Verizon CFO Fran Shammo reiterated the company’s commitment to being the first in the U.S. to roll out 5G wireless technology and made it clear that its initial pilot starting in 2017 is all about fixed wireless – not mobility.

“Currently, we’re testing 5G technologies this year and we aim to have an initial fixed wireless pilot starting in 2017, and I want to reiterate that this is a fixed wireless, which is really one of the first cases that we see, it’s really not about mobile, it’s really around fixed wireless,” Shammo said during an earnings conference call with analysts.

Verizon is one of the participants in this week’s Brooklyn 5G Summit, a third-annual event co-hosted by Nokia and NYU Wireless. Researchers at NYU Wireless have conducted pioneering research into millimeter wave spectrum, proving it can add as much as 1,000x capacity over LTE and 10 to 100x download speeds.

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