Tag: Verizon

June 8, 2022

Verizon is using its edge compute capabilities and its 5G Ultra Wideband network — the brand name for its C-Band and mmWave network — to deliver virtual concert featuring singer-songwriter Sebastián Yatra. The show, developed in partnership with Pandora and […]

May 23, 2022

May greetings from five states. Lots of miles in the last month traveling through amazing parts of the Midwest and South. The opening picture is of the Apple Man at the Fontanelle Orchard in Nebraska. Celebrating their 16th year, they […]

May 19, 2022

NICE Interactions 2022 is set to take place from May 24-25, and by the contact center providers’ estimates — it’s going to be the biggest one yet. Last year, NICE reported over 20,000 attendees at Interactions 21, and it has […]

May 4, 2022

Those attending this year’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix event might find that their connectivity speeds rival what’s happening down on the track. That’s because for the first time, U.S. racing fans will have access to Verizon’s 5G Ultra […]

May 3, 2022

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have been behind the eight-ball with regards to their C-band deployments, especially compared to T-Mobile US. After a painful delay in a competitive sense, both Verizon and AT&T have now turned on their 5G C-band […]

April 18, 2022

As of January 2022, GSA reported that 99 operators in 50 countries worldwide are investing in public 5G Standalone (SA) networks in the form of trials, planned or actual deployments and that 20 operators in 16 countries/ territories had launched […]

March 16, 2022

Covering the virtual and augmented reality (VR, AR) space can be a bit tricky. We are in the “wild west” days where change is the only consistent feature in the landscape. As the metaverse begins to come into focus, players […]

March 14, 2022

Greetings from Kansas City, Nebraska and Louisiana. Pictured is one of the stops on Jim’s broadband tour of the Cornhusker state, Buck’s Bar and Grill in Venice, Nebraska. Terrific food and amazing service (and, while not personally witnessed, the live […]

March 4, 2022

Verizon was first to market with a 5G-backed service in 2018 with the launch of its then-pre-standard mmWave 5G Home fixed wireless broadband service. Now, as it rapidly deploys its C-Band spectrum, Verizon is looking to become a nationwide consumer […]

March 3, 2022

As discussions among operators turn to monetizing massive investments in 5G networks, Verizon today held an investor event that laid out in detail how it sees its network creating new service revenue in the near term. Key drivers of revenue […]

February 28, 2022

Verizon, Bloomberg Media, Zixi and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are working together to test how 5G and mobile edge computing can transform how global business news is produced, delivered and consumed. Using Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength, Bloomberg Media […]

February 9, 2022

I first recall hearing that the telecom carriers were setting timelines for decommissioning their copper infrastructure and no longer providing time-division multiplexing (TDM) services like plain old telephone service (POTS) lines, T1s, and primary rate interface (PRI) circuits in 2014. […]

February 8, 2022

Verizon’s C-Band turn-up has resulted in a 5G network that is “nothing like its predecessor,” Signals Research Group concludes in a new report. SRG tested Verizon’s 5G “Ultra Wideband” network, which now encompasses both the carrier’s C-Band and millimeter-wave spectrum. […]

February 3, 2022

Verizon today announced two separate 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) partnerships in the higher education space. The carrier deployed its edge compute platform, artificial intelligence (AI) technology and mmWave — branded as 5G Ultra Wideband — service at Caltech’s Center for […]

February 1, 2022

5G signal booster vendor SureCall has announced the results of a field-based study of its Horizon booster on Verizon’s 5G mmWave Ultra Wideband (UWB) network. In a release, SureCall stated that the field study consistently produced near 3 Gbps of […]

January 31, 2022

Greetings from Kansas City and Delray Beach, Florida (pictured), where the Brief staff are taking a mini-corporate retreat before next week’s 2022 Metro Connect conference in Miami. Looking forward to seeing many of you there and hopefully celebrating a third […]

January 25, 2022

Most organizations find managing mobile services and equipment to be a challenge. But without ongoing attention, the costs frequently spiral out of control. Here’s how to develop an organization’s mobile inventory and identify usage patterns, then use the data to […]

January 25, 2022

I hadn’t planned to write about the regulatory spat between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) surrounding the C-band radio spectrum, but here we are. The reason I’d mostly ignored it was because I assumed […]

January 7, 2022

This week Fuze releases UC platform updates, Dell announces a videoconferencing monitor for the at-home and in-person office, and Lenovo launches flexible displays for the home office and conference room. Plus, BlueJeans by Verizon and Google collaborate on Google Glass, […]

January 6, 2022

AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile, in fact the entire wireless industry all had plenty of bumps in the road during 2021. While Verizon and T-Mobile have gotten back on track relatively quickly, AT&T has been taking more time to clear its […]