The reality of 5G, wireless connectivity that's faster than our speediest home inteet service, is years away. But that isn't stopping Verizon from making its presence felt now.
The nation's largest wireless carrier on Monday said it had worked out the radio specifications for its 5G deployment with its vendor partners, providing a common blueprint for everyone regarding the network infrastructure, processors and devices.
Setting the specifications not only speeds the process for its own vendors, but may influence the inteational community when players around the world finally begin hammering out a global standard, expected in 2020. By moving quickly now, Verizon hopes to set the agenda for how those standards look, a similar strategy it took with its 4G LTE deployment.
"The level of collaboration that we're seeing exceeds what we saw during 4G," said Adam Koeppe, vice president of network technology planning.
Verizon said it was working on making sure its 5G specification lined up with KT Corp., a Korean carrier interested in making a quick leap into the new technology in time for the 2018 Olympics, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
There's been a lot of hype about 5G, and Verizon has had a hand in that. It offers massive potential as the next generation of cellular technology. The test speeds that Verizon has been able to produce are fast enough to download the entire "Simpson" series, 600 high-definition episodes, in about half an hour.
While that may represent a theoretical best-case scenario, even modest predictions of what 5G will actually look like may transform our lives and a myriad of industries by improving and widening access to more people and more devices.
Verizon isn't the only one working on 5G. T-Mobile has quietly looked into 5G. AT&T is investing in 5G as well, and will run limited service in two towns by the end of summer. Its size will make it another influential voice in figuring out how 5G looks in a few years.
Verizon said it would begin commercially deploying its service next year.
These early deployments will serve more as a replacement for home inteet service, referred to as fixed mobile broadband.
To get the kind of freedom of access you enjoy with 4G today, you're going to have to wait until everyone else gets on board the 5G train.
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