Sprint adds 36 more markets set to receive 4G LTE next year

Sprint has slowly marched toward its goal of expanding its 4G LTE network into 130 markets by the end of next year, a long way from the 49 that it has managed to launch already. Sprint has so far launched LTE service in small to mid-size municipalities with comparatively smaller populations than the big cities favored by AT&T and Verizon, but it plans to accelerate the network rollout next year. Following yesterday's launch in Chicago and a handful of surrounding areas, Sprint today announced that the following markets would receive 4G LTE in the "coming months."

Abbeville, La.
- Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas
- Blytheville, Ark.
- Brainerd, Minn.
- Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk, Conn.
- Brownsville/Harlingen, Texas
- Crowley, La.
- Dalton, Ga.
- Duluth, Minn.
- Dunn, N.C.
- Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Eau Claire, Wisc.
- Greenwood, S.C.
- Jackson, Tenn.
- La Crosse, Wisc.
- Lafayette, La.
- Lawton, Okla.
- Little Rock/North Little Rock/Conway, Ark.
- Mankato/North Mankato, Minn.
- Muskogee, Okla.
- New Haven/Milford, Conn.
- New Iberia, La.
- North Wilkesboro, N.C.
- Oklahoma City
- Palm Coast, Fla.
- Pine Bluff, Ark.
- Ponca City, Okla.
- Raleigh/Cary, N.C.
- Rochester, Minn.
- Salinas, Calif.
- San Jose/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara, Calif.
- Santa Cruz/Watsonville, Calif.
- Searcy, Ark.
- Springfield, Mass.
- St. Cloud, Minn.
- Stillwater, Okla. source: Sprint