• Verizon announces the first 38 cities that will get LTE — Here's the list

    Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

    Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008. Greg was born just outside of San Jose, and now lives in the East Bay of California. → Learn More

    While a number of other companies have chosen to keep quiet through this years CTIA Wireless tradeshow (some have even cancelled scheduled press events), Verizon’s gone ahead and started things off with a bit of a bang today. Just minutes ago, Verizon dropped an info bomb with the announcement of the first 38 regions that will be getting access to their 4G (LTE) network when things start going live later this year.

    Is your city on the list? Check it out after the jump.

    The first 38 Regions:

    Akron, Ohio
    Athens, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia
    Baltimore, Maryland
    Boston, Massachusetts
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    Chicago, Illinois
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Cleveland, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio
    Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Dallas, Texas
    Denver, Colorado
    Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    Houston, Texas
    Jacksonville, Florida
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    Los Angeles, California
    Miami, Florida
    Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota
    Nashville, Tennessee
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    New York, New York
    Oakland, California
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    Orlando, Florida
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Phoenix, Arizona
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Rochester, New York
    San Antonio, Texas
    San Diego, California
    San Francisco, California
    San Jose, California
    Seattle/Tacoma, Washington
    St. Louis, Missouri
    Tampa, Florida
    Washington, D.C.
    West Lafayette, Indiana
    West Palm Beach, Florida

    Furthermore, they’ll be setting up shop in 60 different US airports, presumably in hopes of gettin’ some love from the travel-hungry business types out there.

    The LTE airports:

    Austin-Bergstrom International, Austin, Texas
    Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshal, Glen Burnie, Maryland
    Bob Hope, Burbank, California
    Boeing Field/King County International, Seattle, Washington
    Charlotte/Douglas International, Charlotte, North Carolina
    Chicago Midway International, Chicago, Illinois
    Chicago O’Hare International, Chicago, Illinois
    Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Covington, Kentucky
    Cleveland-Hopkins International, Cleveland, Ohio
    Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas
    Dallas/Fort Worth International, Fort Worth, Texas
    Denver International, Denver, Colorado
    Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    George Bush Intercontinental/Houston, Houston, Texas
    Greater Rochester International, Rochester, New York
    Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, Atlanta, Georgia
    Honolulu International, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Jacksonville International, Jacksonville, Florida
    John F. Kennedy International, New York, New York
    John Wayne Airport-Orange County, Santa Ana, California
    Kansas City International, Kansas City, Missouri
    La Guardia, New York, New York
    Lambert-St. Louis International, St. Louis, Missouri
    Laurence G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts
    Long Beach/Daugherty Field, Long Beach, California
    Los Angeles International, Los Angeles, California
    Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, Metairie, Louisiana
    McCarran International, Las Vegas, Nevada
    Memphis International, Memphis, Tennessee
    Metropolitan Oakland International, Oakland, California
    Miami International, Miami, Florida
    Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Nashville International, Nashville, Tennessee
    New Castle, Wilmington, North Carolina
    Newark Liberty International, Newark, New Jersey
    Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International, San Jose, California
    North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
    Orlando International, Orlando, Florida
    Orlando Sanford International, Sanford, Florida
    Palm Beach International, West Palm Beach, Florida
    Philadelphia International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix-Mesa Gateway, Mesa, Arizona
    Pittsburgh International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    Port Columbus International, Columbus, Ohio
    Portland International, Portland, Oregon
    Rickenbacker International, Columbus, Ohio
    Ronald Reagan Washington National, Arlington, Virginia
    Sacramento International, Sacramento, California
    Salt Lake City International, Salt Lake City, Utah
    San Antonio International, San Antonio, Texas
    San Diego International, San Diego, California
    San Francisco International, San Francisco, California
    Seattle-Tacoma International, Seattle, Washington
    St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, Florida
    St. Petersburg-Clearwater International, Clearwater, Florida
    Tampa International, Tampa, Florida
    Teterboro, Teterboro, New Jersey
    Trenton Mercer, Trenton, New Jersey
    Washington Dulles International, Dulles International Airport, Washington, D.C.
    Will Rogers World, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    William P. Hobby, Houston, Texas

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