Verizon Wireless’ LTE network is now available in 28 new markets and operator has expanded the network in 11 additional markets today. According to Verizon, with the new and expanded markets, Its LTE network is available in 258 markets across the United States, covering more than two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Verizon Wireless’ LTE network is now available in 28 new markets and operator has expanded the network in 11 additional markets today. According to Verizon, with the new and expanded markets, Its LTE network is available in 258 markets across the United States, covering more than two-thirds of the U.S. population.

In the next seven months, Verizon Wireless plans to add more than 140 new markets across the United States. By the end of 2012, the Verizon Wireless aims to offer LTE in more than 400 markets, spanning 49 states.

Today, Verizon Wireless introduced its 4G LTE network in Houma/Thibodaux and Lake Charles, La.; Hyannis/Mid-Cape, Mass.; Benton Harbor/St. Joseph, Mich.; Biloxi/Gulfport/Pascagoula and Oxford, Miss.; Atlantic City/Toms River, N.J.; Dickinson and Williston, N.D.; Ashtabula, Bucyrus and Defiance, Ohio; Eugene/Springfield, Ore.; Lancaster, New Castle, Northern Cambria County, Oil City/Franklin, Somerset and York, Pa.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Mitchell, S.D.; Paris, Texas; Burlington/Northern, Vt.; Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Martinsville and Staunton/Waynesboro, Va.; and Sheridan, Wyo.

The company has also expanded its 4G LTE network in Denver, Colo.; Dover, Del.; Fort Myers and Lakeland, Fla.; Hagerstown, Md.; Canton, Lima, Mansfield, Toledo and Youngstown/Warren, Ohio; and Erie, Pa.