5G in the USA: Where We at With Mobile?5G in the USA: Where We at With Mobile?

Following earnings reports this week, we now know more about AT&T and Verizon's 5G deployment plans for the second half of 2018, and where each of the two largest US wireless operators stands on firing up true mobile services using the next-generation technology. (See FCC Halts Sprint/T-Mobile M&A Review.)

So let's take a look at the map and the stats:

Blue flags indicate AT&T, red for Verizon, magenta for T-Mobile and yellow for Sprint. Expand the map to see a larger version and the carriers' overlapping cities. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) What: Mobile 5G using the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) standard, with fixed 5G in trials

Where: Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Orlando, New Orleans, Raleigh, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Waco and six other unnamed markets by the end of 2018