Verizon and Nokia completed what they call the first over-the-air data transmission on a commercial 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) network in Washington DC, sending the signal over commercially deployed Nokia radio equipment and Verizon’s millimeter wave spectrum and 5G network core to a Nokia test van parked in downtown Washington. Verizon said it will be first to launch 5G residential broadband service in four markets in the US – Los Angeles, Sacramento, Houston and Indianapolis – in the second half, followed by a mobile 5G platform.
In August, Verizon and Nokia completed the first successful transmission of a 3GPP NR 5G signal to a receiver situated in a moving vehicle. In June, they completed a series of outdoor data sessions over the 5G NR standard, and the successful multi-carrier aggregation to boost those signals into Gbps range.
