Verizon, Samsung Will Team Up to Bring Faster 5G to California

Verizon Communications Inc. has chosen Samsung Electronics Co. as a major supplier in the telecom giant’s push to offer high speed internet over its wireless network, as the first commercial launches of fifth-generation offerings take shape.

Verizon’s 5G network will launch in the second half of this year in Sacramento, Calif., before adding the service in other U.S. markets. It will use cellular antennas to beam high-speed internet into consumers’ homes. Samsung will make network equipment for Verizon—including the small...