Verizon to build private 5G network in an aircraft hangar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam
22 Septembre 2022 - 03:31PM
Verizon announced an $11.5 million Tranche 2 award from the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD) to construct a private 5G network
inside an aircraft maintenance hangar on Joint Base Pearl Harbor
Hickam (JBPHH). The design will allow military leaders to leverage
the high-speed, high-bandwidth and low-latency of Verizon 5G,
providing on-base personnel with the ability to explore how
enhanced wireless coverage can help increase operational
efficiencies.
“Verizon Public Sector is proud of its partnership with the U.S.
Armed Forces and excited about the digital transformation work
already underway in a selected test area at Joint Base Pearl Harbor
Hickam,” said Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president for Public
Sector at Verizon. “The private 5G network we’re constructing in an
aircraft maintenance hangar at JBPHH is just the latest example of
how we're helping the U.S. Department of Defense deliver
innovative, mission-critical capabilities across a range of
military operations through advanced network and communications
solutions."
Ericsson will serve as a partner to Verizon on the Tranche 2
award work, bringing their Ericsson Private 5G solution which
offers a core and radio access network to the test site.
"We're continuing to push technological advancements with our
long-standing partner Verizon to deliver on their 5G ambitions, and
today’s announcement demonstrates our commitment to exploring the
vast applications and opportunities that can be built upon
next-generation networks," said Graham Osborne, Vice President and
Head of Customer Unit Verizon, Ericsson North America.
As part of the pilot network design on JBPHH, which includes a
hangar and other nearby areas, a limited number of aircraft
maintenance personnel will explore new ways to implement Foreign
Object Detection (FOD), other airplane maintenance applications and
several different user equipment (UE) devices to see how they
perform on the private network. Early testing will determine how
the military can apply this design and the corresponding outcomes
to other bases.
Verizon’s construction of a private 5G network at JBPHH follows
its announcement earlier this year of a commercial 5G UW mmwave
tower, also located on JBPHH.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of
technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York
City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated
revenues of $133.6 billion in 2021. The company offers data, video
and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and
platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable
network connectivity, security and control.
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