5G Service Paves the Way for New Gadgets

5G service is clearing the way for the next generation of electronics. We’re seeing that it is so much more than having the Internet on your smartphone. It gives us everything from enhanced virtual-reality video games, to remote surgery. While it has been a slower rollout, we’re continuing to see waves of 5G-enabled gadgets. Samsung […]

The Big 3 Achieve 5G Coverage for 230 Million Americans

As the two-year rollout of 5G cellular service continues, separate announcements from the big three phone carriers show that each is reaching at least 230 million Americans. According to an AT&T and Frontier Communications announcement Wednesday (Oct. 6), the two have struck a network deal that will support deployment of AT&T’s 5G mobility network. For […]

New Possibilities in the 5G World

Most of the conversations and articles about 5G typically center around the possibilities of it replacing broadband Internet, or how we can combat the bandwidth limitations of the current LTE services. If you’re looking for some new content, check out the webcast Ericsson’s North America CEO, Niklas Heuveldop, did with the Washington Post recently. He’s […]

5G Increases Overall Data Usage

As cellular technologies grow, so does our need for content and therefore, our consumption of data. According to a recent report from Ericsson, average mobile data usage is over 10GB per month. Ericsson attributes this increase by only two factors.  Mobile data is more readily available and since most users are on cell phones usage […]

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 […]