Verizon Wireless spread its 4G LTE network to an additional 28 markets and expanded network coverage in 11 existing markets in May. Already the provider of the largest 4G U.S. network coverage, the expansion bumps Verizon Wireless’ market total to 258, which the company states accounts for about two thirds of the U.S. population. By year’s end, the company plans to have added 140 new markets to reach 400 markets spanning 49 states and serving roughly 260 million people. In other Verizon Wireless news, the
company announced it will continue offering a $30-per-month Unlimited Data plan, but only to users who pay the full price for a phone when they upgrade. Essentially, current users of the unlimited plan will have to give up the plan once the company introduces shared data plans if purchasing a subsidized phone when re-upping a two-year contract. If paying a phone’s full price, however, users can keep the unlimited plan. Verizon Wireless stated that “when the new options are introduced, Unlimited Data will no longer be available to our customers purchasing handsets and signing a new contract. Customers who choose to purchase phones at full retail price and are currently on an unlimited smartphone data plan will be able to
keep that plan.”
