Verizon Wireless is moving to “friendly user trials” of LTE in five unnamed cities.

Verizon Wireless is moving to “friendly user trials” of LTE in five unnamed cities.

“Technical trials are staged [and] tiered in accordance with industry standards. They’re [now] completed,” said David Clevenger, executive director of public affairs at Verizon Wireless, according to ZDNet. Verizon made the announcement last week in a conference call with hardware and software partners.

Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE trials in Boston and Seattle indicate the network is capable of average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.

Verizon’s  LTE rollout is on track to commercially launch its LTE 4G network in 25 to 30 markets in 2010, covering 100 million people.