Verizon was one of the first US carriers to launch a 5G network, but it’s coverage is limited to select spots in a handful of cities.
Still, Verizon is building out support for the network in more than a dozen markets and should light them up by the end of 2019.
The carriers refers to its network as 5G Ultra Wideband Mobile and at the moment it is built on top of what is called millimeter wave (mmWave) technology, which means that it uses extremely high-frequency bands to deliver incredible speeds, but at the cost of coverage as that high-frequency signal cannot travel far, nor can it penetrate walls and enter buildings.
