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There was everything from smart mailboxes to walking cars. Journalists, executives and tech junkies all descended on Las Vegas strip for the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show this week. The annual event that shows off the industry's latest innovations attracted over 200,000 people. On What'd You Miss This Week, Scarlet Fu and Caroline Hyde spoke with Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg from CES.
The chief executive of the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. discussed both the hurdles and opportunities that came with their rollout of residential 5G. Vestberg said Verizon was already two years ahead of schedule on the technology, which he called "a quantum leap when it comes to speed." The initial plan was to launch 5G in 2020, but Vestberg said they felt there was an impetus to act now. This is "a very important market for us to build on," the chief executive said, and predicted Verizon would see meaningful revenue from 5G by 2020.