We have been bouncing around, waiting for official word from T-Mobile to see which cities would receive their 4G LTE first. So far, we have seen it spotted in Kansas City and Las Vegas, but thanks to the crowd-sourced OpenSignal mobile coverage tracker, we can see it is up in about 8-9 cities. 

The day has come, the official Android 4.2.2 update for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus is rolling out. We’re hearing from readers who are already able to force it to appear through the trusty ol’ Google Services Framework trick, while others have had it pop up without any work. 

According to reports, T-Mobile is going to officially flip the switch on their 4G LTE network by the end of March. With an update set for the Galaxy Note 2 to activate the LTE radio inside, it’s looking like the time has come for T-Mo to enter the race. On top of that, the Galaxy S3 LTE on the network is scheduled to be released on March 27, which is perfect timing. 

Today, AT&T announced a couple more 4G LTE markets here in the U.S., bringing their total to a respectable 153 markets give or take. What I enjoy most about these posts is that I learn more about this country of ours. For example, I had no idea there was a Cleveland, Tennessee. Neat.

New markets:

• Cleveland, Tennessee
• Macon, Georgia
• Augusta, Georgia

Via: AT&T

Hearing the phrase, “fastest 4G speeds” is nothing new from the commercials we hear out of Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. It is interesting however, to see that AT&T went so far as to put that statement in a press release. Citing research done by RootMetrics, a company that surveys the major carriers’ coverage across the country, AT&T said that they have the “fastest mobile Internet speeds on their smartphones.”

According to Verizon CTO Nicola Palmer, the company will finally start to utilize the AWS LTE spectrum they own before the end of the year. They currently only have 700MHz spectrum (band 13) in play, but as they continue to build that out, with hopes of covering 90% of the country by the end of the year, they’ll start their growth strategy which includes AWS (band 4). 

This morning, we are getting the official word from Samsung and Verizon as to when we will finally see the Galaxy Note 10.1, equipped with VZW’s 4G LTE, hit retail stores and online. With the price set at $599.99, customers can go check out the Note 10.1 in any Verizon store starting March 7, this Thursday. 

Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2013 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Verizon  CFO Fran “ShamWow” Shammo brought to life the idea that his company will likely start to sell VoLTE devices by the end of this year or early 2014 and that they will help lower subsidies in phones. With VoLTE (voice-over LTE), there isn’t a need for a CDMA modem inside the device because voice and data are both done over LTE, so the prices of phones would essentially drop and become more affordable to consumers.