Verizon’s ongoing mobile 5G network deployment, slated to hit parts of 30 cities by the end of the year, taps the operator’s millimeter wave spectrum holdings and has delivered downlink speeds in excess of 2 Gbps. In discussing how Verizon thinks about 5G coverage and capacity and attendant spectrum mix, EVP Ronan Dunne, group CEO of Verizon Consumer, said the current goal is discover what the technology can do.
The executive said millimeter wave is ideal for dense, urban areas and provides a differentiated value proposition; he noted that while less than half of Verizon’s wireless customers are in urban areas, more than half of the data traffic is generated there.
