Dec 15, 2020 6:32pm
Verizon's mmWave deployments started with 400 MHz of bandwidth and have increased to 800 MHz. (Monica Alleven/Fierce Wireless)
As T-Mobile aggressively rolls out 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum from Sprint, there has been a significant amount of attention paid to Verizon and AT&T’s need for mid-band for 5G.
In an interview with FierceWireless, Adam Koeppe, SVP of Technology, Strategy Architecture and Planning, pointed to the carrier’s dominant position in 4G LTE as an advantage for how Verizon is constructing its network for differentiated 5G experiences, and touched on mid-band for nationwide 5G using DSS.
Because of the quiet period for the ongoing C-band spectrum auction, Koeppe couldn’t discuss anything about spectrum in the 3.7 GHz range other than to acknowledge Verizon’s participation.