Verizon is collaborating with Oracle to boost its 5G Ultra Wideband (UWB) platform and close the gap with AT&T in subscriber numbers and with T-Mobile USA in 5G performance. The partnership will focus on both consumer and industrial applications, and Verizon will exploit Oracle’s recent adoption of UWB at its Oracle Industry Laboratory near Chicago. Partners and customers of both companies are invited to create and test 5G use cases in the Lab, including industrial applications in robotics, process control, drones and other unattended automated vehicles (UAVs), as well as consumer services such as gaming and video streaming. There is overlap in fundamental technologies between the consumer and industrial sectors, for example in vision, which underpins gaming and robotics, and…