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Verizon And Samsung Target 2019 For U.S. Release Of 5G Smartphones

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5G phones in the first half of 2019, according to Reuters. The move would essentially beat Apple to the market with smartphones featuring 5G technology, because reports say that Apple is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring the tech. Verizon and Samsung announced on Monday (Dec. 3) that they would launch U.S.

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Verizon Plans Rollout Of 5G In 30 U.S. Cities In 2019

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Verizon will be bringing its 5G technology to 30 U.S. The initial rollout was available to particular businesses and consumers only, but everyone else will have access in 2019 when AT&T makes their NETGEAR Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot available for purchase.”. cities by the end of the year, according to reports.

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Walmart To Expand Delivery Unlimited Program

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Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. The company said in the announcement that the service will be available in over 1,600 stores and over 50 percent of the country by the close of 2019. And it noted that the membership has a free trial of 15 days.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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From Rent the Runway to McDonald’s , retailers are tapping into a world of technology that lets customers make transactions without visiting a cashier. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: . In the U.S.,

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AT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon

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AT&T has announced that it will be offering a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019. “5G Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers. 5G phones with Samsung — also in the first half of 2019. Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla.,

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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It’s probably too much to say that 2019 will be the year of 5G – deployments and use cases, especially in retail and payments, are unlikely to hit a critical mass this year – but the Verizon announcement shows major activity is underway. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. 5G Potential.

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What’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out

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That could give the country an edge when it comes to showcasing payment and commerce uses of the mobile network technology — and provide the rest of the world with an example of what might not work so well with 5G-enabled features. That doesn’t mean consumers have widespread access to 5G, though. China and Japan. In the U.S.,

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