'Cooperative Spirit' Needed To Drive Wireless Infrastructure Improvements, Verizon's Young Says
The type of investment in mobile infrastructure enhancements seen during Super Bowl 50 in the communities around Levi's Stadium -- located in Silicon Valley and home to the NFL's San Francisco 49ers -- will be required to bring 5G networks…
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"everywhere," said David Young, Verizon vice president-Internet and technology policy, in a company blog post Monday. The "explosion" of data traffic during Super Bowl weekend was made possible because of additional small cells that were "widely deployed" and connected through fiber networks, said Young. Deploying the large number of new small cells required "working closely" with property owners and local governments, and is the same type of cooperative approach that will be needed to bring infrastructure improvements in "thousands of communities" throughout the country, he said. Young also said much of the discussion about the creation of 5G networks has revolved around the need for additional high-frequency spectrum, but what's less understood is that 5G networks will need new infrastructure -- mainly fiber-connected small cells. "The [IoT] and the flood of network traffic that will come with it will be here soon," said Young, and all levels of government need to "modernize practices and fees in a way that will encourage and facilitate the infrastructure deployments that are needed to support the 5G future that is just around the corner so everyone can reap the benefits." Comcast has said that 10-plus terabytes were uploaded or downloaded at the game (see 1602090063).