Verizon last week announced that it continues to prepare for 5G Ultra Wideband expansion across its newly acquired national footprint of C-band spectrum.
In a recent lab trial, Verizon worked with Ericsson and MediaTek to aggregate C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum, achieving speeds of 4.3 Gbps in the trial. The lab work, which focused on optimizing the customer experience using C-band spectrum in combination with mmWave spectrum, comes after a recent announcement of new agreements with Verizon’s tower partners, Crown and SBA Communications, which provide for process improvements including standardizing and reducing forms and minimizing legal reviews.
