In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover:

1. Cisco’s rural broadband efforts - can Open RAN help?

2. Casa Systems AurusAI High-Power mmWave CPE for 5G

3. Samsung and Verizon partner on a $6.6B infrastructure deal to support next-generation 5G services

4. T-Mobile MU-MIMO 2.5 GHz 5G - 8 Users @ 700 Mbps, Peak throughput of 5.6 Gbps with a 16-layers of MU-MIMO (currently only 8 streams, expected in 2021)

5. U.S. government to invest $1B in 5G and other emerging technologies with lab efforts at major universities

6. nReal raises $40 million, is partnered with LG U Plus on 5G. LG U Plus spearheaded an XR content alliance on 5G networks with Qualcomm, KDDI, Bell, China Telecom and Felix and Paul