Verizon CEO: 5G coming end of 2018; expect competition on capability, not price

After raising eyebrows with a dismissive “we frankly don’t care” response to the merger of rivals T-Mobile and Sprint, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam used a second interview to detail the carrier’s 5G deployment plans for the year, including an interesting clarification on timing: Verizon now expects to launch its fixed 5G service “by the end of ’18.” […]