5G expansion remains a priority for Verizon as it heads into 2021
Verizon’s fourth quarter saw adjusted earnings that beat analyst estimates, even as the carrier failed to meet revenue and postpaid wireless phone subscriber goals.
The first compatible iPhone was launched in the fourth quarter...
Verizon exec: 'Our network as a service strategy will allow HUB to focus on growing their business'
Verizon Business hopes to improve the speed, capacity and flexibility of 450 HUB International offices throughout the U.S. and Canada with its network as a service (NaaS) offering....
More snowy and chilly greetings from Jefferson City and Willard, Missouri, as well as the Tar Heel state, where we anxiously await next week’s warmup. The opening picture is from a Zoom presentation last week to the Colorado Wireless Association (COWA). A terrific discussion...
Verizon, AT&T and Comcast are among the telecom companies freezing political donations
As the U.S. struggles to make sense of the violent events that unfolded last week in Washington D.C. when a mob, incited by President Trump, stormed the Capitol building while lawmakers sought to...
Verizon’s CEO Hans Vestberg kicked off this year’s (virtual) CES with a keynote that emphasized not only the numerous applications of 5G technology, but also the power of many of these emerging applications to bring experiences into our homes, a notion that has become...
Verizon has launched the AWS 5G MEC platform in 10 cities
A few weeks ago, Verizon announced the extension of its 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength in Denver and Seattle, bringing the total number of locations that can access the mobile edge computing (MEC) platform...
The 3G shutdown delay is indefinite at this time, says Verizon
After sharing its plans to shutter its 3G network at the end of 2020 with Light Reading, Verizon has now revealed that it has paused the shutdown. While the end of 2022 is being...
The Verizon, AWS 5G MEC platform first launched in Boston and the Bay Area in August
As 2020 wrapped up, Verizon announced the extension of Verizon 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength in Denver and Seattle, bringing the total number of locations that can access the...
While the Covid-19 global pandemic upended the world's expectations in 2020, fortunately, the technology industry has weathered the challenges as an essential component of daily life. Innovations in 5G and mobile edge compute (MEC) in particular continued to accelerate. Now enterprises have commercially available...
Verizon, Deloitte partnerships targets manufacturing and retail verticals
Verizon Business is teaming with Deloitte to carry out joint innovation activities in the 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) fields.
The two companies aims to design solutions to target both manufacturing and retail, and ultimately expand to...
Chilly December greetings from Lake Norman, where “Santa Jim” was busy distributing Christmas treats to the neighborhood dogs. They are certainly an attentive bunch.
Thanks for the many responses to last week’s Brief. As seen below, content/streaming developments seem to occur daily, and we are...
If there was ever a critical proof-point for the efficacy of IoT technologies, then this is it: the coordinated global shipment of coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines. This is the moment, arguably, in late 2020, going into 2021, when the world’s gaze falls obliquely on the...
Verizon also expanded its 5G Ultra Wideband network to 61 cities
An additional 24 million customers now have access to Verizon’s 5G network. According to the carrier, this latest batch — located throughout central Texas, the Tulsa, OK area, upstate New York and the New...
Adam Koeppe, Verizon’s senior vice president of network planning, caught up with RCR Wireless News to discuss how the operator is tackling the growing interest in private LTE and 5G networks in the enterprise space. When it comes to providing reliable and secure private...
Verizon will deploy its network solution to more than 9,000 Walgreens, Duane Reade locations
Verizon Business will deploy its Network as a Service (NaaS), an all-encompassing network solution, to more than 9,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade retail locations across the U.S. in what Verizon Business’...
SAP Labs in Palo Alto, CA has been outfitted with Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service, in a move that will allow the two companies to jointly develop and test 5G and edge computing solutions. Initially, the pair will focus on how these two technologies...
Despite mid-60s degree temperatures, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Davidson (pictured are the Giving Trees on the Village Green). They have been a tradition for decades - a highlight of our most unusual Holiday season.
We are going to start looking...
Verizon Business and Corning announced they have begun commercial installations of in-building 5G millimeter-wave cell sites for enterprise customers.
The partners said that the launch follows successful trialing of the solution in September.
Initial deployments of these in-building cell sites are happening in Verizon retail store...
December greetings from Springfield, MO, and Davidson, NC. Pictured is yours truly standing in one of the world’s largest coal shovels (used for strip mining in rural Missouri in the 1950s). This particular shovel is prominently displayed in a small town (Rich Hill) in...
Verizon’s Kyle Malady provided an update of fiber progress at virtual conference
Earlier this week, Verizon’s Executive VP & CTO Kyle Malady spoke with Eric Luebchow, a Wells Fargo associate analyst at the Well Fargo TMT Conference, offering an update and some insight into the...
Verizon has pledged to provide high-speed internet service to 500,000 additional NYC households
A lawsuit involving Verizon and the city of New York, which originated in 2017, was quietly settled over the Thanksgiving holiday, resulting in the operator pledging to provide high-speed internet service to...
The pair are among the first enterprises to deploy Verizon's indoor 5G Ultra Wideband
The General Motors Factory Zero at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center and the new Honeywell corporate headquarters building in Charlotte, N.C. will be among the first enterprise facilities to install Verizon’s millimeter-wave-based...
Analysts pressed Verizon on millimeter wave 5G network coverage during sell-side analyst meeting
T-Mobile US Vice President of Technology Neville Ray is confident in the carrier’s 5G “coverage leadership.” Speaking recently at the virtual BCG/New Street Research 5G Conference, Ray touted the reach of T-Mo’s...
As 2020 is coming to a close, many are reflecting on a particularly challenging year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world inside, where we tried to continue our work, our schooling and our lives from inside our homes. However, there are also...
