AT&T Launches 4G LTE in 24 New Markets

As word comes this morning that the big three carriers will begin selling the LTE iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad to their customers today, AT&T would also like you to know they’ve expanded their 4G LTE coverage to 24 new markets. Just in case you were trying to make a decision about which carrier to go with for your shiny new toy…

AT&T added a total of 16 new LTE-capable markets on Friday. They are:

• Charleston, S.C.
• Columbia, S.C.
• Columbus, Ohio
• Corvallis, Ore.
• Downriver Wayne & Monroe Counties, Det.
• El Paso, Tex.
• Eugene, Ore.
• Fairfield County, Conn.
• Greater Mobile, Ala.
• Greenville, S.C.
• Jonesboro, Ark.
• Pensacola, Fla.
• Portland, Maine
• Saratoga & Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• South Bend, Ind.
• Toledo, Ohio

Those are joined by eight more that were announced earlier this week. Those AT&T markets were:

• Anne Arundel County, Md.
• Daytona Beach, Fla.
• Denver, Colo.
• Louisville, Ken.
• Milwaukee, Wis.
• Tacoma, Wash.
• Twin Cities, Minn.
• York, Penn.

AT&T says currently its 4G LTE network covers more than 150 million people in 103 markets across the U.S., more than double the company’s LTE coverage at the end of 2011. It expects to reach 250 million people with its LTE coverage by the end of 2013, and 300 million by the end of 2014.