Verizon plans to deemphasize its mmWave high-band Ultra Wideband 5G service according to a researcher who says that mmWave 5G has too many limitations.
, Verizon is going to end up deemphasizing its mmWave Ultra Wideband even though the nation's largest carrier initially focused on it when it started building its 5G network.
Analysts at research firm MoffettNathanson calculated that Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service"currently accounts for just one-half of 1% of the time 5G users are connected." EJL Wireless' Lum surveyed 40 small cell mmWave sites in San Diego and 34 in nearby Chula Vista. He found that the average radius of these mmWave small cell sites was only 500 feet .
Consumers picking up a 5G phone expecting to get fast 5G download speeds everywhere, all the time, are sure to be disappointed