.
• Las Cruces, N.M.
• Montgomery, Ala.
• Mount Vernon, Wash.
• Palm Coast, Fla.
• Temple-Killeen, Texas

AT&T was recently found to offer the fastest average 4G LTE downloads in the U.S. Verizon Wireless still has the largest LTE footprint with 486 markets. A 4G LTE Snapshot
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