Cell phone users in Dayton will have a different option for 4G service starting Thursday. Verizon wireless carrier, a branch of Verizon Communications Inc., will start its 4G Long Term Evolution network in the Dayton region, reaching Dayton, Trotwood, Springfield, Englewood, Beavercreek and Centerville.

Verizon will probably be the next carrier to provide 4G service to Dayton. The very first is T-Mobile USA, which gives 4G plan to nine cities in Ohio, which includes Dayton and Springfield. AT&T Inc. offers to roll out 4G coverage across the nation in 2011, reaching as high as 95% in the U.S. people because of its pending purchase of T-Mobile USA. Sprint Nextel Corp.'s 4G network presently only comes in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. Cincinnati coverage attains north to by state Route 63.

Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Verizon Wireless serves over 88 million customers and it has a lot more than 85,000 employees countrywide.Verizon launched its 4G network in December in 39 urban area, covering over 110 million Americans. The company plans to expand the network to 175 markets by year-end. The 4G coverage allows for faster data downloads, that may help smartphone user.

Verizon in February started selling Apple Inc.'s iPhone, that has been an AT&T exclusive from its launch in 2007. The cell phone is competitor of Google Inc.'s Android phones and Research in motion's Blackberry phones and is on the list of top-three revenue generating smartphones, combined with the Nokia Corp and Blackberry.