Super Speedy And A Little Scary: 5G Is Coming To Boston

July 16, 2019

Imagine downloading a full-length movie on your smartphone in just a few seconds — without connecting to Wi-Fi. That's the promise of 5G, the fifth generation of mobile technology which is slated to roll out in Boston later this year.

And there's more to 5G than lightning-fast entertainment. A new generation of wireless communication could enable robot firefighters or help defuse bombs in war zones.

Inside a nondescript, brick office near Harvard University's campus, entrepreneurs and academics are testing the limits of what may be possible on a 5G connection. Here, Verizon has created a small-scale version of the network it plans to build nationwide. The company calls this building the "Alley."

"We provide a live 5G network and invite others in to play with it, to discover how fast it could be, how responsive it could be," said Nicki Palmer, Verizon's senior vice president of technology and product development.

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