iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Ahead of the presidential inauguration this weekend, wireless carriers are bringing in the reinforcements as they expect to see a flood of smartphone activity in Washington, D.C.

Mobile service providers, including Verizon, are bringing in their most advanced mobile cellular antennas, called RETs, or remote electrical tilt antennas. The high-powered COWs — cells on wheels — will help to boost the data capacity in the Washington, D.C. area by 400 percent or more.

A million people or more are expected to pour into the nation’s capital for the inauguration Friday.

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