Verizon's omnidirectional deployment of 5G, millimeter waves achieved, fixed and corporate areas expanded

　On December 9, 2021 (local time), Verizon (U.S.) will install base stations in 14,000 locations, which was the target for the millimeter wave 5G service "5G Ultra Wideband" by the end of the year. announced that the service has been completed and the service has started in 87 cities in the United States. By the end of March 2022, we plan to start a service using the C band targeting 100 million users.

　The company's home 5G fixed wireless service "5G Home" will also expand the target area to 5 times the previous year in 2021. , is now available in 65 cities. In addition, the target area of ​​5G fixed wireless service "5G Business Internet" for enterprises has tripled from the previous year, and it is available in 62 cities including Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

With 5G Ultra Wideband, data traffic has increased by more than 750% in the past year. By the end of the first quarter of 2022, we will add macro base station functions for the C band to the existing LTE network infrastructure and utilize small cells to promote large-scale service expansion. In addition, the services using millimeter waves that have been provided by 5G Ultra Wideband will be further expanded, including private network solutions.

　The performance of the company's C band is 1.5 Gbit/s and 3 Gbit/s respectively in the latest field tests using a bandwidth of 100 MHz and 200 MHz. A carrier aggregation (CA) test using the same 800 MHz millimeter wave and the same 100 MHz C band confirmed a download speed of 7.92 Gbit/s.