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AT&T launches 4G LTE in 24 new markets including Denver & Columbus

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Just in time for the launch of Apple's LTE-capable iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad, AT&T this week turned on its 4G LTE network in 24 markets across the U.S.

The announcement of the 24 new markets comes as AT&T also began sales of Apple's latest iPads, which feature high-speed 4G LTE radios, along with the iPhone 5.

A total of 16 new LTE-capable markets were announced by AT&T 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
  • Provo-Orem, Utah
  • Saratoga & Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  • South Bend, Ind.
  • Toledo, Ohio

Those 16 new locations were joined by eight more that were announced by AT&T earlier this week. Those markets were:

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

AT&T said Friday that its 4G LTE network covers more than 150 million people in 103 markets across the U.S., a number that more than doubles the company's LTE coverage as of the end of 2011. More expansions are planned through the end of the year.

AT&T plans to have its LTE network reach 250 million people by the end of 2013, and 300 million by the end of 2014.