To ensure its customers receive the same superior wireless service they are accustomed to during the 192nd St. Patrick’s Day parade and festivities in Savannah, Ga., the company has enhanced its 4G LTE network by adding a temporary Cell On Wheel in the downtown area. COWs are fully functional generator-powered cell sites that can replace or enhance network coverage and capacity in a given area.
 
In addition, Verizon has upgraded existing network sites serving the Parade route by supplementing capacity on XLTE.The parade attendees will be able to utilize Verizon’s XLTE technology, which launched in Savannah in June 2014. XLTE operates on Verizon’s AWS spectrum, which allows Verizon to deliver significantly increased capacity over its high-speed 4G LTE network.  This means more customers in high-traffic locations can access the company’s most advanced technology at the same time to send photos, download videos, surf the Internet and use other popular applications on their smartphones, tablets and other devices during times of peak usage.
 
In recent years, wireless usage has dramatically increased during the parade. During the 2015 event, the Verizon Wireless network handled 400,000 minutes of use and more than 1,000 Gigabytes of data, an increase of over 100 percent year-over-year.