Verizon’s THOR tackles areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian

Verizon is pulling out all the stops to help first responders in the wake of Hurricane Ian, and that includes THOR, the Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response vehicle that acts like a giant Swiss army knife. THOR boasts its own private 5G network and acts as a kind of mobile command center to deliver Verizon Frontline solutions, according to Cory Davis, assistant vice president for Verizon Frontline. Verizon is also using all kinds of spectrum – millimeter wave, C-band, low band, LMR, Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) and can accommodate microwaves. THOR is just one of the tools Verizon is relying on—Cells on wheels (COWs), cell on light trucks (COLTs) and portable generators are some of the others.