Verizon today announced the launch of LTE-A, or LTE-Advanced, across 461 cities across the US. The new wireless technology combines multiple channels to increase performance, featuring up to 50% faster peak speeds compared to 4G LTE.
The way Verizon’s LTE-A works is it utilizes software to aggregate the total bandwidth between two to three channels in the 700MHz, AWS, and PCS spectrum to create wider channels capable of handling additional bandwidth. LTE-A’s two and three carrier aggregation technology has been shown to produce peak throughput up to 225Mbps and 300Mbps respectively. Verizon however qualifies this statement by saying typical download speeds will still be somewhere in the range of 5-12Mbps.
LTE-A is a free, but in order to take advantage of LTE-A, you must be in a LTE-A enabled area with a LTE-A compatible device. Here are some devices that support LTE-A right now. Additional devices may be included as firmware updates roll out.
For more information about LTE-A, a list of cities supported, and all the phones supported, be sure to check out Verizon’s website here.
This post was last modified on August 30, 2016 4:08 am
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