Verizon and Ericsson Accelerate 6G Development with World's First Outdoor 6G Field Call
Key Highlights
- ➤Verizon and Ericsson complete world’s first pre-standard outdoor 6G field call
- ➤7 GHz 6G call completed at Verizon’s commercial site in Concord, California
- ➤Ericsson 6G proof-of-concept equipment fully deployed for real-world testing
- ➤Testing evaluates coverage, throughput, latency and outside-to-indoor signal penetration
- ➤Milestone is not a commercial 6G service launch
Expert Statements
Yago Tenorio, Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Technology Development at Verizon
“As a founding member of the Verizon 6G Innovation Forum, Ericsson plays a vital role in our shared mission to build an open, diversified ecosystem and move 6G from theoretical research into practical, real-world reality.”
Yago Tenorio, Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Technology Development at Verizon
“This outdoor 6G milestone demonstrates how close industry collaboration helps us generate the key technical insights needed to shape global standards and understand how future 6G networks could be designed, deployed and experienced.”
Hannes Ekström, Head of Customer Unit Verizon at Ericsson
“Today's announcement is another validation of Verizon's leadership on the path to 6G.”
Hannes Ekström, Head of Customer Unit Verizon at Ericsson
“These are the field learnings that can help turn the promise of 6G into deployable technology and, over time, unlock new possibilities for highly responsive, intelligent and immersive connectivity.”
Verizon and Ericsson Accelerate 6G Development with World's First Outdoor 6G Field Call PR Newswire
* First 7 GHz pre-standard 6G call completed at Verizon's Concord, California commercial site * This field validation explores outdoor performance and outside-to-indoor coverage PLANO, Texas, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced a global first: successfully completing the first pre-standard 6G field call in the 7 GHz from a Verizon commercial network site in Concord, California. The Ericsson 6G proof-of-concept kit was fully deployed at the site, and test validation was completed, moving 6G from lab integration into a real-world environment where performance can be assessed both outdoors and as signals move from outside in through buildings.
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