Verizon turns on commercial private 5G in U.S
Reuters
Published Jun 10, 2021 08:33AM ET
Updated Jun 10, 2021 09:21AM ET
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By Supantha Mukherjee
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Verizon Business on Thursday launched its first commercially available private 5G network in the U.S. to offer businesses and government departments high-speed indoor or outdoor connectivity.
Private 5G networks remove the need for businesses to jostle for speed with others on a public network and help enable data-intensive applications that use computer vision, augmented reality and machine learning to increase productivity.
"You can go up to four or five gigabit (per second) speed easily today, but what is interesting is that you have four or five gigabits consistently," Sowmyanarayan Sampath, chief revenue officer of Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Business, said in an interview.
Verizon has been trialing private 5G with several customers and has partnered with the likes of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).
The private 5G network, managed by Verizon, would keep all cellular traffic on the premises of the customer to increase security, while authorised remote users can still access applications.
Verizon has been working with Corning (NYSE:GLW), WeWork, Tyndall Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, where the iconic "Top Gun" movie was filmed.
The company is using Corning radios and Ericsson (BS:ERICAs)'s core equipment for the initial deployment, and would be open to using gear from Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and Samsung (KS:005930) at a later stage, Sampath said.
The current networks are built on existing 4G networks to account for backward and forward compatibility for devices.
Verizon is seeing a lot of demand from financial institutions to increase speed of trading flows using 5G, and warehouses, which are planning to use robots and autonomous vehicles, Sampath said.
Ahead of the employees returning to work, several companies are also turning to 5G to upgrade their office networks to increase speeds and rearrange conference rooms to account for more video calls while maintaining social distancing.
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