- Nearly half (47%) of people in
Charlotte are covered with 5G Ultra Wideband service. That coverage has been expanded recently with the addition of three new macro cell sites and six new small cell sites. The new macro cell sites are providing additional coverage and capacity in the town ofStallings ,Southeast Charlotte , in the Oakdale South, Coulwood East area,West Charlotte and alongI-77 south of Rockhill, SC. Additional small cells are providing capacity and coverage in the Southend area, in theDavidson area, and in The Shoppes atUniversity Place mall. Many more cell sites are planned for future expansion in these and other areas throughoutCharlotte . - In addition to adding more 5G service using C-band spectrum, Verizon is also deploying 5G service using Millimeter Wave (mmWave), its premium, high-band spectrum which allows for extremely fast speeds and massive capacity. Verizon has recently added mmWave in the Uptown, Southend, UNCC /
Atrium Hospital , andCentral Piedmont Community College areas. - Charlotte’s exceptional 5G coverage uses a combination of mmWave spectrum and Verizon’s recently acquired C-band spectrum. Until this year in
Charlotte , Verizon has been restricted to using 60 MHz of the spectrum they secured, but by the end of this year, customers inCharlotte will be able to take advantage of 160 MHz of C-band, almost tripling the spectrum available for 5G Ultra Wideband. That additional spectrum will turbo charge the service, offering significantly higher speeds, much greater capacity to accommodate more customers and more robust services. - Lastly, the addition of 5G service and the many additional wireless solutions allow far more data to travel on the wireless network in
Charlotte . That exponential increase in data carried into and out of the cell sites serving the community requires upgraded fiber optic cable links. Fiber optic cables are used to move data between cell sites and connect those sites to the rest of the network. Verizon has increased the capacity on the fiber connections in many cell sites in theCharlotte area so they can carry 10 times the amount of data.
“Today’s world calls for faster speeds, ultra secure connections and improved coverage in more places. We’re dedicated to bringing the best and latest technologies to local communities, and to keeping our customers connected through 5G,” said
With these and other technology advancements on Verizon’s network, customers are able to use more data in more ways. This multi-service network powers
- Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that do very little networking and stay in place,
- smartphones with infinite opportunities to use data in a highly mobile environment,
- home and business internet which provides connectivity via the wireless network for homes, offices and retail environments, and
- complex solutions like Augmented Reality or enterprise real-time video and data analysis that require massive computing capabilities.
As 5G technology advances and is even more widely adopted by consumers the variety of solutions that will use Verizon’s network will continue to evolve as well.
The recent network upgrades have led to customers and visitors to
Services from the network customers rely on
For customers in
Additionally, through Verizon Frontline, the advanced network and technology developed over three decades of partnership with first responders to meet their unique and evolving needs, public safety agencies in the
*Rankings based on the RootMetrics® Charlotte RootScore® Report: 1H 2023. Tested with best commercially available smartphones on three mobile networks across all available network types. Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of Verizon.
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