Verizon will cover more than 175 million people with its 5G Ultra Wideband service by the end of 2022

Verizon will cover more than 175 million people with its 5G Ultra Wideband service by the end of 2022, according to executives. In 2021, Verizon said it expected to provide service Ultra Wideband 5G to 175 million people over the course of 2022 and 2023, so it’s hitting that target significantly faster than previously planned. They expect to cover at least 250 million people by the end of 2024. Verizon currently serves 100 million people with its C-band 3.7 GHz spectrum. Executives didn’t elaborate on the delays related to the C-band, which originally was supposed to be deployed in December but was postponed by both Verizon and AT&T due to concerns related to aviation safety. That sparked a big controversy over the holidays and wasn’t resolved until mid-January. Even with those delays and the need to accommodate incumbent satellite players in the band, which were required to move out of the lower C-band to make way for 5G, Verizon still managed to improve over its original C-band buildout targets.