Verizon on Wednesday announced several new 5G milestones, including the creation of a virtual lab to accelerate the development of new 5G solutions and applications for consumers, businesses and government agencies.
Verizon operates seven 5G Labs in the US and the UK. The concept of the Labs is to create a physical space for customers, partners, entrepreneurs, students and others to work together and stress test their ideas on Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network. The global pandemic has changed how we work and Verizon has quickly adapted the Lab environment into a virtual space in order to accelerate the collaboration needed to use 5G to solve the numerous, pressing challenges facing society today.
Verizon also announced new 5G technology partners who will help extend millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G coverage. It has formed partnerships with Movandi, Pivotal Commware and Wistron NeWeb (WNC) to provide cutting-edge extender technology that will amplify millimeter wave coverage in public spaces and in homes, buildings and more. Not only can extenders expand coverage inside, they allow more customers to add more devices to the network and enhance millimeter wave coverage at outdoor locations. Verizon is also partnering with Movandi, NXP and Qualcomm Technologies to develop the latest chipset technology to enhance experiences and expand coverage for our 5G Home customers.
Kyle Malady, CTO, Verizon
We’re building our 5G Ultra Wideband network to develop and enable the 5G innovations that will support changing the behavior of consumers, businesses and entire industries.
