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Verizon Commences C-Band 5G Rollout

Verizon Wireless has confirmed that it has auction. The press release notes: ‘Although order to achieve that 100 million people
commenced the installation of C-band the initial spectrum won’t be cleared until metric, the service will initially go live in 46
5G RAN equipment from Ericsson and the end of this year, Verizon and its vendor markets. By 2023 coverage will increase to
Samsung Electronics. Verizon secured partners have already begun the work to more than 175 million people, ultimately
an average of 161MHz of C-band ensure the super-fast 5G Ultra Wideband rising to 250 million people by 2024, when
spectrum nationwide in the recent Federal service using C-band is deployed to 100 the remaining C-band spectrum is cleared.
Communications Commission (FCC) million customers by March 2022.’ In

ETB, ZTE Achieve 1.2Gbps Speeds in Bogota 5G Trial

Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB) has teamed Information Technologies and Communications (Ministerio de
up with Chinese vendor ZTE to stage a 5G trial in its local Tecnologias de la Informacion y las Comunicaciones, MinTIC)
market. According to BN Americas the test generated download permitted ETB to utilize unspecified spectrum – presumed to be
transmission speeds of up to 1.22Gbps. The Ministry of the 3.5GHz band – for 5G testing purposes.

Samsung Wins Deal to Start KDDI’s 700MHz 5G Rollout

South Korean equipment maker Samsung the use of 700MHz spectrum ‘will enhance 700MHz-based 5G services in major urban
has revealed it has been selected to deliver KDDI’s 5G network coverage, improving areas, including train stations, Toshikazu
a 700MHz solution for Japanese mobile indoor and outdoor mobile experiences, Yokai, executive officer, chief director of
operator KDDI, augmenting the latter’s and provide reliable 5G connectivity to Mobile Technology at KDDI, confirmed the
commercial 5G network which already users. The vendor already supplies its company’s aim to achieve ‘90% population
uses frequencies in the 3.7GHz and 28GHz mid-band and mmWave equipment, and coverage, with its 5G network by early
bands. In a press release, Samsung noted with KDDI having set out its stall to launch 2022’.

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