NEW YORK -- Verizon on Wednesday started its fifth-generation wireless network in areas of Minneapolis and Chicago ahead of schedule, snatching the "world's first commercial 5G mobile service" status from South Korea, where three leading carriers will begin service Friday.
The U.S. telecom provider's launch, originally set for April 11, also offered customers a 5G-compatible device -- the Moto Z3 with 5G Moto Mod, a handset combination manufactured by Motorola. This also stripped Samsung Electronics the right to call its Galaxy S10 5G smartphone the first commercial 5G-enabled phone on the market.
