What is LTE Advanced network?

Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-Advanced) is a cellular networking standard that offers higher throughput than its predecessor, the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard . Long Term Evolution-Advanced networks can deliver up to 1 GB per second of data, compared to a maximum of 300 MB per second over LTE networks.

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What is Verizon LTE Advanced?

LTE Advanced uses carrier aggregation to speed mobile data over the network more quickly than ever before, providing customers with 50 percent faster peak speeds . Today, more than 98 percent of the U.S. population has access to 4G LTE and 90 percent of Verizon Wireless’ data traffic is carried over the network.

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Why LTE-A is faster?

LTE-A is the closest there is to true 4G speeds, but not quite there. The network can use what is called carrier aggregation, which combines up to 5 signals that let data pass through antennas simultaneously. This allows different carriers to combine the bandwidth signal and provide faster speeds.

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