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Verizon gets on the road to V2X Verizon Business is launching its first commercial vehicle-to- everything (V2X) pla orm, signing on Volkswagen, the Arizona Commerce Authority, the Delaware Department of Transporta on and Rutgers University as its first customers. This is Verizon's latest move into V2X. The MNO started tes ng of V2X in 2021, with Honda/Mcity, Nissan/Contra Costa County and Sea le/Denver. AT&T started working with Ford in 2023, as well as Delphi and Qualcomm to poten ally deploy V2X in future Fords. T-Mobile is working with the City of Bellevue on V2X traffic applica ons. Verizon's commercial pla orm is ge ng on the road quickly. Sco Nash, senior director of vehicle and autonomous solu ons at the carrier says that he expects Volkswagen will incorporate its V2X pla orm in "next year's models." "Volkswagen is looking at it for both pedestrian awareness as well as payment applica ons for tolling," Nash said. Arizona is examining pedestrian detec on and work zone no fica ons, he added. And Delaware is working on water on road warnings and other alerts, he said. V2X na onwide by 2036? The U.S. Department of Transporta on, under the Biden administra on, announced a plan to deploy VX2 na onwide by 2036 in August 2024. This means that the highways of the near future could be do ed with 5.9 GHz radio transceivers that communicate with cellular radios inside your car and update vehicles as they're driving to prevent accidents. Roger Lanctot, founder of StrategiaNow Consul ng, told Fierce in an email: "Verizon is very much behind the eight ball in trying to establish some trac on in V2X...Europe is obsessed with vehicle aler ng...[forewarning] drivers to hazards in the roadway and any dynamic roadway changes — speeds, weather, you name it. "The only problem/challenge is that there is zero regulatory support for these ini a ves in the U.S.," Lanctot said. He added, "The real notable reality is the lack of outreach and connec on with HAAS Alert which is actually leading the way on V2X. HAAS has been a acking this from a regulatory standpoint, from a hardware/device standpoint, from an outreach to the first responder community." So there are quite a few bumps in the road on the path to V2X. Ar cle Credit: h ps://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/ verizon-gets-road-v2x Talleycom.com SHEET QUARTER 2 2025