Verizon to offer 5G super fast internet in April

The company would offer high-speed wireless 5G network to certain customers in 11 US cities


February 23, 2017
The company would offer high-speed wireless 5G network to certain customers in 11 US cities. PHOTO: AFP

Verizon Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would offer its high-speed wireless 5G network to certain customers in 11 US cities in the first half of 2017.

Verizon will begin pilot testing 5G "pre-commercial services" in cities, including Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Miami, Seattle and Washington, DC.

The company had said last July that it laid out plans to conduct trials for its 5G network this year.

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New 5G networks are expected to provide speeds at least 10 times and up to maybe 100 times faster than today's 4G networks, with the potential to connect at least 100 billion devices with download speeds that can reach 10 gigabits per second.

AT&T Inc said in January that it planned to test its high-speed wireless 5G network for customers of its online streaming television service, DirecTv Now, in Austin, Texas.

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