Confirmed: Verizon Applies to Conduct Pre-Commercial Fixed 5G Trials in 4 States
Verizon is aiming to launch fixed wireless 5G market trials in four states beginning at the start of the new year, the carrier confirmed Thursday.
According to documents filed with the FCC, Verizon has asked for permission to conduct market trials in the 28 GHz band in Houston and Cypress, Texas, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Brockton and Natick, Massachusetts, and near its Basking Ridge headquarters in Bernardsville, New Jersey. The carrier has asked for a six month permit for the trials, beginning January 2, 2017 and running through June 2.
The applications, though sparse, indicate the experimental operations will include equipment from various manufacturers consisting of fixed base stations and mobile terminals that will employ directional beamforming antennas.
A Verizon spokesman on Thursday confirmed the proposed tests are “related to our pre-commercial fixed wireless trials” recently mentioned by Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam, and noted the carrier has “pre-commercial trials underway in other locations throughout the (United States) at various stages of development.” The spokesman declined to provide the locations of the other trials.
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