1. Verizon plans to sell Android Tablets Running on new LTE Network
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May 19, 2010
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2. Verizon Wireless is planning to offer Android tablet computers and phones that could run on its new
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LTE high-speed wireless network by May 2011, Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said Friday.
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At the Reuters Global Technology Summit, Lowell announced device makers whose tablets will
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contend for Verizon store shelves: Motorola, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. Motorola, HTC,
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LG and Research In Motion could also be among the first next year with phones for the Long Term
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Evolution (LTE) high-speed wireless network that Verizon plans to switch on later this year.
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"I'd say all the major manufacturers we're talking to today are making the transition to LTE," McAdam
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said. These devices should help Verizon Wireless hit the ground running with fourth-generation
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wireless services to compete with smaller rival Sprint Nextel, which already plans to launch its first 4G
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phone on June 4.
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McAdam said Verizon is unable to keep up with strong demand for the Droid Incredible smartphone
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from HTC, due in part to component shortages such as the advanced screens made by Samsung
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Electronics. Verizon sold 100,000 of the phones, which run Google's Android software, in the first two
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days after launch in late April and is now mostly restricted to online sales because it cannot keep the
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phones on store shelves, he said.
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The Incredible would "definitely outsell" the Motorola Droid if it didn't have supply constraints,
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McAdam said. "When a shipment gets to a store now, it's gone in a matter of hours," he said. "We've
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had to pull way back ... Right now supply is a big problem."
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Verizon Wireless is also busy building out its brand new LTE network to cover 25 to 30 markets with
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100 million people, including New York by the end of this year. McAdam said that a general
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technology component shortage would not upset the company's network build target. "I think we've
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got an 18- to 24-month lead on anybody else in LTE," he said.
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McAdam said he would start selling tablet computers, which also run on Google's Android software, to
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compete with Apple's iPad in the second half of this year, with most coming in the fourth quarter. These
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devices will initially run on Verizon's existing CDMA network, but consumers will be able to upgrade
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them to work on the LTE network, which McAdam said would be fast enough to download a full high-
definition movie in less than a minute.
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He said that business customers are looking to use the network for a multitude of applications including
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using mobile video and graphics to help with manufacturing processes. McAdam said he would
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demonstrate the first LTE phones and tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in
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January of next year. The first consumer applications to take advantage of the higher speed service
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could be multi-player video gaming, video conferencing and downloading video on demand, he said.
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Verizon plans to have LTE in its entire network with coverage for 285 million people by the end of
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2013, but rural operators could use Verizon spectrum to build out areas that the big V does not serve
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before then.
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