 Welcome to JSA TV, the Newsroom for Tech and Telecom Professionals. I'm Jamie Scottokataya of JSA, and we're here at Telecom Exchange Los Angeles in Beverly Hills. Joining me, I'm very honored to have Mr. Matthew Montgomery. He's the Managing Director of Wireless Business Group of Verizon. Matthew, welcome to JSA TV. Thank you. Exciting times, yes. I'm glad to be here. Exciting times, absolutely. And your specialty, 5G, can't be a more on fire topic than what we're hearing here at Telecom Exchange as well as in the industry. So for those of us who might not already know yet, can you just maybe give us a little 5G 101? Absolutely. Here we go. So 5G simply is this. It's very, very high-speed, fixed wireless with very low latency. And those kind of capabilities for my consumer or business, we do a lot of different things with them. And so tell me, how does 5G differ from like 1, 2, 3, 4G? Is it new, completely different? Yeah, well 1, 2, 3, and 4G have all been super important in the transition of mobility. And all have been, in a sense, changed the way we work and we live. 5G is a different breed. 5G will bring incredibly powerful speeds. But in a way that's super low latency meaning it happens very, very fast. So the use cases that we can do with 4G, which we use today from a societal perspective, change greatly as we move to 5G. 4G will be here, but 5G really just changes all the use cases completely. Think about things that required fiber that don't require fiber any longer. So what will 5G mean to me as an end user? How is it going to impact me? Sure, and it will. If you're a consumer, you'll be able to get mobile broadband quickly. For the moment, notice, if you're in a 5G coverage area, we can give you a box and you immediately have high-speed internet. But as a business, you'll rethink the way you extend your business. Y'all, in a sense, take the business, bring it to your customers. We can give you the cabling experience wherever you go in a kiosk at an event and really expand the way your business works. And even that 360 video augmented reality, virtual reality, it's all now feasible. Right in your use cases, absolutely. Where we're doing things with machine learning, computing now moves to the edge of the network, not on the device itself. Which really changes the way AR, machine learning, AI, and all these new capabilities. You'll see quickly, with 5G video, completely change an immersive experience. And then lastly, healthcare. This year, you'll start to see healthcare applications. Oh, we love that. Okay, so talk about speed now. What is the speed and capacity perspective that we can expect from 5G? If you're comfortable with fiber speeds, you'll be comfortable with 5G speeds. I think in multi-gigabit speeds delivered in about a 3,000 to 4,000 meter direct line of sight, you'll see us not just have lots of speed, but that'll happen with what we call super low latency. Meaning the latency of a traditional wireless network can take a little bit of time to come back and forth with 5G. It's instantaneous. Instantaneous gives you new applications. And Verizon literally deploying today. This is not... You can experience it right now. This is not a fantasy story. We're talking today. 5G's here today. And if I encourage you, if you're in Indianapolis or Houston or Sacramento or in Los Angeles, look to see if you have that capability there for you. Oh, so exciting. Okay, so where can our viewers go to get more information? Yeah, obviously, Verizon.com. Type in 5G and anything you're interested in from a consumer or business, it'll be provided for you. I love that. Verizon.com, search 5G. Thank you, Matthew, for joining us. Great to be here. Thank you. And thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV. Happy networking.