The U.S. moved comparatively early on making mmWave spectrum available for 5G services with Verizon launching a pre-standard fixed wireless access service in the second half of 2018. Since then, in addition to the completion of the initial 5G New Radio standard by the 3GPP, spectrum has become available and commercialized with increasing momentum around the world; and, on the standards side, there have been continued enhancements to make mmWave more performant.
