Verizon completes premier 5G NR dial with Nokia phone and Qualcomm

as mentioned in NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon is the premier network provider to conduct an over-the-air dial on a 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (NR) system Utilizing licensed spectrum. This successful analisis on Verizon's millimeter wave spectrum – Utilizing Nokia phone 5G network tech on a 5G NR prototype device provided with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated – was an important milestone on the road to preparing Verizon's network for widespread implementation of commercial 5G mobile services for consumers and enterprises. The analisis was conducted this 30 days at Nokia's facility in Murray Hill, NJ and follows prior interoperability testing among Nokia phone and Qualcomm Technologies. The 5G NR standard was confirmed with the 3GPP in December 2017. "With this premier 3GPP NR standards-based connection, Verizon continues to lead the growth of 5G technology," told Ed Chan, senior vice president and chief tech architect, Corporate Network & Technology, Verizon.

Qualcomm and Nokia smartphone help to make premier Verizon 5G smartphone call

For a network that has only promised its deployment of 5G for fixed net service, at least initially, you wouldn't expect Verizon to be all excited to make a smartphone dial with millimeter-wave technology. But with the help of Qualcomm — that had been eager to push its X50 modem out to the industry final 7 days — and Nokia, the transporter was enable to of Utilize its licensed spectrum to make the premier ever smartphone-based voice dial complaint with the 3GPP's 5G New Radio standalone standard. The companies included dial the event a "milestone" effort, though it going to Must be Verizon that totes out any smartphone service in the following year. It expects 5G house broadband to be in 5 analisis markets in 2018.

Verizon completes premier 5G NR dial with Nokia phone and Qualcomm

As it stated in Test used 3GPP Rel-15 standards compliant technologyNokia provided its AirScale and AirFrame productsQualcomm provided its mmWave 5G NR phone prototypeVerizon intends to deploy 5G tech this yearVerizon tells it is the premier network operator to conduct an over-the-air dial on a 3GPP-compliant 5G NR system Utilizing licensed spectrum. The analisis was conducted over Verizon's mmWave spectrum Utilizing Nokia phone 5G network tech on a 5G NR prototype device provided with Qualcomm Technologies. "With this premier 3GPP NR standards-based connection, Verizon continues to lead the growth of 5G technology," told Ed Chan, SVP and chief tech architect, Corporate Network & Technology, Verizon. It too used Qualcomm's 5G NR mmWave prototype device, that includes an optimized mmWave RF front-end design in a phone form factor. "The successful completion of standard-compliant 5G NR millimeter wave testing with leading mobile industry innovators such as Nokia phone and Verizon evidence that we are well on the path to making this a reality."Verizon adds that its deployment of 5G tech over mmWave spectrum going to start later this year.

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