When Will Ultrafast Internet Come to Your Phone?

5G will also increase transmission speed and total bandwidth, which will be needed to accommodate added demand from the “internet of things” -- the ballooning number of objects ranging from refrigerators to traffic lights to dog collars sending and receiving data. China started trials in more than a dozen major cities this year. In the U.S., Verizon Communications Inc. will offer the first consumer 5G internet and TV service in four cities -- Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Sacramento, California -- beginning Oct. 1.