Verizon’s first 5G service rollout is live in select areas of the Des Moines metro, but the company is keeping plans for future expansion quiet in the meantime. Des Moines is the 20th market to receive Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service, which would be available to users of seven Verizon devices that are currently 5G-enabled. […]
U.S. Cellular will first launch the company’s 5G network in Iowa and Wisconsin during the first quarter of 2020, the company announced this week. The launch will be the first phase of the company’s multiyear network expansion, and will be available in 140 communities across Iowa, including Ames, Ankeny, Bettendorf, Boone, Carroll, Cedar Falls, Cedar […]
If there is any place you might half-expect an alien encounter, camping in the South Dakota Badlands might be on the list. Yet, my skeptical partners and I were floored when we looked up from the campfire over Memorial Day weekend and saw a thin line of interconnected lights too fast to count, trailing tightly […]
City by city, the first few tons of 5G wireless internet equipment is being installed — and protested, as CityLab reports. 5G networks have only just begun to spread — a few providers, including AT&T and Verizon, have started going live in a handful of cities (Verizon announced 5G service will be arriving in Des Moines, although wasn’t clear […]
Buckle up: 2025 is only seven years away. Last week Aaron Proietti, founder of Adaptivity Enterprises and a self-proclaimed futurist, offered EntreFEST conference attendees in Cedar Rapids several thoughtful predictions of what to expect from the world in less than 10 years. “The technologies that I’ve shown here are not inherently good or evil, but […]