Sprint Talks About 5G and IoT at Big 5G Event

At the Big 5G Event in Denver, Colorado, Sprint talked about their 5G plans and highlighted how 5G will impact IoT in particular. Mishka Dehghan, vice president of 5G development at Sprint Business, talked about Sprint’s Curiosity IoT platform which will power applications ranging from smart city technologies to applications for the medical field. Sprint’s […]

Verizon users can now preorder the 5G Galaxy S10 – and there will soon be 20 more cities to use it in

Verizon promised to launch 5G service in 30 cities in 2019, and they’re moving forward with that goal with the announcement of 20 more cities that will join Chicago and Minneapolis as 5G-covered cities: Atlanta Boston Charlotte Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Des Moines Denver Detroit Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Little Rock Memphis Phoenix Providence San […]

Will 5G Networks and Devices Bring Security Concerns?

5G is big news in 2019, but since it is still in its infancy, there are lots of questions about how it will impact users once it’s more widespread. Security and privacy are top concerns for many experts, and while 5G networks themselves are likely even more secure than older generation networks, the influx of […]

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Launching in Korea 4/5, Then US

Samsung has announced that their first 5G-capable smartphone, the Galaxy S10, will launch in South Korea on April 5, where it will be the first 5G phone in the country. The S10 is expected to launch in the US soon after the Korea launch, possibly around April 11 to sync up with Verizon’s mobile 5G […]

How and When Will US Carriers Bring 5G to Phones?

With all 4 of the major US carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile) heavily promoting their upcoming or in-progress 5G wireless networks, customers are eager for information on how and when they’ll actually be able to use 5G service via their smartphone. Android Central has compiled a helpful summary of each carrier’s plans and what […]

Verizon To Add LG V50 ThinQ 5G Phone

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2019 – Verizon today announced the LG V50 ThinQ 5G – LG’s first 5G smartphone – is coming to Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network this summer. This is the third smartphone that will run on Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network, joining the Motorola moto z3 with 5G moto mod and the […]

Verizon To Launch 5G in 30 Cities in 2019

Verizon finally offered some details about its 5G launch this morning: it plans to deploy the next-gen wireless technology in 30 cities by the end of 2019. The carrier didn’t say which cities those would be, how thoroughly 5G would be deployed throughout those cities, or when exactly the launch would begin, but Verizon did […]

Verizon announces Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Phone

5G Smartphone will be available in the first half of 2019 SAN FRANCISCO – Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg joined Samsung Mobile CEO DJ Koh on stage at Samsung Unpacked to announce that Verizon will be the first U.S. wireless provider to offer Samsung’s new 5G smartphone – the Galaxy S10 5G – in the first […]

What is Sprint Doing to Prep for 5G?

As part of their effort to get 5G launched in some markets in 2019, Sprint is making updates to their backhaul network. A recent SEC filing made it clear that Sprint is taking efforts to improve its backhaul capabilities in anticipation of 5G, including canceling some existing Ethernet contracts so that they can make changes, […]