{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"142662","rtpr_id":"nGNX5mzfx3-20260914","ticker":"VZ","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["VZ"],"title":"Verizon Leads 6G Momentum with Nine New Forum Members and Successful Real-World ISAC and AI-Native Trials","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-14T13:00:01.141Z","article_body":"NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon today announced a major\nacceleration in the development of next-generation wireless architectures with\nthe formal expansion of the Verizon 6G Innovation Forum\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=Dcy_xuXMkykylGBcuP5YB647r24IgbQcEnb-goxpL9EINcWuDftmk_xLotaF7vqtM1QdYvQ9tfv1dFPWc6oZ0M4RicDpn_eWHF2WqZKHkjLejy-MAOnHfub0_pnS7y-VtkF9utpMFIKZPLz7qcN1IiyiV2y-3Pf1Aw5aEGiTY9S5ZZ_hKH_zJB0VG9xkqVCCaGkjUB1g_OJ6NDxsbbEp_A==)\n(6GIF). Nine industry heavyweights—Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Intel,\nKeysight Technologies, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, Rohde & Schwarz\nand VIAVI Solutions—have officially joined the forum, launched last year to\nestablish an open, diversified, and resilient 6G ecosystem and develop\nfoundational 6G technologies.\n\n“By expanding our Innovation Forum and refining live edge-AI trials today,\nwe are ensuring the AI-native 6G network is built from day one to scale 5G\nAdvanced capabilities and translate these next-generation technologies into\nmeaningful, real-world experiences for our customers,” said Yago Tenorio,\nChief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology Development\nat Verizon. “With 6G, our collaborative objective is fundamentally bottom-up\nand use-case-driven. We are designing the next generation of connectivity with\na specific target already in mind: enabling and scaling AI workloads and the\nmassive AI ecosystem—particularly the emerging class of AI-enabled wearables\nlike untethered smart glasses, as well as pioneering Integrated Sensing and\nCommunication (ISAC) technologies.”\n\nThe Verizon 6G Innovation Forum which includes founding members Ericsson,\nSamsung, Nokia, Meta, and Qualcomm Technologies focuses on unlocking the full\npotential of 6G by trialing new use cases, testing new spectrum bands and\nbandwidth, and ensuring global alignment with global standards bodies like the\n3GPP. The arrival of the nine new members injects critical multi-disciplinary\ncapabilities across cloud services, advanced silicon and accelerated\ncomputing, independent automated test emulation, network security and\nimmersive device graphics simulation.\n\nPioneering Real-World ISAC Trials with Founding Partners\nTo move 6G from theoretical discussion into practical reality, Verizon\nhighlighted recent successful field trials with founding members Samsung and\nQualcomm targeting Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) use cases. ISAC\nessentially transforms the cellular network into a massive, distributed\nradar-like sensor without the need for physical cameras. Using 5G Advanced\ncapabilities, the companies explored how ISAC could support public safety,\nenvironmental awareness and event management, creating a path to evolve these\ncapabilities with 6G.\n* Crowd Density Detection Demo with Samsung: Staged live at a major\ninternational soccer celebration in Dallas, Texas, this milestone represented\nthe industry’s first AI-powered ISAC trial on a virtualized Radio Access\nNetwork (vRAN) for crowd detection. Using a single 5G base station and 40MHz\nof CBRS spectrum, the network tracked the raw radio variations from six\nlocalized Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Samsung’s AI RAN and edge AI platform,\nNetwork in a Server (NIS) then analyzed these ambient wireless signal changes\nto generate real-time crowd-density heatmaps on commercial phones and a\ntablet. The trial validated how network-native sensing can enable real-time\nintelligence for large-scale events, which could allow event organizers to\nmonitor spectator flows in real-time, streamline gate operations, reduce\nconcession line wait times, and proactively address overcrowding risks.(1)\n* Drone and Vehicle Safety Tracking Demo with Qualcomm: Conducted at\nQualcomm’s San Diego campus, this trial demonstrated the network's ability\nto seamlessly multitask. Utilizing 100 to 400MHz of millimeter-wave spectrum\nand four synchronized Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs), the system\nsuccessfully mapped and tracked the position and velocity of an airborne\ntarget and moving ground vehicles. Crucially, the network maintained\nradar-like tracking of the drone while simultaneously providing uninterrupted,\nhigh-speed 5G Standalone (SA) mobile communications to a phone user on the\nground. This highlights 6G's potential to provide the foundational, secure\ntracking infrastructure required for future autonomous drone safety.\nTrialing an AI Sports Companion Application\nFurther driving its strategy of building infrastructure around the\napplications of tomorrow, Verizon showcased a prototype of an AI Sports\nCompanion application. Next-generation, AI-native devices and wearables like\nsmart glasses will demand ultra-low latency and a more balanced\nuplink-downlink model as the glasses will generate as much uplink data as\ndownloading content.\n\nPowered directly by the Verizon Edge Network, this research prototype\napplication showed how that architectural shift could translate into a premium\nfan experience. Wearing Meta AI glasses, users could enjoy a game in a stadium\nor at home completely hands-free without looking down at a phone. Utilizing an\nultra-fast edge network with a locally optimized Small Language Model (SLM), a\nNVIDIA DGX Spark and statistics from SportsDataIO, the application allowed\nusers to verbally ask for real-time player statistics, live score\ninterpretations, or game-winning probabilities, receiving instant, spoken\nanswers right in their ear. The prototype was designed to explore how future\ntechnology could eliminate the friction of juggling multiple apps and keep\nfans immersed in the game while providing deep, real-time insights.\n\nThe Path to 6G Deployment\nLooking forward, Verizon 6GIF members will continue to share learnings from\nfuture ecosystem demonstrations involving ISAC, digital twins, robotics, AI\nand advanced wearables. Verizon views the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles\nas the ultimate interim proving ground on the road to commercial 6G\ndeployment.\n\nWith Verizon’s dedicated 6G Lab already established directly in Los Angeles,\nthe host city will serve as a live, real-world stage to stress-test the\nmassive capacity demands and early use cases of the AI-native era, delivering\npractical user experiences that prove and validate the next generation of\nwireless technology.\n\nThis announcement was originally published by Verizon. Read the original press\nrelease.\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=FIUnyLG7uLV3_vlF7knwEcByDTnvzBbGhd3Uc25gs3Yb4cprH5NC6SP87IjEWfIN2XnuN7EyUQ-PzHuhfbd68xBcF3WQ01qCZsfl-Xs44vLY3DgcnvioLwEI4w5EKkd_O7fhKO6qIthF2zdKG_HLW2dae6eJFLK02xd8tp7QlfSZXjdx_qodpMYD-34-8DnY)\n\nMedia contact: \nChris Ashraf\nChristina.moon.ashraf@verizon.com\n201-320-4259\n\n(1)(The crowd sensing demo measures crowd density which is the number of\npeople in a given area, at any given time. Individual users or objects are not\nidentified. No information is obtained about the identity of the individuals.)\n\n(Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) powers and empowers how its\nmillions of customers live, work and play, delivering on their demand for\nmobility, reliable network connectivity and security. Headquartered in New\nYork City, serving countries worldwide and nearly all of the Fortune 500,\nVerizon generated revenues of $138.2 billion in 2025. Verizon’s world-class\nteam never stops innovating to meet customers where they are today and equip\nthem for the needs of tomorrow. For more, visit verizon.com or find a retail\nlocation at verizon.com/stores)\n\n(VERIZON’S ONLINE MEDIA CENTER: News releases, stories, media contacts and\nother resources are available at verizon.com/news. News releases are also\navailable through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit\nwww.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/.)\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2a0c6c7a-3980-4c97-a719-a463817cf3f6)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNX5mzfx3-20260914","title":"Verizon Leads 6G Momentum with Nine New Forum Members and Successful Real-World ISAC and AI-Native Trials","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"VZ","created":"2026-09-14T13:00:01.141Z","tickers":["VZ"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon today announced a major\nacceleration in the development of next-generation wireless architectures with\nthe formal expansion of the Verizon 6G Innovation Forum\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=Dcy_xuXMkykylGBcuP5YB647r24IgbQcEnb-goxpL9EINcWuDftmk_xLotaF7vqtM1QdYvQ9tfv1dFPWc6oZ0M4RicDpn_eWHF2WqZKHkjLejy-MAOnHfub0_pnS7y-VtkF9utpMFIKZPLz7qcN1IiyiV2y-3Pf1Aw5aEGiTY9S5ZZ_hKH_zJB0VG9xkqVCCaGkjUB1g_OJ6NDxsbbEp_A==)\n(6GIF). Nine industry heavyweights—Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cisco, Intel,\nKeysight Technologies, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, Rohde & Schwarz\nand VIAVI Solutions—have officially joined the forum, launched last year to\nestablish an open, diversified, and resilient 6G ecosystem and develop\nfoundational 6G technologies.\n\n“By expanding our Innovation Forum and refining live edge-AI trials today,\nwe are ensuring the AI-native 6G network is built from day one to scale 5G\nAdvanced capabilities and translate these next-generation technologies into\nmeaningful, real-world experiences for our customers,” said Yago Tenorio,\nChief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology Development\nat Verizon. “With 6G, our collaborative objective is fundamentally bottom-up\nand use-case-driven. We are designing the next generation of connectivity with\na specific target already in mind: enabling and scaling AI workloads and the\nmassive AI ecosystem—particularly the emerging class of AI-enabled wearables\nlike untethered smart glasses, as well as pioneering Integrated Sensing and\nCommunication (ISAC) technologies.”\n\nThe Verizon 6G Innovation Forum which includes founding members Ericsson,\nSamsung, Nokia, Meta, and Qualcomm Technologies focuses on unlocking the full\npotential of 6G by trialing new use cases, testing new spectrum bands and\nbandwidth, and ensuring global alignment with global standards bodies like the\n3GPP. The arrival of the nine new members injects critical multi-disciplinary\ncapabilities across cloud services, advanced silicon and accelerated\ncomputing, independent automated test emulation, network security and\nimmersive device graphics simulation.\n\nPioneering Real-World ISAC Trials with Founding Partners\nTo move 6G from theoretical discussion into practical reality, Verizon\nhighlighted recent successful field trials with founding members Samsung and\nQualcomm targeting Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) use cases. ISAC\nessentially transforms the cellular network into a massive, distributed\nradar-like sensor without the need for physical cameras. Using 5G Advanced\ncapabilities, the companies explored how ISAC could support public safety,\nenvironmental awareness and event management, creating a path to evolve these\ncapabilities with 6G.\n* Crowd Density Detection Demo with Samsung: Staged live at a major\ninternational soccer celebration in Dallas, Texas, this milestone represented\nthe industry’s first AI-powered ISAC trial on a virtualized Radio Access\nNetwork (vRAN) for crowd detection. Using a single 5G base station and 40MHz\nof CBRS spectrum, the network tracked the raw radio variations from six\nlocalized Samsung Galaxy smartphones. Samsung’s AI RAN and edge AI platform,\nNetwork in a Server (NIS) then analyzed these ambient wireless signal changes\nto generate real-time crowd-density heatmaps on commercial phones and a\ntablet. The trial validated how network-native sensing can enable real-time\nintelligence for large-scale events, which could allow event organizers to\nmonitor spectator flows in real-time, streamline gate operations, reduce\nconcession line wait times, and proactively address overcrowding risks.(1)\n* Drone and Vehicle Safety Tracking Demo with Qualcomm: Conducted at\nQualcomm’s San Diego campus, this trial demonstrated the network's ability\nto seamlessly multitask. Utilizing 100 to 400MHz of millimeter-wave spectrum\nand four synchronized Transmission and Reception Points (TRPs), the system\nsuccessfully mapped and tracked the position and velocity of an airborne\ntarget and moving ground vehicles. Crucially, the network maintained\nradar-like tracking of the drone while simultaneously providing uninterrupted,\nhigh-speed 5G Standalone (SA) mobile communications to a phone user on the\nground. This highlights 6G's potential to provide the foundational, secure\ntracking infrastructure required for future autonomous drone safety.\nTrialing an AI Sports Companion Application\nFurther driving its strategy of building infrastructure around the\napplications of tomorrow, Verizon showcased a prototype of an AI Sports\nCompanion application. Next-generation, AI-native devices and wearables like\nsmart glasses will demand ultra-low latency and a more balanced\nuplink-downlink model as the glasses will generate as much uplink data as\ndownloading content.\n\nPowered directly by the Verizon Edge Network, this research prototype\napplication showed how that architectural shift could translate into a premium\nfan experience. Wearing Meta AI glasses, users could enjoy a game in a stadium\nor at home completely hands-free without looking down at a phone. Utilizing an\nultra-fast edge network with a locally optimized Small Language Model (SLM), a\nNVIDIA DGX Spark and statistics from SportsDataIO, the application allowed\nusers to verbally ask for real-time player statistics, live score\ninterpretations, or game-winning probabilities, receiving instant, spoken\nanswers right in their ear. The prototype was designed to explore how future\ntechnology could eliminate the friction of juggling multiple apps and keep\nfans immersed in the game while providing deep, real-time insights.\n\nThe Path to 6G Deployment\nLooking forward, Verizon 6GIF members will continue to share learnings from\nfuture ecosystem demonstrations involving ISAC, digital twins, robotics, AI\nand advanced wearables. Verizon views the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles\nas the ultimate interim proving ground on the road to commercial 6G\ndeployment.\n\nWith Verizon’s dedicated 6G Lab already established directly in Los Angeles,\nthe host city will serve as a live, real-world stage to stress-test the\nmassive capacity demands and early use cases of the AI-native era, delivering\npractical user experiences that prove and validate the next generation of\nwireless technology.\n\nThis announcement was originally published by Verizon. Read the original press\nrelease.\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=FIUnyLG7uLV3_vlF7knwEcByDTnvzBbGhd3Uc25gs3Yb4cprH5NC6SP87IjEWfIN2XnuN7EyUQ-PzHuhfbd68xBcF3WQ01qCZsfl-Xs44vLY3DgcnvioLwEI4w5EKkd_O7fhKO6qIthF2zdKG_HLW2dae6eJFLK02xd8tp7QlfSZXjdx_qodpMYD-34-8DnY)\n\nMedia contact: \nChris Ashraf\nChristina.moon.ashraf@verizon.com\n201-320-4259\n\n(1)(The crowd sensing demo measures crowd density which is the number of\npeople in a given area, at any given time. Individual users or objects are not\nidentified. No information is obtained about the identity of the individuals.)\n\n(Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) powers and empowers how its\nmillions of customers live, work and play, delivering on their demand for\nmobility, reliable network connectivity and security. Headquartered in New\nYork City, serving countries worldwide and nearly all of the Fortune 500,\nVerizon generated revenues of $138.2 billion in 2025. Verizon’s world-class\nteam never stops innovating to meet customers where they are today and equip\nthem for the needs of tomorrow. For more, visit verizon.com or find a retail\nlocation at verizon.com/stores)\n\n(VERIZON’S ONLINE MEDIA CENTER: News releases, stories, media contacts and\nother resources are available at verizon.com/news. News releases are also\navailable through an RSS feed. To subscribe, visit\nwww.verizon.com/about/rss-feeds/.)\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/2a0c6c7a-3980-4c97-a719-a463817cf3f6)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-14T13:00:01.188102049Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789390801188},"received_at":"2026-09-14T13:00:01.242Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"131499","press_release_id":"142662","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Diversified Telecommunication Services","sector":"Communication Services"},"redFlags":["6G commercialization timeline extends beyond 2028; no financial commitments or revenue figures tied to the forum or trials"],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"Verizon expanded its 6G Innovation Forum with nine new members — Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Intel, Keysight Technologies, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Palo Alto Networks, Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI Solutions — joining founding members Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Meta and Qualcomm Technologies.\n\nThe company also detailed successful real-world ISAC trials: an industry-first AI-powered crowd-density detection demo on a virtualized RAN with Samsung at a Dallas soccer celebration, and radar-like drone and vehicle tracking with Qualcomm in San Diego using 100-400MHz of millimeter-wave spectrum.\n\nVerizon additionally showcased an AI Sports Companion prototype running on its edge network with Meta AI glasses and an NVIDIA DGX Spark, and views the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics as the proving ground on the road to commercial 6G deployment.\n\nNo financial terms were disclosed; the release is a long-dated technology-positioning story rather than a near-term earnings driver, though it reinforces Verizon's network-leadership narrative with heavy-hitting partners.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Verizon stacks its 6G ecosystem with AWS, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and seven others while pointing to the LA 2028 Olympics as its commercial 6G proving ground."},"keyFigures":{"revenue":138200000000,"customDimensions":{"revenue_period":"FY2025 (company boilerplate)","cbrs_spectrum_mhz":40,"new_forum_members":9,"mmwave_spectrum_mhz":"100-400MHz"}},"quotedText":"Verizon views the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Yago Tenorio","role":"Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Technology Development, Verizon"},{"name":"Chris Ashraf","role":"media contact"}],"products":["AI Sports Companion application","Meta AI glasses","NVIDIA DGX Spark","Network in a Server (NIS)","Samsung Galaxy smartphones"],"companies":[{"name":"Verizon Communications Inc.","ticker":"VZ","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"Amazon Web Services (AWS)","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Cisco","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Intel","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Keysight Technologies","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"MediaTek","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"NVIDIA","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Rohde & Schwarz","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"VIAVI Solutions","relationship":"6G Innovation Forum member"},{"name":"Ericsson","relationship":"founding forum member"},{"name":"Samsung","relationship":"founding forum member and ISAC trial partner"},{"name":"Nokia","relationship":"founding forum member"},{"name":"Meta","relationship":"founding forum member"},{"name":"Qualcomm Technologies","relationship":"founding forum member and ISAC trial partner"},{"name":"SportsDataIO","relationship":"data provider for AI Sports Companion prototype"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$138.2 billion","context":"Verizon 2025 full-year revenues (company boilerplate)"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"A strategic ecosystem expansion and early-stage 6G/ISAC trial showcase with no financial terms, commitments, or near-term revenue impact disclosed. 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