Verizon celebrates as it reaches 500 4G LTE markets, says network is "substantially complete"

Verizon wasn't lying when it said it planned to have its 4G LTE network covering the vast majority of its 3G network by 2013′s end. Indeed, the company has smashed that goal by just under half a year, with the 500th market launching in Parkersburg, West Virgnia today. Verizon says this makes the network “substantially complete” as more than 99% of its current 3G deployment is now covered by 4G LTE. That gives nearly 300 million Americans access to the high speed data network that Verizon has been building out since 2010.

With that, Verizon knows its work isn't done.

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