Verizon Business
Helping Companies Secure their Digital Future
Sanjiv Gossain, Group Vice President & Head Of EMEAAs Gen Z steps up to bat, PCs and laptops are giving way to cloud-first devices like tablets and smartphones—the bedrock of a fast-changing, app-enabled ecosystem. Enterprise networks must be as equally dynamic as their next-gen customer base if they wish to retain them.
Modern enterprises must have access to the latest in network and communications technology. Only then can they create the solutions that will click with their target customer base.
This is the promise of Verizon Business’ Network as a Service.
“It’s about delivering a secured network in a more flexible, agile, and consumable way, centered around the specific needs of our customers. Our clients are telling us they want to escape from the endless technology refresh cycles and maintenance of hardware they currently face and instead invest in a network that can be easily modified as required, ” Says Sanjiv Gossain, group vice president and head of EMEA at Verizon Business.
As a global leader with presence in 150 countries, Verizon Global Enterprise offers a broad portfolio of connectivity, security and professional services designed to enable their customers to optimize their business operations, mitigate business risks, and capitalize on data. The company serves 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as non-U.S. public sector customers. With a rich history of excellence in the data and telecom space, Verizon Business is ideally positioned to roll out its range of network as a service (NaaS) offerings. The next-generation model can help organizations concentrate valuable resources on their business instead of rapidly changing networking technologies that require large capital investments. In doing so, they are playing a vital role in helping their customers evolve with the everchanging demands in the market without spending more on their network infrastructure.
Adapting Technologies to meet Dynamic Market Demands
In the traditional network and application service deployment environment, applications and services are not deployed in an integrated and centrally orchestrated manner. For businesses, this means:
• Higher capital costs, for specialty hardware for specific applications, such as a security firewall, IDS/IPS, routers, WAN optimization appliances, and SDWAN.
• Unsecured connectivity to cloud services; separate connections to scale, which are often done off the internet, leading to slower deployments of applications from development to production.
• Use of multiple vendors for contracts and procurement for applications, forcing customers to overpay for licenses and leading to longer contracting/procurement/engineering cycles.
All these factors affect a business’s ability to expand locations and reach new markets in an agile manner, opening the door for digitally native firms to disrupt and grab the market share.
Verizon’s solutions help customers reshape their connectivity infrastructure, which can reconcile application and customer experience needs with cutting-edge connectivity, to create a hybrid network environment.
Businesses will no longer need physical deployments and can move to a virtual and software-enabled service deployment model. Verizon can also integrate cloud services platforms into the network to help enterprises scale cloud services deployments in near real-time.
This helps deliver visibility into application services, not just for quality, but also into transactions, which are linked to customer experience.
Putting the Potential of 5G and MEC Within Reach
In terms of current network technologies, both 5G and Mobile Edge Networks are here, and they are here to stay.
As the first tech provider in the world to launch 5G, Verizon has been instrumental in enabling new 5G-powered experiences and opportunities to both businesses and consumers. Verizon is also a member of the 5G Future Forum, which enables it to work with other telcos to establish the groundwork for interoperable 5G cloud computing solutions the world.
In 2015, they created the 5G Technology Forum (5GTF), bringing together key partners like Ericsson, Qualcomm, Intel, and Samsung, to move the entire 5G ecosystem forward. The 5G Tech Forum’s technical work helped accelerate the release of the 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standard in December of 2017. This work set the foundation for the global 5G standard. 5G and network virtualization (using software to perform network functions) enables service and application deployment without having to install additional hardware.
"It’s about delivering a secured network in a more flexible, agile, and consumable way, centered around the specific needs of our customers. We are transitioning our customers from their traditional cycles of deploying hardware, applications, and services, to new, softwaredefined, and integrated digital environments"
Needless to say, Verizon has led the way in accelerating 5G innovation and industry standards.
In that same vein, Verizon is also focusing on private 5G, which has the potential to become the world's predominant LAN and WAN technology over the next 10 to 20 years, especially in greenfield builds. The next five years will likely see a boom in private 5G implementations at locations that would greatly benefit from better wireless technology in terms of speed, capacity, latency, and more. Deloitte predicts that by 2024, the value of cellular mobile equipment and services for use in private networks will likely add up to tens of billions of dollars annually.
Verizon’s private 5G solutions can enable businesses to get on the 5G ladder now, and the company will offer its support through every step of the way, providing architecture design to deployment and ongoing management. Each installation is custom-built to provide the coverage, reliability, and capacity that businesses need today, and tomorrow. Private 5G by Verizon is built with the core function of supporting edge computing.
“We can deliver ultra-fast private wireless connectivity and high bandwidth, provide near real-time and low-latency connections to enable businesses to transform the way they are working, with improved efficiency, innovation and security,” says Gossain.
It comes as no surprise then, that Verizon is also the first company in the world to launch a mobile edge compute service (MEC), partnering with all three major cloud providers—Google Cloud, AWS and Azure—to bring the capacity and power of the cloud to the edge of the network. This will enable developers and businesses to build new latency-sensitive applications.
This helps deliver visibility into application services, not just for quality, but also into transactions, which are linked to customer experience.
Putting the Potential of 5G and MEC Within Reach
In terms of current network technologies, both 5G and Mobile Edge Networks are here, and they are here to stay.
As the first tech provider in the world to launch 5G, Verizon has been instrumental in enabling new 5G-powered experiences and opportunities to both businesses and consumers. Verizon is also a member of the 5G Future Forum, which enables it to work with other telcos to establish the groundwork for interoperable 5G cloud computing solutions the world.
In 2015, they created the 5G Technology Forum (5GTF), bringing together key partners like Ericsson, Qualcomm, Intel, and Samsung, to move the entire 5G ecosystem forward. The 5G Tech Forum’s technical work helped accelerate the release of the 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standard in December of 2017. This work set the foundation for the global 5G standard. 5G and network virtualization (using software to perform network functions) enables service and application deployment without having to install additional hardware.
"It’s about delivering a secured network in a more flexible, agile, and consumable way, centered around the specific needs of our customers. We are transitioning our customers from their traditional cycles of deploying hardware, applications, and services, to new, softwaredefined, and integrated digital environments"
Needless to say, Verizon has led the way in accelerating 5G innovation and industry standards.
In that same vein, Verizon is also focusing on private 5G, which has the potential to become the world's predominant LAN and WAN technology over the next 10 to 20 years, especially in greenfield builds. The next five years will likely see a boom in private 5G implementations at locations that would greatly benefit from better wireless technology in terms of speed, capacity, latency, and more. Deloitte predicts that by 2024, the value of cellular mobile equipment and services for use in private networks will likely add up to tens of billions of dollars annually.
The enterprise network of the future will be agile, automated and consumed as a service, enabling flexibility and new ways to interact with employees, partners, customers and things
“We can deliver ultra-fast private wireless connectivity and high bandwidth, provide near real-time and low-latency connections to enable businesses to transform the way they are working, with improved efficiency, innovation and security,” says Gossain.
It comes as no surprise then, that Verizon is also the first company in the world to launch a mobile edge compute service (MEC), partnering with all three major cloud providers—Google Cloud, AWS and Azure—to bring the capacity and power of the cloud to the edge of the network. This will enable developers and businesses to build new latency-sensitive applications.
With the evolution of the cloud, MEC brings application hosting from centralized data centers down to the network edge, closer to the end user. As MEC is located on the edge network, it enables latency as low as 10 to 20 ms instead of requiring data to be processed in the core cloud data centers. Developers can use the same familiar cloud platform services and tools on the MEC platform, such as computers, networking, storage, and horizontal services.
In collaboration with AWS, Verizon’s private 5G network and MEC platform, with AWS Outposts, will allow customers to deploy secure, dedicated edge infrastructure on-premise to support applications ranging from factory automation to intelligent logistics and predictive maintenance.
Taking the Industry Forward, One Node at a Time
Verizon Business has been working with Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton. The UK’s number one port, responsible for £40 billion in exports every year, the Port of Southampton provides a critical link in supply chains serving businesses and manufacturers throughout the nation. It is also the UK’s number one port for car and cruise ships, handling approximately 900,000 cars and welcoming millions of cruise passengers annually. With this new contract, it will become the first UK mainland port with access to a private 5G network.
Delivered in partnership with Nokia, the Verizon private 5G platform will provide ABP with a reliable and secure private wireless data network across selected areas within the East and West Docks of the Southampton Port.
This will enable data communications to be consolidated onto a single network, reducing complexity, as well as improving the reliability and security of terminal communications. The deployment will address the immediate problem of loss of onsite data communications caused by poor Wi-Fi connectivity while the advanced capabilities of private 5G, specifically its reliability, throughput, security, and ultra-low latency will enable the use of new technologies such as real-time analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning.
This will aid in the enablement of new services in the near future, including asset tracking, autonomous guided vehicles, workflow management, predictive maintenance, and safety monitoring.
Business Transformation and the Trajectory of Verizon’s Innovation
Verizon currently owns and operates one of the largest global fiber-optic networks in the world, providing connectivity to its business customers in more than 150 countries. The company’s global IP network includes long-haul, metro and submarine assets that carry IP, data, and voice traffic across more than one million miles, enabling more than 330,000 private IP connections. They offer a suite of management and data security services that help their customers protect, detect, and respond to security threats to their networks, data, applications, and infrastructure. Through its Advanced Security Operations Center (SOC), Verizon monitors over 61 billion security events globally every year.
Verizon’s investigative response team boasts several hundred full-time team members across the globe and is one of the largest non-military IT investigations companies in the world. Verizon conducted 500+ IT investigations in 2022 and was retained to investigate 9 of the 11 largest data breaches on record.
On the collaboration front, BlueJeans by Verizon empowers organizations with secure video collaboration and large interactive events for today’s hybrid ways of working. It has numerous referenceable customers, such as Adobe, Red Hat, Electrolux, Dolby, UPenn—Wharton, and Central London Community Healthcare NHS.
With their dominance in 5G, MEC, security, and now, collaboration, Verizon Business has positioned itself as the one-stop, next-gen networking shop for organizations looking to take their businesses into the future. With both cutting-edge tech and a stellar vision for the future, it is on the path to enabling real change.
In collaboration with AWS, Verizon’s private 5G network and MEC platform, with AWS Outposts, will allow customers to deploy secure, dedicated edge infrastructure on-premise to support applications ranging from factory automation to intelligent logistics and predictive maintenance.
Taking the Industry Forward, One Node at a Time
Verizon Business has been working with Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy private 5G at the Port of Southampton. The UK’s number one port, responsible for £40 billion in exports every year, the Port of Southampton provides a critical link in supply chains serving businesses and manufacturers throughout the nation. It is also the UK’s number one port for car and cruise ships, handling approximately 900,000 cars and welcoming millions of cruise passengers annually. With this new contract, it will become the first UK mainland port with access to a private 5G network.
Delivered in partnership with Nokia, the Verizon private 5G platform will provide ABP with a reliable and secure private wireless data network across selected areas within the East and West Docks of the Southampton Port.
This will enable data communications to be consolidated onto a single network, reducing complexity, as well as improving the reliability and security of terminal communications. The deployment will address the immediate problem of loss of onsite data communications caused by poor Wi-Fi connectivity while the advanced capabilities of private 5G, specifically its reliability, throughput, security, and ultra-low latency will enable the use of new technologies such as real-time analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning.
This will aid in the enablement of new services in the near future, including asset tracking, autonomous guided vehicles, workflow management, predictive maintenance, and safety monitoring.
Business Transformation and the Trajectory of Verizon’s Innovation
Verizon currently owns and operates one of the largest global fiber-optic networks in the world, providing connectivity to its business customers in more than 150 countries. The company’s global IP network includes long-haul, metro and submarine assets that carry IP, data, and voice traffic across more than one million miles, enabling more than 330,000 private IP connections. They offer a suite of management and data security services that help their customers protect, detect, and respond to security threats to their networks, data, applications, and infrastructure. Through its Advanced Security Operations Center (SOC), Verizon monitors over 61 billion security events globally every year.
Verizon’s investigative response team boasts several hundred full-time team members across the globe and is one of the largest non-military IT investigations companies in the world. Verizon conducted 500+ IT investigations in 2022 and was retained to investigate 9 of the 11 largest data breaches on record.
On the collaboration front, BlueJeans by Verizon empowers organizations with secure video collaboration and large interactive events for today’s hybrid ways of working. It has numerous referenceable customers, such as Adobe, Red Hat, Electrolux, Dolby, UPenn—Wharton, and Central London Community Healthcare NHS.
With their dominance in 5G, MEC, security, and now, collaboration, Verizon Business has positioned itself as the one-stop, next-gen networking shop for organizations looking to take their businesses into the future. With both cutting-edge tech and a stellar vision for the future, it is on the path to enabling real change.
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Verizon Business takes 5G Innovation Sessions to San Francisco’s Chase Center
How Value Stream Management is fueling success at Boeing, Tyson, and Verizon
Unlocking business agility with Value Stream Management—now is the time to break down the silos that can impede successful digital transformation.
In today’s digitally transforming world, time is of the essence. Whether you’re looking to deliver a new product release, fix an issue, or enhance a service, the longer you make customers wait, the worse for your business.
As you seek to boost agility and speed your organization’s digital transformation, there are some proven principles you can apply. By employing Value Stream Management (VSM), executives gain the visibility to align teams, workflows, and investments around one key aspect: customer value. In the process, they can break down the silos that stifle digital transformation. Around the world, leading enterprises have begun to harness the power of VSM—and have seen dramatic results. The following are a few real-world examples of the gains leading companies are realizing.
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company has been employing VSM for several years now. Through VSM, they optimized resource utilization and reduced waste.
“Before we adopted value stream management and our sophisticated processes, we actually had no idea what work was being done in each of our organizations,” Lynda Van Vleet, Boeing’s portfolio management systems product manager.
The organization changed legacy approaches to product management and project investment. This enabled them to speed up their ability to innovate and pursue digital transformation. They created cross-functional teams that empowered employees to spend more time and effort on delivering customer value. By establishing cross-team visibility, leaders were able to spot redundancies.
“In our first two years, we saved hundreds of millions of dollars. But that wasn’t our goal. I think a lot of organizations look at this as a way of saving money because you usually do, but if you start out looking at it as a way of creating value, that just comes along with it.”
Tyson Foods
The IT team at Tyson adopted a portfolio-style management approach with VSM that deepened management’s insight and visibility into spending, available resources, and how various investments create customer value.
Through VSM, teams are able to get the deeper insight required to improve project governance and use resources more efficiently. “We have more visibility into metrics that matter in terms of how we work and use our people,” revealed Chelsey Marr, senior director of the Tyson Technology Program Management Office. “It’s easy to see constraints from competing priorities.” In addition, managers have gained a sharper “line of sight into what will be delivered, who will deliver, and how the results will be delivered.”
Verizon
A multinational telecommunications company, Verizon offers another example of the power of VSM. Verizon’s telecommunications products and services were growing so fast that management felt it needed new methods to manage the increased volume of work. “We’re in a data-intensive tech field that moves faster than a project plan or traditional roadmaps,” said Jason Newman, senior manager, systems engineering, Connected Solutions Group strategy and operations at Verizon. “Value stream management lets people do the work they’re supposed to do instead of getting caught up in work about work.”
Verizon saw the immediate value of heightening process visibility and improving real business intelligence. Newman’s team leverages the VSM platform’s intelligence to “consume data and help contribute to decision-making.”
“Just the efficiencies gained from governing and staffing provided cost savings,” claimed Newman. “What you see is maximizing the ROI.”
Conclusion
By employing VSM principles and solutions, businesses around the world are realizing significant dividends. To learn more about VSM and how it is fueling these benefits, be sure to review these two reports from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services:
• “Using Value Stream Management to Speed Digital Transformation and Eliminate the Silos”
• “Entering the Age of Data-Driven Digital Transformation with Value Stream Management”
These reports feature the insights of industry analysts and expert VSM practitioners, who share some of the key strategies they’ve employed. You can also visit ValueOps by Broadcom to learn more about VSM’s benefits and how to get started.
In today’s digitally transforming world, time is of the essence. Whether you’re looking to deliver a new product release, fix an issue, or enhance a service, the longer you make customers wait, the worse for your business.
As you seek to boost agility and speed your organization’s digital transformation, there are some proven principles you can apply. By employing Value Stream Management (VSM), executives gain the visibility to align teams, workflows, and investments around one key aspect: customer value. In the process, they can break down the silos that stifle digital transformation. Around the world, leading enterprises have begun to harness the power of VSM—and have seen dramatic results. The following are a few real-world examples of the gains leading companies are realizing.
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company has been employing VSM for several years now. Through VSM, they optimized resource utilization and reduced waste.
“Before we adopted value stream management and our sophisticated processes, we actually had no idea what work was being done in each of our organizations,” Lynda Van Vleet, Boeing’s portfolio management systems product manager.
The organization changed legacy approaches to product management and project investment. This enabled them to speed up their ability to innovate and pursue digital transformation. They created cross-functional teams that empowered employees to spend more time and effort on delivering customer value. By establishing cross-team visibility, leaders were able to spot redundancies.
“In our first two years, we saved hundreds of millions of dollars. But that wasn’t our goal. I think a lot of organizations look at this as a way of saving money because you usually do, but if you start out looking at it as a way of creating value, that just comes along with it.”
Tyson Foods
The IT team at Tyson adopted a portfolio-style management approach with VSM that deepened management’s insight and visibility into spending, available resources, and how various investments create customer value.
Through VSM, teams are able to get the deeper insight required to improve project governance and use resources more efficiently. “We have more visibility into metrics that matter in terms of how we work and use our people,” revealed Chelsey Marr, senior director of the Tyson Technology Program Management Office. “It’s easy to see constraints from competing priorities.” In addition, managers have gained a sharper “line of sight into what will be delivered, who will deliver, and how the results will be delivered.”
Verizon
A multinational telecommunications company, Verizon offers another example of the power of VSM. Verizon’s telecommunications products and services were growing so fast that management felt it needed new methods to manage the increased volume of work. “We’re in a data-intensive tech field that moves faster than a project plan or traditional roadmaps,” said Jason Newman, senior manager, systems engineering, Connected Solutions Group strategy and operations at Verizon. “Value stream management lets people do the work they’re supposed to do instead of getting caught up in work about work.”
Verizon saw the immediate value of heightening process visibility and improving real business intelligence. Newman’s team leverages the VSM platform’s intelligence to “consume data and help contribute to decision-making.”
“Just the efficiencies gained from governing and staffing provided cost savings,” claimed Newman. “What you see is maximizing the ROI.”
Conclusion
By employing VSM principles and solutions, businesses around the world are realizing significant dividends. To learn more about VSM and how it is fueling these benefits, be sure to review these two reports from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services:
• “Using Value Stream Management to Speed Digital Transformation and Eliminate the Silos”
• “Entering the Age of Data-Driven Digital Transformation with Value Stream Management”
These reports feature the insights of industry analysts and expert VSM practitioners, who share some of the key strategies they’ve employed. You can also visit ValueOps by Broadcom to learn more about VSM’s benefits and how to get started.
Total by Verizon to Make Advertising Debut During Univision Big Game Telecast
NEW YORK: Total by Verizon, a fast-growing prepaid no-contract wireless provider from Verizon, is making a major play to reach Latino audiences during the Big Game on the nation’s largest Spanish-language TV network, Univision. The new 30-second ad will air during the first commercial break of the second quarter.
TelevisaUnivision will air its first-ever broadcast of the Big Game, and Total by Verizon will debut new advertising creative. The brand hopes to inspire Spanish-speaking game watchers to switch to one of its service plans as a new way to save on the network America relies on. The new advertisement is part of a 360-degree campaign created by Ogilvy.
“Total by Verizon’s appearance during the Univision telecast of the Big Game marks our commitment to serving Latino audiences authentically and in language, and it’s just the beginning,” said Angie Klein, President of Verizon Value organization. “We are here to change people’s perceptions of what prepaid wireless is all about by offering the power of Verizon’s 5G network, with no contracts and no credit checks.”
A fast-growing retail brand opening new locations in urban markets across America, Total by Verizon features a broad lineup of devices, generous benefits and no-contract service plans for both single-line accounts and families for as low as $25 a line per month for unlimited 5G data. Perks on select plans include unlimited calling to five countries of your choice, Disney+, access to 5G Ultra Wideband, and generous hotspot allocations.
Since its introduction, Total by Verizon has worked to make an impact in communities across the country by opening hundreds of new, exclusive stores in urban communities where other retailers are closing their doors, with hundreds more planned throughout 2024. Plus, the brand makes it easier than ever to connect with loved ones here and outside of the US, with International talk & text to Mexico, unlimited international calling to select countries including Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, and a $10 Global Calling Add on available at any Total by Verizon retail location or online.
TelevisaUnivision will air its first-ever broadcast of the Big Game, and Total by Verizon will debut new advertising creative. The brand hopes to inspire Spanish-speaking game watchers to switch to one of its service plans as a new way to save on the network America relies on. The new advertisement is part of a 360-degree campaign created by Ogilvy.
“Total by Verizon’s appearance during the Univision telecast of the Big Game marks our commitment to serving Latino audiences authentically and in language, and it’s just the beginning,” said Angie Klein, President of Verizon Value organization. “We are here to change people’s perceptions of what prepaid wireless is all about by offering the power of Verizon’s 5G network, with no contracts and no credit checks.”
A fast-growing retail brand opening new locations in urban markets across America, Total by Verizon features a broad lineup of devices, generous benefits and no-contract service plans for both single-line accounts and families for as low as $25 a line per month for unlimited 5G data. Perks on select plans include unlimited calling to five countries of your choice, Disney+, access to 5G Ultra Wideband, and generous hotspot allocations.
Since its introduction, Total by Verizon has worked to make an impact in communities across the country by opening hundreds of new, exclusive stores in urban communities where other retailers are closing their doors, with hundreds more planned throughout 2024. Plus, the brand makes it easier than ever to connect with loved ones here and outside of the US, with International talk & text to Mexico, unlimited international calling to select countries including Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, and a $10 Global Calling Add on available at any Total by Verizon retail location or online.
Verizon Business to showcase its retail technology at the National Retail Federation's Big Show 2024
Verizon Business to demonstrate the impact 5G will have on the retail industry at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center January 14-16
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.,-- Verizon Business will showcase innovative 5G solutions at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Big Show 2024 (Booth #3338) at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. Through a series of on-site experiences, the company will highlight the significant effect that 5G, dependable connectivity, collaboration tools, and more have on the retail sector.
In recent years, retailers faced unprecedented challenges including labor shortages, increased shrinkage and persistent supply chain disruptions. In 2024, retailers will increasingly invest in innovative solutions that will help them do more with what they have, including enhancing customer experiences, strengthening security, and streamlining inventory management.
"We’re the technology partner to some of the world’s largest retailers and help turn their pain points into competitive advantages,” said Mike Ruhnke, Vice President - Enterprise Sales, Verizon Business. “At NRF we will show how solutions such as cashierless checkout, warehouse automation, augmented reality mirrors, and electronic shelf labels come to life from the warehouse to the final point-of-sale.”
The Verizon Business booth, #3338, will be demonstrating a range of current and forward-looking scenarios.
Hands-on Innovative Experiences
• Virtual Mirror: A dynamic augmented reality mirror that enables visitors to virtually try-on apparel and accessories.
• Cashierless Checkout: The Express Shop cashierless checkout experience showcases 5G, MEC and AiFi technologies that enable a contactless and low friction customer experience.
• Warehouse Robotics: This area will feature a warehouse/distribution center scene showing how private wireless networks can be used to support inventory management systems and robotics such as AMRs.
• Apparel Store Technology: The apparel shelves will feature a Proto M hologram display to show product demonstrations.
• Grocery Store Technology: The grocery shelves will feature electronic shelf labels to improve operational efficiency and price accuracy and retail media networks to increase store revenues.
Solution Demonstrations
Verizon will showcase its dependable, highly secure, and quick network access in the solutions demo area. This connectivity is enabling various technologies to be combined into strong, modular, and intelligent solutions. Smarter insights, quicker decision making, and new functionality can all be made possible by these solutions. The main exhibits center on:
• Enterprise Connectivity
• Data Protection
• CX Digital Transformations
To schedule a media briefing or a booth tour with an attending Verizon Business executive, please email carlos.arcila@verizon.com.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $136.8 billion in 2022. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.,-- Verizon Business will showcase innovative 5G solutions at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) Big Show 2024 (Booth #3338) at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. Through a series of on-site experiences, the company will highlight the significant effect that 5G, dependable connectivity, collaboration tools, and more have on the retail sector.
In recent years, retailers faced unprecedented challenges including labor shortages, increased shrinkage and persistent supply chain disruptions. In 2024, retailers will increasingly invest in innovative solutions that will help them do more with what they have, including enhancing customer experiences, strengthening security, and streamlining inventory management.
"We’re the technology partner to some of the world’s largest retailers and help turn their pain points into competitive advantages,” said Mike Ruhnke, Vice President - Enterprise Sales, Verizon Business. “At NRF we will show how solutions such as cashierless checkout, warehouse automation, augmented reality mirrors, and electronic shelf labels come to life from the warehouse to the final point-of-sale.”
The Verizon Business booth, #3338, will be demonstrating a range of current and forward-looking scenarios.
Hands-on Innovative Experiences
• Virtual Mirror: A dynamic augmented reality mirror that enables visitors to virtually try-on apparel and accessories.
• Cashierless Checkout: The Express Shop cashierless checkout experience showcases 5G, MEC and AiFi technologies that enable a contactless and low friction customer experience.
• Warehouse Robotics: This area will feature a warehouse/distribution center scene showing how private wireless networks can be used to support inventory management systems and robotics such as AMRs.
• Apparel Store Technology: The apparel shelves will feature a Proto M hologram display to show product demonstrations.
• Grocery Store Technology: The grocery shelves will feature electronic shelf labels to improve operational efficiency and price accuracy and retail media networks to increase store revenues.
Solution Demonstrations
Verizon will showcase its dependable, highly secure, and quick network access in the solutions demo area. This connectivity is enabling various technologies to be combined into strong, modular, and intelligent solutions. Smarter insights, quicker decision making, and new functionality can all be made possible by these solutions. The main exhibits center on:
• Enterprise Connectivity
• Data Protection
• CX Digital Transformations
To schedule a media briefing or a booth tour with an attending Verizon Business executive, please email carlos.arcila@verizon.com.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $136.8 billion in 2022. The company offers data, video and voice services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control.
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BASKING RIDGE, N.J.,: Verizon Business, along with Nokia, is heading to the Bay Area to showcase the power of 5G through dynamic, immersive demonstrations of current and some forward-looking use cases and products during this 5G Innovation Sessions tour stop on August 9.
The event will feature presentations, panels, and demonstrations by industry leaders and product experts from Verizon Business, Nokia, the Golden State Warriors, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Ticketmaster.
“The 5G Innovation Sessions are about showcasing 5G in use today at enterprise scale. Not months or years away, not in hypothetical use cases -- we’re talking about 5G in production and making a difference right now. Our attendees get to hear directly from decision makers at industry leading companies about how 5G is making them more efficient and more capable,” said Debika Bhattacharya, Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business. “Digitization and technology integration are not slowing down, and having the right partners, solutions and network in place to take advantage is critical for businesses of all sizes. These events map the path from adoption to production to results, and being able to do this session at Chase Center in the Bay Area, the country’s capital of tech innovation, is a special opportunity.”
Innovations featured will include 5G Edge Accelerated Access, 5G Edge Cashierless Checkout, Real-time Communications, QA for Warehouse, 5G Edge Aerial Inspections, 5G Business Internet, Remote Situational Awareness, Live Nokia Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) Hologram, Private 5G, Industry Solutions Smart Manufacturing and Wireless Industry 4.0.
“We look forward to continuing our partnership with Verizon and collaborating on the 5G Innovation Sessions, with the latest stop in San Francisco,” said Brian Fitzgerald, Head of Verizon Business at Nokia. “Together with Verizon, Nokia is providing enterprises with secure, high speed, low latency, state-of-the-art 5G private wireless solutions that deliver dedicated, high-capacity bandwidth for critical communications, and a powerful edge computing platform for digital applications. Nokia’s market-leading private wireless solutions are enabling enterprises with a range of Industry 4.0 use cases, including smart manufacturing, truly immersive real-time experiences and capacity boost with high reliability, to help accelerate their digital transformation.”
The event will be held at Chase Center located at 1 Warriors Way, San Francisco, CA on August 9, featuring prominent executives including Debika Bhattacharya, Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business; Iris Meijer, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon Business; Jonathan Nikols, Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Americas, Verizon Business; Robb Juliano, Vice President, 5G Acceleration, Verizon Business; Danny Johnson, Director, Product Marketing, Verizon Business; David De Lancellotti, Vice President, Enterprise Campus Edge Business, Nokia; Jason Elliott, Head of Cross Portfolio Solutions and Partners, Nokia; Daniel Brusilovsky, Vice President of Technology, Golden State Warriors; Scott Aller, Senior Director, Client Development NBA / NHL / Arenas, Ticketmaster; and Amir Rao, Director of Product Management, Telco, AWS.
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Verizon’s Commitment to San Francisco
Verizon has recently made major upgrades to the network serving customers in San Francisco, CA. These upgrades are part of a multi-year redesign of Verizon’s network architecture to stay ahead of exponential data usage increases, upgrade the technology in the network, pave the way for personalized customer experiences and provide a platform for enterprises and developers to drive innovation. In the city of San Francisco, 80% of the population is now covered with 5G Ultra Wideband service using C-band spectrum.
Network upgrades in San Francisco include deploying new cell sites to extend coverage and capacity in local communities and in venues where large gatherings take place, introducing new spectrum for wireless connectivity, adding more capacity on fiber optic cables to move more data through the network, incorporating advanced technologies to drive efficiency, and adding bandwidth to the cellular network to accommodate new services like wireless internet service for homes and businesses.
Over the last decade, Verizon Innovative Learning has committed $1 billion in market value to support digital equity and inclusion within education for some of the most vulnerable populations across the country. Through partnerships with nonprofit organizations, and a suite of programs and resources, the initiative has reached over 3 million students at schools across the U.S., primarily focused on Title I institutions.
In San Francisco, over 7,000 students have been reached across 7 schools through the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program, equipping them with free technology, internet access and innovative STEM learning. Additionally, educators nationwide have access to Verizon Innovative Learning HQ, our free next-gen online education portal that provides XR content, professional development, and lesson plans.
Verizon offers free, personalized resources through Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, designed to help small business owners grow their business, including online courses, 1:1 coaching, peer networking and incentives such as grants. Since its launch in September 2021, nearly 1,000 San Francisco-based businesses have registered and engaged with online courses like digital marketing, operational efficiency, business pivots during changing economic conditions and best practices for leveraging social media for growth, and many others.
Through Citizen Verizon, the company’s responsible business plan, Verizon aims to provide 10 million youths with digital skills training by 2030 and support 1M small businesses by 2030 with resources to thrive in the digital economy.
Supporting first responders who serve California
During 2022, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team responded to more than 200 requests for mission-critical communications support from public safety agencies across California, helping ensure first responders on the front lines of emergency response operations had the network and solutions they needed to achieve their missions.
Verizon Frontline devices and solutions ranging from mobile hotspots, routers and smart devices to deployable satellite solutions, such as Satellite Picocells on Trailers (SPOTs), were deployed throughout 2022 to support California first responders. The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team provided more than 1,200 of these solutions to state and local public safety agencies last year alone.
This support has continued during 2023, as the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team has already delivered more than 560 Verizon Frontline solutions to first responders as a result of nearly 100 requests for support from public safety agencies across the state. This ongoing support is provided at no cost to local agencies and represents a continuation of Verizon Frontline’s decades-long commitment to partnering with public safety and government.
Putting San Franciscans in charge of their personal plans
With Verizon’s myPlan, customers can pay for only what they need. Everyone gets to customize their own plan, so each person, or family member, gets what they want—and everyone can save. Pick your plan. Pick your perks. It’s that simple.
And customers get even more value when they combine myPlan with Verizon 5G Home Internet. 5G Home Internet is Verizon’s 5G wireless network built to connect your home with an ultra-fast internet that's ready for what comes next. With our 5G Home Internet, there are no long-term contracts, no data caps or set up fees. Starting at $25 per month with Auto Pay, that's 50 percent off when you combine it with select 5G Mobile plans.