Just a year ago, NYU Wireless was concerned the U.S. was falling behind in the global race to 5G. Fast forward a year and a few weeks, throw in a few dozen announcements leading up to and at Mobile World Congress 2016, and things are looking much better for the U.S.

It doesn’t hurt that just this week, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) announced it will buy XO Communications’ fiber optic network business and use its 29 GHz and 39 GHz spectrum for 5G tests. So what does one of the industry’s most renowned researchers think of the situation? “I think it’s a brilliant move by Verizon, and it shows that 5G is coming faster than most people would think,” said Ted Rappaport, IEEE fellow and founding director of NYU Wireless.

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