Verizon Wireless features the EV-DO broadband over wireless network which allows high bandwidth data connectivity to be achieved on mobile devices using Verizon's WLAN PC cards for laptops.

Recently announced, Verizon will be upgrading its wireless network infrastructure to EV-DO Revision A which will boost the upload speeds to 1.8Mbit/sec and download speeds from 2.46Mbit/sec from Revision 0 to 3.1Mbit/sec. Those values are of course peaks, so those with Verizon's WLAN plans may or may not see data transfer rates as quick as the theoretical values. Nortel Networks, Verizon's supplier of hardware, will aid in the upgrades as they have successfully finished testing.

Other cellular providers also offer WLAN services on the EV-DO network such as nationwide Sprint and other carriers that offer regional services. Competing standards to EV-DO include HSDPA which builds on the W-CDMA standard. Providers of HSDPA include USA's Cingular and T-Mobile which is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.