Verizon just announced that the nation’s largest wireless operator has turned on 4G LTE cellular coverage for six new locations in the United States.

Today, Verizon is still the leader of 4G LTE coverage in the United States as competing cellular carriers like AT&T, Sprint, and T-mobile largely lag behind (although they are consistently catching up).

The six new locations that now have access to Verizon’s 4G LTE network include:

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AT&T has just announced that it has activated its 4G LTE cellular network in five additional cities located in the states of Kansas, Missouri, and Texas.

These new markets include:

• Jacksonville, Texas
• Manhattan, Kansas
• Palestine, Texas
• Sedalia, Missouri
• Warrensburg, Missouri

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US Cellular announced Friday that the carrier will offer coverage of Apple devices on its network later this year.

“We continued to expand our 4G LTE network and encourage customers to migrate, which has helped us further increase smartphone penetration and shift more customers to 4G LTE,” U.S. Cellular CEO Mary Dillon said today in reference to the network’s first quarter growth.

“We have a number of strategies in progress to increase loyalty and attract more customers, including our announcement today that we will begin offering Apple products later this year,” Dillon added.

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Not missing a beat, AT&T continues to expand the reach of its 4G LTE cellular network this week.

On Tuesday, the nation’s second largest carrier confirmed the launch if its its ultra-fast 4G LTE network in fifteen new locations.

According to AT&T’s announcement this morning, the fifteen new locations include:

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Sprint has just announced the availability of its new 4G LTE network to customers in 21 additional markets, including major markets like Los Angeles.

“Today more Americans are using smartphones and tablets to consume entertainment, GPS and applications than ever before,” says Bob Azzi, SVP of Network at Sprint. “In fact, in 2012, Sprint achieved annual smartphone sales of nearly 20 million. All this requires improved network reliability and speed.”

According to this week’s announcement, many Sprint customers are discovering Sprint 4G LTE in cities that haven’t yet officially been announced, including Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco.

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This morning, Verizon reported earnings for the first fiscal quarter of 2013, indicating that income spiked 15.8% to $1.95 billion in the three-month period ending March 31st.

Once again, the quarter proved especially strong for smartphone sales.

Of the 7.2 million smartphones activated on Verizon’s network during Q1, more than half of them (4 million) were iPhones.

Approximately 50% of these activated iPhones were 4G LTE devices.

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On Friday, T-Mobile began selling Apple’s current generation iPhone 5. Over the weekend, the carrier was quick to boast of blockbuster opening sales.

“Today has been gangbusters for T-Mobile,” CMO Mike Sievert tells AllThingsD. “We experienced lines out the door this morning at nearly all of our almost 3,000 stores nationwide.”

T-Mobile is making the iPhone a key part of its rebranding effort — a push that also includes ditching phone subsidies and long-term contracts and playing a serious game of catch-up when it comes to building its LTE network.

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