1. 2010
2011
2012
NOVEMBER 2010
First LRA deal signed/
spectrum leased.
Industry’s first LTE
roaming agreement
(Bluegrass Cellular)
MAY 2011
10th LRA participant
joins program (Chariton
Valley Communications)
NOVEMBER 2011
First data test completed
(Pioneer Cellular)
APRIL 2012
First LTE data device
certified for use on
LRA networks
2013
SEPTEMBER 2012
First smartphone certified for use on
LRA networks (HTC Thunderbolt)
NOVEMBER 2012
First LTE fixed wireless (router) device
certified for use on LRA networks
JANUARY 2013
Live LRA coverage
reaches one
million people
JANUARY 2013
First LTE iPhone certified
for use on LRA networks
JUNE 2013
25,000 square miles covered
by live LRA networks
AUG - SEPT 2013
First Alaska launches
(Matanuska Telephone Association
and Copper Valley Telephone)
AUGUST 2013
First time 100,000 average
daily Verizon roamers on
LRA networks
NOVEMBER 2013
First LTE-only LRA network launched
(S and R Communications)
NOVEMBER 2013
First LTE-enabled
tablet certified for use
on LRA networks (iPad)
NOVEMBER 2013
Live LRA Coverage reaches
two million people
DECEMBER 2013
100,000 LRA subscribers
December 2013
50,000 square miles covered
by live LRA networks
2014
MAY 2014
20th LRA participant
(Wireless Partners)
AUGUST 2014
XLTE available to LRA participants
OCTOBER 2014
LRA networks serve
250,000 daily Verizon
roamers
NOVEMBER 2014
250,000 LRA subscribers
2015
DECEMBER 2014
75,000 square miles covered
by live LRA networks (size
of Nebraska)
JANUARY 2015
First ruggedized smartphone
certified for use on LRA networks
(Kyocera DuraScout)
FEBRUARY 2015
Live LRA coverage
reaches 2.5 million
people
LTE in Rural America
Keeps On Rollin’
Through LRA, Verizon
leases 700 MHz upper
C Block spectrum to
rural companies and
provides technical
expertise and
resources to help build
and operate 4G LTE
networks.
Verizon Wireless,
combined with its
LRA participants,
provides the largest
4G LTE network
coverage in rural
areas.
(Based on square miles
covered in counties with a
population density less than
100 people per square mile.)
Wireless customers,
no matter where
they live, deserve
high-speed reliable
connectivity for
their mobile,
modern lifestyles.
The Verizon Wireless LTE in Rural America (LRA) program, in partnership with some
of the most visionary rural carriers in the industry, helps deliver the benefits of
high-speed 4G LTE wireless services to consumer and business customers in rural
areas. Launched in 2010, LRA continues to grow and stay on track to deliver the most
advanced 4G LTE technology to rural markets all across the nation.
21LRA participant companies
- 169 counties in 15 states
19participants have
activated LTE networks
224,000square miles leased by LRA participants
- 100,000 square miles (larger than Oregon) covered by live networks
- More than 900 live LTE cell sites in LRA territory
39
certified devices
22smartphones
11 data devices
6tablets
R R
R
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LRA Leases Cover 2.9million people
LRA launches
Pioneer Cellular (OK) and Cellcom (WI)
SEPTEMBER 2014
Advanced Calling (VoLTE) available
Totals as of April 2015
Delivering High-Tech Wireless
5th
anniversary of LRA program
MAY 2010
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam
announces LRA in Wall Street
Journal article
©2015 Verizon Wireless
SEPT 2012
100th
site launched
FEB 2013
250th
site launched
NOV 2013
500th
site launched
DEC 2014
750th
site launched
APRIL 2015
100,000 square miles
covered by live
LRA networks
(size of Oregon)
APRIL 2015
Nemont launches in
Northeast Montana
LTE is a trademark of ETSI.