Carrier executives said they will roll out LTE in 140 additional markets in 2011. In addition, the carrier is partnering with local rural wireless providers to “collaboratively build and operate” a on Verizon’s 700 MHz spectrum. The “Rural Initiative” uses the tower and backhaul assets of the local operator, coupled with Verizon Wireless LTE radio equipment and spectrum.

The 10 LTE devices shown include four smartphones:

• HTC’s long-rumored ThunderBolt (exclusive to Verizon Wireless) with the HTC Sense 2.0 user interface, Skype mobile with video (for video calls), 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, a big 4.3-inch WVGA display, Dolby surround sound, and a 8-megapixel camera and HD video recording. AndroidCentral.com has a of the ThunderBolt in action 

• LG Revolution, with a 4.3-inch touch screen, Android 2.2, video call support with front-facing camera, and mobile hotspot capability to share a 4G connection with up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices.

• Motorola DROID Bionic 4G, which includes Android with Adobe Flash and HTML5, front-facing VGA camera and See What I See video feature, rear-facing 8-megapixel camera, 4.3-inch HD quality screen, HDMI connectivity, dual-core 1GHz processor and 512 DDR2 RAM.