Verizon and Alltel have been working on developing products to utilize the upcoming high-speed data service LTE for quite some time now, and now another carrier has jumped on board the popular LTE train: MetroPCS announced during their 2nd quarter conference call that they too have decided to use LTE for all of its 4G technology plans.

President/CEO/Chairman Roger Lindquist expressed his excitement about his company's plans, saying "...4G represents a great opportunity for us because we see that as capacity expansion, higher data rates imply capacity expansion, not just combining speed and download capability.” During the call, Lindquist also said that he anticipates that we'll be seeing "interesting developments" in the arena as soon as within the next year, though he didn't elaborate on what those developments might be. Beta testing? Unveiling products? We shall see...