Verizon Business ’ SVP and Chief Product Officer Aamir Hussain discusses the role of 5G in the company ’ s digital transformation offering
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Verizon Business ’ SVP and Chief Product Officer Aamir Hussain discusses the role of 5G in the company ’ s digital transformation offering
Telecommunications giant Verizon ’ s Business division was restructured in 2019 in order to provide better services for its enterprise public sector and business customers , which range from SMBs to wholesale customers . As Aamir Hussain , the company ’ s SVP and Chief Product Officer explains : “ We combine both wireless and wireline entities , products , and customer sets together for business , and in 2020 we generated around $ 31bn of revenue .”
The company ’ s success rests on its extensive investments in its own networks . “ We ' ve gone through a major transformation ,” says Hussain . “ We are making a huge amount of strategic investment in our network platform , solutions , people and processes . It ’ s now a place where partners and employees are innovating hugely on behalf of our customers . We are building a 21st century network , which is there for mobility or fixed networks . And we call that Broadband Anywhere .” On top of that , the company is spearheading the 5G revolution . “ In terms of 5G , we ’ re making massive investments in the 160 megahertz nationwide C-band spectrum . We ’ re building that out to enhance our millimeter wave 5G investments and to give us the ability to provide fiber-like services to our customers .”
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