Verizon announced yesterdey their plans to start 4G trials next year. To do so, they will team up with Vodafone (Vodafone and Verizon co-owns Verizon Wireless). The chosen technology will be LTE (Long Term Evolution) eventually, standard developed by 3GPP.
Trial suppliers include Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens, and Nortel.
Verizon Wireless is the first company to launch high-speed wireless broadband service in the United States using CDMA Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) technology. Its data innovation and leadership have been marked by the introduction of new multimedia handsets and innovative applications such as V CAST Music, V CAST Video, VZ NavigatorSM, V CAST games, e-mail, Internet access, and picture and video messaging on a variety of devices, including handsets, PDAs and laptops.
Link Verizon Press Note
