2018

The U.S. and Australia excluding Huawei from 5G deployments According to reporting from Reuters, high-level German government officials are making a push to exclude China’s Huawei from the build-out of 5G in the industrial hub. In response, Huawei is planning …

When you think about the billions of dollars that big tech spends creating over-the-top amusement park-like complexes, it?s clear that recruiting the best talent in the industry requires more than just a great compensation or bonus package – it?s all …

Swiss carrier Swisscom has expanded the number of 5G test locations to six with Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne and Geneva joining its initial site in Burgdorf. The European telco announced that it has connected to its test system a smartphone …

  The cloud transformation that Huawei helped operator W implement is comprised of four steps: The first was forming a hybrid cloud blueprint and planning the migration rollout roadmap for the solution with the best return on investment (ROI). The …

  Operators dilemma in the 5G era After the introduction of 5G networks, legacy 2G/3G/4G networks will exist for a long time. When operators deploy new networks, they have to face many operation pain points of the 5G era caused …

Facts about 3GPP contributions In a previous article, ABI Research presented the complex nature of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a collaborative effort that brings together key stakeholders from all around the globe and several Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs), …

Huawei has launched a digital platform for smart cities, claiming at the same time it is already working with 160 cities in over 40 countries on smart city solutions. Huawei called it the first “full-stack digital platform”, bringing together cloud, …

Chinese giant Alibaba told a packed-out room at Electronica 2018 in Munich, in Germany, yesterday that Europe is well placed in the emerging tech arms race against China and the US, specifically for development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. UK …

The City of Delft, in the Netherlands, has appointed Dell EMC and Nokia as the leading parties in a public-private partnership to introduce semi-autonomous barges on the city’s underused canals to reduce traffic on its congested streets. The pair will …

Cities should focus on what works, and hurry up, if they are to bring intelligence to their operations, Liberty Lake IoT provider Itron told Enterprise IoT Insights. The company has just kicked off a smart city challenge in the UK, …

Focus 5G use cases include AR/VR and robotics An international consortium of interests from the European Union and Taiwan are working to explore end-to-end 5G use cases and recently completed a trial in Taiwan that examined network services that rely …

The automotive market is driving massive growth in the semiconductor industry, with the value and complexity of semiconductors in vehicles set to jump in the next years as higher-level automation, electrification, and 5G technologies are introduced on roads, NXP Semiconductor …

Initial slate of Android-based 5G handsets will use Qualcomm X50 modem Operators around the world are gearing up to launch commercial 5G networks throughout 2019 and beyond, and device makers are falling in line to support those efforts. A key …

More than half of the companies surveyed in a new report from Keysight Technologies are either already deploying or plan to deploy 5G technologies in the next 12 months.  “The 5G market is well underway,” Keysight concluded, and added that …

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced a new family of 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) IoT-ready wireless Wi-FI access points and complimentary access switches to enable secure, AI-powered mobility innovations for the edge. ?Customers are increasingly looking to leverage digital transformation …

Once a successful proof-of-concept has been established, what’s next? The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system …

CCOO leaving Nokia to run Apple’s India operations The commercialization of 5G is set for a big year in 2019 given operator plans and the timeline for handset availability. With Verizon claiming a world’s first with the activation of its …

In the race to 5G, does it matter who wins? WASHINGTON, D.C.–There has been a great deal of debate over which country is winning, or will win, the global race to 5G. But does it matter who is first in …

Once a successful proof-of-concept has been established, what’s next? The day after creating a proof-of-concept of your custom IC, you might ask “Now what do we do?” It is time to make your idea real and start developing a system …

  Huawei has established an Open Roads Community (OPRC) with leading operators and industry researchers who have a common vision and goal in digital transformation. The OPRC has been established to carry out innovation and development research with digital transformation …

US, China, Japan and Korea are seizing global leadership in 5G with support of coherent and helpful industrial policies in those nations across the entire mobile ecosystem including technology development, spectrum licensing, site acquisition and operator consolidation. All these nations …

With ecosystem alignment, expect big 5G momentum in 2019 Verizon launched a fixed wireless 5G service in four markets this year with plans to offer mobile in 2019, while AT&T is looking to offer mobile 5G services in a dozen …

WASHINGTON, D.C.–5G networks are the key to more immersive, seamless connections across device types, according to John Godfrey, SVP of public policy for Samsung. Speaking at the DC5G conference, Godfrey outlined Samsung’s vision for a 5G world: a connected, seamless …

American Tower and Ruckus Networks partnered on CBRS project With rules governing  general authorized and priority access licenses settled by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, there’s significant momentum around the commercialization of the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) …

IPO will give SoftBank more capital to invest in tech, startups, sharing economy With approval from Japanese financial regulators in hand, SoftBank is working toward a $21.04 billion initial public offering of its telecom business. SoftBank plans to keep around …