Verizon: LTE will offer 5-12 Mbps mobile broadband | Telecompetitor

Verizon is disclosing a lot of information on its pending LTE launch through its LTE Innovation Center website. Perhaps of most interest are the speeds they are promising for their upcoming 2010 LTE launch. Per their website, Verizon “…will be supporting average data rates per user of 5-12 Mbps in the forward link, and 2-5 Mbps in the reverse link.” Personally, 5-12 Mbps is a pretty wide range – I’d like to see a little more clarity, but I digress.

Other Verizon LTE promises of note:

* Coverage – Verizon Wireless will cover 25 to 30 markets in 2010, covering approximately 100M people; and extending to cover our current 3G footprint in 2013...