Sprint Starting LTE in July as It Chases Verizon, AT&T
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Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will introduce faster service based on the LTE standard in five cities on July 15, in a bid to catch larger peers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc.
Networks supporting LTE -- short for long-term evolution -- will open in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Kansas City, with Baltimore soon to follow. The company is seeking to make good on a promise to have six cities with LTE by mid-year. Sprint already sells phones that work with the technology, though users won’t be able to take advantage of the faster speeds until the networks come online.