Verizon is building the future for our customers in Minnesota, investing more than $685M since 2015
21 September 2018 - 6:53AM
We know our customers across the country rely on us to keep them
connected—when and where they need it most. To ensure our customers
have the network experience they deserve, Verizon invests billions
of dollars each year in our networks. Since 2015, in Minnesota
alone, Verizon has invested more than $685 million to meet and
exceed our customers’ growing needs and also build for the future.
Always Innovating
Your life moves fast and so do we. To ensure we
continue delivering the value and performance you deserve, we’re
investing heavily in our networks and deploying the most innovative
technology available in the industry today. These innovations
include:
- Carrier aggregation which combines multiple bands of spectrum,
maximizing speed and efficiencies.
- 4x4 MIMO antenna technology which allows your device to use
multiple antennae to boost data speeds.
- Enhanced software like 256 QAM, which allows your phone to
exchange larger amounts of information for significantly faster
data speeds.
- The combination of these three powerful technologies—4x4 MIMO,
256 QAM and carrier aggregation drive our LTE Advanced network,
significantly impacting available capacity and data speeds for our
customers in 1,100 U.S. cities today.
- AWS-3 as well as other spectrum, made available through the
decommissioning of CDMA technology, to add 4G LTE capacity for our
customers.
- Small cell deployment in cities across the country to support
growing demand today and to lay the groundwork for our upcoming 5G
network.
- In 2017, we laid almost 7,000 miles of fiber-optic cables,
which is like wrapping the moon around its equator.
- Interoperability with NG-PON2 technology, supporting up to 40G
of total capacity and up to 10G speeds per customer, both upstream
and downstream, over a single fiber.
What does this mean for you?
“Consumers, businesses, first responders and local governments
all want an ever-improving network experience—and we can deliver,”
said Wendy Taccetta, North Central Market President at Verizon.
“Our consistent investment in the latest tech, year-round planning
and industry-leading team of dedicated and passionate engineers
ensure the best reliability, 4G LTE coverage, speed and streaming
experience. And, it’s why we continue to have an overwhelming lead
over the competition across the vast majority of third party
tests.”
No matter how you test it, Verizon’s
wireless network is the industry leader
In Minnesota and nationwide, we are consistently
recognized for providing a superior network experience by a wide
range of independent third parties. According to RootMetrics by IHS
Markit’s new National RootScore® Report* released in late July,
Verizon’s wireless network was ranked #1 nationally and in
Minnesota for the tenth consecutive time. And, that’s not all.
Other third parties have shared their results in recent months.
These include:
- Verizon ranked highest wireless
network quality performance in all six regions and, for the 21st
time in a row, received more awards than any other wireless
provider according to the latest J.D. Power Wireless Network
Quality Performance Study**
- Best in video streaming, based on analysis of data collected
nationally by Nielsen***
- Verizon customers are much more likely to have a better LTE
experience than customers of any other network, according to the P3
US State Connectivity Report****
- Verizon’s network download speeds were 60% faster in Minnesota
than the other three national providers’ according to Tutela's*****
real-world download speed tests taken in July 2018.
Building the future
2018 is an exciting year for network innovations by
Verizon including our launch of the first 5G wireless residential
broadband internet service in four cities, Sacramento, LA, Houston
and Indianapolis. By continuing to invest in our networks and
delivering several technology firsts, Verizon is leading the way in
transforming how we live, learn, work and play right here
in Minnesota and across the country. To learn more
about some of those improvements and about the work our engineers
are doing, check out these videos on why we’re Best For a Good
Reason.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in
New York City, generated $126 billion in 2017 revenues. The company
operates America’s most reliable wireless network and the nation’s
premier all-fiber network, and delivers integrated solutions to
businesses worldwide. Its Oath subsidiary reaches people around the
world with a dynamic house of media and technology brands.
VERIZON'S ONLINE MEDIA CENTER: News releases,
stories, media contacts and other resources are available
at www.verizon.com/about/news/. News releases are also
available through an RSS feed. To subscribe,
visit www.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/.
*Rankings based on the RootMetrics by IHS Markit US National and
State 1H 2018. Tested with best commercially available smartphones
on 4 national mobile networks across all available network types.
Your experiences may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an
endorsement of Verizon. Visit www.rootmetrics.com for more
details.
**Verizon Wireless received the highest numerical score among
wireless service providers in the J.D. Power 2017 (V1 & V2)
& 2018 (V1 & V2) U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance
Studies rating it Highest Wireless Network Quality Performance
across the Nation. 2018 V2 study is based on 36,320 total
responses, measuring the network quality experienced by customers
with wireless phones, surveyed January – June 2018. Your
experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.
*** Based on Nielsen Video Network Scores using data collected
nationally between 1.1.18 and 6.30.18.
**** The data used by P3 was collected during the period of
three months, from April to June, 2018 and comprises of
39,359,819,776 samples from 2,313,376 users.
***** Verizon customers received the best overall download
speeds across the U.S., according to the study of United States’
mobile performance in July 2018 by Tutela, a widely installed
network testing software that collects more than 2 billion network
quality measurements every day in the USA.
Media contact: Meagan
Dorsch 303.694.8990meagan.dorsch@verizon.comTwitter:
@MeaganDPR
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2024 to Oct 2024
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Oct 2023 to Oct 2024