Verizon Adds Nine Members to 6G Innovation Forum, Reports ISAC and AI Trials

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Verizon announced the expansion of its 6G Innovation Forum with nine new members and reported successful pre-standard field trials of Integrated Sensing and Communication and an AI Sports Companion prototype. Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Intel, Keysight Technologies, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI Solutions have officially joined the forum, which was launched last year and already includes founding members Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Meta and Qualcomm Technologies. In one trial staged at a major international soccer celebration in Dallas, Texas, Verizon and Samsung used a single 5G base station and 40MHz of CBRS spectrum to track radio variations from six Samsung Galaxy smartphones, with Samsung's AI RAN and edge AI platform Network in a Server generating real-time crowd-density heatmaps on commercial phones and a tablet. In a second trial at Qualcomm's San Diego campus, the companies used 100 to 400MHz of millimeter-wave spectrum and four synchronized Transmission and Reception Points to track an airborne drone and moving ground vehicles while maintaining uninterrupted 5G Standalone communications to a phone user on the ground. Verizon also showcased a prototype AI Sports Companion application running on the Verizon Edge Network with Meta AI glasses, a locally optimized Small Language Model, an NVIDIA DGX Spark and statistics from SportsDataIO, letting users ask verbally for real-time player statistics, live score interpretations and game-winning probabilities. Verizon said forum members will continue sharing learnings from future demonstrations involving ISAC, digital twins, robotics, AI and advanced wearables, and it views the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles as the ultimate interim proving ground on the road to commercial 6G deployment, supported by its dedicated 6G Lab already established in the host city.

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Artificial Intelligence▲ · 11 stocks
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Samsung is a founding member and its AI RAN and edge AI platform powered the crowd-density heatmap trial with Verizon.

Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson Series A
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▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Ericsson is a founding member of Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, which is expanding with nine new members and reporting successful ISAC and AI trials.

Nokia Corporation
NOA3
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Nokia is a founding member of Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, which is expanding with nine new members and reporting successful ISAC and AI trials.

Qualcomm Incorporated
QCOM
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Qualcomm hosted and partnered on the millimeter-wave ISAC drone/vehicle trial and is a founding 6G Forum member.

MediaTek Inc
2454
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

MediaTek is among the nine new members joining Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum.

Meta Platforms Inc.
META
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Meta AI glasses were used in Verizon's AI Sports Companion prototype on the Verizon Edge Network.

NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

NVIDIA's DGX Spark hardware is used in Verizon's AI Sports Companion prototype, tying NVIDIA to the 6G/AI trial.

Amazon.com Inc
AMZN
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

AWS joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, participating in pre-standard 6G/ISAC research.

Cisco Systems Inc
CSCO
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Cisco joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, contributing to pre-standard 6G development.

Intel Corporation
INTC
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Intel joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, participating in 6G research efforts.

Palo Alto Networks Inc
PANW
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Palo Alto Networks joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, participating in the next-gen network initiative.

Defense & Geopolitical Fragmentation▲ · 2 stocks
Keysight Technologies Inc
KEYS
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Keysight Technologies joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, contributing test/measurement expertise to 6G trials.

Viavi Solutions Inc
VIAV
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

VIAVI Solutions joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum as a new member.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks
Verizon Communications Inc
VZ
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Verizon expanded its 6G Innovation Forum and reported successful ISAC and AI field trials.

Information Technology▲ · 1 stocks
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
ERCB
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Ericsson is a founding member of Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, which is expanding with nine new members and reporting successful ISAC and AI trials.

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Off-coverage companies 2

Rohde & SchwarzPrivate▲ Positive
Technologyrelevance

Rohde & Schwarz officially joined Verizon's 6G Innovation Forum, gaining a role in pre-standard 6G/ISAC trials.

SportsDataIOPrivate▲ Positive
Demandrelevance

SportsDataIO statistics were used in Verizon's AI Sports Companion prototype, a concrete product-adoption showcase.

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