A pedestrian talks on a mobile device while walking past a Verizon Communications Inc. store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Verizon Communications Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on January 24. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Verizon Communications Inc will test faster fifth-generation mobile broadband service in 11 markets in the first half of this year as the nation’s largest wireless carrier tries to take the lead in the 5G race.
Working with equipment partners including Ericsson AB and Samsung Electronics Co, Verizon will beam 5G signals to a test group of homes and businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta; Bernardsville, New Jersey; Brockton, Massachusetts; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Miami; Sacramento, California; Seattle; and Washington, D.C., according to a statement released as part of Mobile World Congress, which starts this week in Barcelona.
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