Verizon Nears 5G Launch Deals With Apple and Google: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com)

In a statement Tuesday, Verizon announced deals making Apple and Google its first video providers for a 5G wireless service its planning to launch in four cities later this year. From the report: The home broadband service will debut in Los Angeles, Houston and Sacramento, California, as well as the newly announced fourth city of Indianapolis, Verizon said Tuesday in a statement. With the introduction, Verizon will provide 5G customers either a free Apple TV box or free subscription to Google's YouTube TV app for live television service, according to people familiar with the plan. After shelving its own online TV effort, New York-based Verizon decided to partner with the two technology giants for video content, a first step toward eventually competing nationally against internet and pay TV providers such as AT&T and Comcast Using fifth-generation wireless technology, Verizon plans to beam online services to home receivers, delivering speeds that match or exceed landline connections.

Comments

Can they do it w/o metering?

[rsilvergun]

otherwise it's not worth much. If it's $10/gigabyte or something silly like that then it's pointless.

Re:Wireless will exceed wired?

[mentil]

Wireless already exceeds wired speed, at least on iPhones. Their Lightning connector uses USB 2.0 speeds, which is far slower than what even 802.11ac supports. Most Android phones use USB 2.0 over micro-USB, and even the USB-C connector can use USB 2.0 speeds. Most likely this is to encourage buying apps/media through stores in which the manufacturer receives a commission, rather than sideloading them.