WATERTOWN — The big three wireless network operators do not expect any major issues with cell phone coverage when thousands of people descend here for the April 8 total eclipse.
We can thank the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, 5G, which cellular phone companies began deploying in 2019. At that time, Verizon reported, “5G Ultra Wideband will fundamentally change the ways we live, work, learn and play, and on a grand scale.”