EATEL is the first traditional ILEC to sign up for LightSquared, who plans to offer a wholesale national 4G LTE network with both terrestrial and satellite
Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America program are set for commercial launches early next year.
O2 LTE network to will reach 500,000 customers in under-served or unserved markets in Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Today they announced the launch of a pilot network to “to develop, test and refine operating methodologies prior to turn-up of commercial service.” According to
Verizon now has a dozen rural carriers participating in its LTE in Rural America program.
Michigan-based SpeedConnect and Kansas-based United Wireless–announced that they will be deploying rural 4G networks using SingleRAN equipment from Huawei.