Yes, the new iPad is 4G LTE

As rumored before today’s event, Apple just confirmed live in San Francisco that the new iPad will support 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, as well as LTE at 73Mbps. Apple execs gave demos of the device running on both AT&T and Verizon LTE networks and confirmed support for both carriers. Apple also announced international LTE partners, including Canadian carriers Bell, Rogers, and TELUS. There will also be personal hotspot available on support carriers.

“Performance is amazing and you’re going to love using it on these new high-speed networks.”

Get all the details on the new iPad’s Retina display, voice dictation, new camera system, and A5X quad-core graphics processor at 9to5Mac.

• Apple March 7th iPad event Liveblog (9to5mac.com)
• Apple drops 16GB iPad 2 to $399, $529 for Wi-Fi + 3G (9to5mac.com)
• Apple launches gestures-heavy iPhoto for iPad, can tell you weather in images. Available today for $4.99 (9to5mac.com)
• In new GarageBand, 4 iOS devices can “jam” in realtime (9to5mac.com)
• The new iPad has 10-hour battery life, is 0.6mm thicker and 0.07lbs heavier (9to5mac.com)
• New iPad preorders start today, available March 16 in ten countries (9to5mac.com)
• Yes, the new iPad is 4G LTE (9to5mac.com)
• iPad gets better cameras: iSight on the front, 5MP with 1080p video recording on the back (9to5mac.com)
• Voice Dictation on new iPad (9to5mac.com)
• Apple confirms A5X with quad-core graphics in new iPad (9to5mac.com)
• The new iPad is here and it’s got a Retina Display packing a million more pixels than your HD TV (9to5mac.com)
• Tim Cook: iPad is the poster child of the post PC world (9to5mac.com)
• Apple unveils new Apple TV: Streamlined UI, 1080p video output, full HD iCloud movies, same $99 price (9to5mac.com)
• Apple launching iOS 5.1 today with Japanese Siri support (9to5mac.com)
• Tim Cook: Post-PC devices made up 76 percent of our revenues (9to5mac.com)
• We now see International 4G iPads in Apple’s inventory system (9to5mac.com)