Verizon Clarifies LTE Plans, Sort of
More on the never-ending battle between WiMAX and LTE deployments. Verizon (VZ) announced in December that it would deploy LTE by 2009, earlier than planned. Some industry insiders heralded the end of WiMAX, while some believed that Verizon was nervous that Clearwire was continuing to consolidate spectrum from its partners for the use of a WiMAX network.
Now Verizon plans to deploy LTE in 2010, and says they will be minimally impacted by the Obama administration’s decision to delay the U.S. move to digital TV. Verizon needs the spectrum that will be freed up from the move for its LTE testing.
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