Verizon has unveiled an innovative, first-of-its-kind portable private network. The prototype solution provides secure, reliable, private connectivity for critical communications needed for operations, security, event production and the fan experience in stadiums or other venues when a permanent private network is not available. Verizon used this portable private network prototype at last weekend?s UFL Championship game at the Dome at America's Center in St.

Louis, Missouri and has shipped similar portable private networks to Sao Paulo, Brazil, London, UK and Munich, Germany to provide reliable connectivity for the NFL game-play operations, enabling real-time, in-game support for on-field coach-to-coach communications at this fall?s overseas football games. This private network, unencumbered with the data traffic being generated by fans, can power sideline tablets, connected broadcast cameras, live-streaming social media activities, on-field cameras, wearables, and coach-to-coach communications. In addition to the many applications in a sporting event, the solution provides the critical level of security, reliability and capacity needed for front office operations, stage crews organizing showtime during a concert, security personnel communicating operational imperatives at a parade, or a production crew broadcasting from a remote, temporary set.

Verizon?s ?Network in a Box?, can scale to support up to 50 cellular radios, can utilize shared or licensed spectrum and in-venue or on-premise fiber connections to generate private cellular connectivity for customers. Verizon?s private networks are agile on-premise wireless network solutions that keep an event?s or organization?s data traffic securely separate from public traffic. They provide enhanced connectivity at event locations or remote worksites, and allow for the safe integration, management and control of devices and applications with customer IT systems. Private networks, including the portable private network used at last week?s UFL Championship, can: offer greater security than WiFi, provide high levels of uptime and reliability, provide exceptional high-bandwidth performance and low latency, can be tailored to the specific needs and requirements of a business, and can scale with the growth of an event.

Alongside this new prototype portable private network, Verizon?s managed services include network monitoring, maintenance, and support, helping businesses to be more competitive, efficient and profitable.