The first class of Verizon 5G Responder Lab companies showed off the public safety use cases they developed or enhanced using Verizon’s 5G tech at their final experience day in New York City on May 20.

In November 2018, Verizon announced that it would be partnering with Responder Corp. to launch the 5G First Responder Lab, an incubator program designed to give startups and other innovators access to 5G technology to develop, test and refine 5G solutions. The five startups who were a part of the first cohort worked out of Alley powered by Verizon in D.C., a coworking space where a new Verizon 5G lab was recently installed in the space.

The first class was selected from a pool of 50 applications based on their ability to enhance the “ready,” “rebuild,” “recover” and “respond” focus areas of an emergency situation.

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