Quickest 5G Community within the World Simply Launched in San Francisco NYSE:VZ

Verizon customers in California get access to the unprecedented performance of 5G Ultra Wideband at breakthrough speeds and access to 5G Nationwide

What you need to know:

• Today, Verizon announced a major step forward in this new era of technology disruption that will specifically benefit California customers
• Verizon launched the unprecedented performance of its 5G Ultra Wideband service in San Francisco
• Verizon continues to innovate and develop 5G technology, doubling the download speed of the world’s fastest 5G in some locations
• Verizon 5G nationwide service is available to more than 200 million people in 1,800 US cities

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service is available in parts of San Francisco. This is a huge step forward in this new era of technology-induced disruption and innovation. In addition, Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband1 service, which is based on the millimeter wave spectrum, doubles download speeds of up to four Gbps in some locations2 thanks to carrier aggregation. Verizon also offers 5G Nationwide service to over 200 million people in more than 1,800 cities across the country, including residents of California. To see where Verizon 5G service is available in California, visit our coverage maps page.

“As the city of San Francisco embarks on a long road to recovery from an unprecedented public health and economic crisis, we are proud to have our member Verizon drive the development and deployment of 5G broadband across the city and beyond “Bridging the digital divide and providing access to economic opportunity for all Franciscans has long been a goal of the city and is now more important than ever to our recovery efforts. Today, Verizon, “brought us so much closer to the vision of a connected city for everyone.”

“With 5G in San Francisco, the Internet of Things will transform our city’s museums with faster connectivity to tell expanded narrative,” said Monetta White, executive director of the Museum of African Diaspora. “We look forward to leveraging 5G technologies to reach the global African diaspora and empower our audiences to experience our museum in new ways while delivering innovative and impactful experiences.”

“Verizon has been a strong partner to the Boys & Girls Clubs in San Francisco. Your generous partnership has directly supported our STEM education programs and sensitized our middle and high school students to careers in the expanding and innovative technology sector, ”said Rob Connolly, president of the Boys & Girls Clubs in San Francisco. “When San Francisco’s Shelter-in-Place order went into effect, Verizon was one of the first corporate partners to reach out to us with critical support. We are proud to partner with Verizon, a company that continues to be creative about how it can use its technology and tools to better serve the San Francisco community. “

Verizon customers in San Francisco should expect 5G Ultra Wideband service in the following areas: Mission Bay, Yerba Buena Gardens, Marina Green Park, outside Oracle Park, Palace of Fine Arts, and Huntington Park (Nob Hill). The full 5G Ultra Wideband coverage area in the city can be found at: verizon.com/coverage-map.

Verizon continues to deliver unparalleled performance with its 5G Ultra Wideband service, the world’s fastest 5G3, built from the ground up for industrial and commercial use cases.

Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband offers speeds many times faster than 4G. When the technology matures, it is expected to be able to handle amounts of data 100 times larger than today’s 4G service and offer extremely low latencies. This is the time it takes for a signal to complete a round trip from Point A to Point B. Customers in San Francisco can now experience ultra-fast wireless speeds and benefit from new, immersive customer experiences never before wirelessly available.

“We were at the forefront of leading the 5G revolution and driving the technology that delivers transformative experiences to customers,” said Kyle Malady, Verizon’s chief technology officer. “Our goal with this breakthrough technology is to reshape the world around us. With today’s start, we are one step further on this path. “

5G nationwide coverage from Verizon

Verizon today also announced the launch of 5G Nationwide for customers in California. Verizon’s 5G Nationwide runs on lower spectrum bands than 5G Ultra Wideband and uses an advanced technology called Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS). The dynamic frequency release allows the 5G service to run simultaneously with 4G LTE on the same frequency band. When customers with DSS move outside Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband coverage area, their 5G-enabled devices with 5G technology and lower frequency bands will remain.

With this new technology, Verizon can leverage its entire portfolio of current spectrum resources to serve 4G and 5G customers, maximizing their experience on the Verizon network. Customers can use Verizon’s network in a variety of ways – from virtual learning to real-time gaming – and this requires the ability to allocate frequency resources in real time.

For more information on the 5G America’s that have been waited for, please visit https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/5g.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was founded on June 30, 2000 and celebrates its 20th anniversary as one of the world’s leading providers of technology, communications, information and entertainment products and services. Verizon is headquartered in New York City and has a global presence. In 2019, Verizon had sales of $ 131.9 billion. The company provides data, video, and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms to meet customer demand for mobility. reliable network connectivity, security and control.

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1 5G Ultra Wideband is only available in parts of selected cities.
2 Typical download speeds vary by location.
3 Global entitlement from May 2020, based on an independent Opensignal analysis of mobile measurements recorded between January 31 and April 30, 2020 © 2020 Opensignal Limited.

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