Verizon put 5G network slicing through its paces as part of its support of last weekend’s Formula 1 Last Vegas Grand Prix racing event. The carrier said that the technology “showed exceptional performance for streaming content in a high data-usage environment.”
Verizon said that over the course of the multi-day event, more than 100,000 attendees used its network for uploads, consuming 79.3 TB of data. Meanwhile, Verizon engineers created a network slice that enabled a Verizon beta application called Mobile Creator Studio, which enabled specific high-profile content creators to livestream high-definition video about race-related events and festivities and maintain a high-quality connection.
