Verizon, Nokia Complete 5G Test

Verizon and Nokia completed the first over-the-air, end-to-end data transmission on a commercial 3rd Generation Partnership Project 5G new radio (NR) network in Washington, D.C., sending a signal over Nokia radio equipment and Verizon’s high-band spectrum and 5G network core to a Nokia test van downtown. “The transmission was part of the two companies’ ongoing demonstrations of 5G NR technology before commercial 5G mobile service launches in 2019,” Verizon said Thursday. “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.”