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Verizon is bringing 5G inside by teaming up with Boingo

Wireless carrier Verizon and Wi-Fi provider Boingo are bringing 5G Ultra Wideband Service to indoor locations, like airports, stadiums and office buildings, Verizon said in a statement Thursday. Verizon describes the effort as “working together to architect a hyper-dense network.” Getting reliable 5G indoors has been an issue. The millimeter wave, or “mmWave,” spectrum that Verizon uses offers higher capacity but …

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5G global revenues to double by 2020, report says

IT research firm Gartner released a forecast Thursday projecting revenues from worldwide 5G network infrastructure will reach $4.2 billion by 2020. That would amount to an 89% revenue hike from the firm’s 2019 projections of $2.2 billion. The firm expects overall 4G revenues to dip from $19.32 billion in 2019 to $18.28 billion in 2020, with similar drops in 3G …

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