Apple has reportedly raised its shipment targets for the first quarter of 2011, and the company is also expected to begin shipping iPhones compatible with the Verizon network.

[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]Citing sources with Taiwan-based component suppliers, DigiTimes says Apple raised the total number of units shipped from 19 million units to 20-21 million units for the first quarter. Shipments for WCDMA phones is now at 14-15 million, up from 13 million.

Shipments for CDMA iPhones, which the report said should launch in the first quarter of 2011 in North America and Asia, is set at 5-6 million units.