Verizon made their first-ever 5G NR call on a commercial network with a simulated smartphone device. Verizon’s most recent test in the 5G space also tipped a hat to its side-news launch of 5G residential broadband service in four US markets. This Verizon 5G news came right on the heels of AT&T’s big 5G announcement at AT&T Spark – they’ll be expanding in a big way, too.

AT&T’s announcements about 5G named cities, but didn’t get extremely specific with what sort of service they’d be offering – only that they’d be in said cities in some capacity. Verizon was a bit more clear. Verizon announced they’ll be launching 5G residential broadband in four markets in the second half of 2018, “followed by a mobile 5G solution.”

Verizon 5G residential broadband markets in 2018:

• Los Angeles California
• Sacramento California
• Houston Texas
• Indianapolis Indiana