FCC Officials See Verizon 5G Demo
Verizon hosted FCC officials, including Wireless Bureau Chief Jon Wilkins, at 5G demonstrations at the carrier’s Basking Ridge, New Jersey, headquarters. “Verizon provided an overview of Verizon’s plans for 5G and the current status of several field trials that its…
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5G Technology Forum partners are conducting in various locations,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 14-177. “Verizon also showed the FCC officials a live demonstration of a Samsung base station with both fixed and mobile equipment.” Verizon officials discussed the NPRM on high-frequency spectrum, the filing said. Rules should provide for “wide channels (at least 200 MHz wide) because 5G technologies will require substantial amounts of spectrum for low-latency and high-speed applications,” Verizon said. The carrier recently also gave a 5G demo in Basking Ridge to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1602180058).