Abanca-Riazor stadium Spanish carrier Telefonica recently announced that it will deploy 5G at the Abanca-Riazor stadium in A Coru?a, Spain. The venue, home of the Real Club Deportivo football team, will become the stadium? with the ?most complete? deployment of …
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Australia awarding mmWave spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands Australian media and communications regulator ACMA announced that a total of 15 applicant companies have all been offered a license in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. …
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Artificial Intelligence is one of the most exciting, amazing and powerful new technologies we have ever developed. However, there is a flaw with AI. Whether it is helpful or hurtful, right or wrong, good or bad depends on one thing. …
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China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 18.6 million 5G subscribers in November, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended November with a total of 147.38 million 5G subscribers, compared …
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Honeywell, a provider of smart building technology and services, and Signify, a specialist in lighting solutions, announced a strategic alliance to deploy integrated, smart lighting solutions for commercial buildings. The main aim of the new alliance is to improve the …
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Australia, India, Brazil and the U.K. have spectrum auctions planned throughout 2021 As 5G deployments accelerate globally, regulators still need to award key 5G frequencies to allow carriers to provide high-capacity services and, in some cases, provide a broader coverage …
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IMMUNE Building Standard developed in response to COVID-19 International consultancy and construction company Mace has obtained the first IMMUNE Building Standard (IMMUNE) certification globally for its headquarters in London. Located in London?s historic center, Mace?s office building at 155 Moorgate …
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Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is now available to 16 million people across the country. In a release, the operator said it has activated the 5G network for another 6 million people since the beginning of November. Vodafone Germany …
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Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployment plans over the last months and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of …
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Open vRAN system integration is a more transparent, better way to deploy RAN (Reader Forum)
by Reader Forumby Reader ForumThe disintermediated nature of open virtualized radio access networks (Open vRANs) is the key to the flexibility, cost savings and innovation that have made it a part of the plan for many mobile network operators (MNOs) that are expanding a …
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Chilly December greetings from Lake Norman, where “Santa Jim” was busy distributing Christmas treats to the neighborhood dogs. They are certainly an attentive bunch. Thanks for the many responses to last week’s Brief. As seen below, content/streaming developments seem to …
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The Federal Communications Commission is increasing the number of daily rounds in the C Band auction from four to five and cutting the round-duration to just 30 minutes each, angling to push the auction toward conclusion. After 29 rounds, the …
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Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz supports D-Band antenna testing for ‘6G’, automotive systems
by Kelly Hillby Kelly HillRohde & Schwarz’s test solutions are supporting D-Band testing in partnership with Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), looking at the potential for the airwaves’ use in future mobile communications standards and automotive radar applications. The D-Band ranges from 110-170 …
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Ericsson and Singtel have announced they are deploying 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and services. The 5G network will operate on Singtel’s 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands, spanning outdoor and indoor 5G …
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Open communication protocols help Building Automation Systems (BAS) provide better interoperability and connectivity among connected devices than proprietary protocols, according to a recent study carried out by Frost & Sullivan. The study revealed that features such as scalability, networking …
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The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed that its planned 5G spectrum auction will finally take place on January 19. The regulator won an appeal against an injunction granted by Stockholm Administrative Court to Huawei, after the Chinese vendor …
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The hype around industrial 5G – the only 5G hype worth getting hyped about – has been knocked off course, after the 3GPP standards group said Release 17 of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard will not be completed until …
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Accurate coverage maps are fundamental to overcoming the digital divide (Reader Forum)
by Reader Forumby Reader ForumWithout accurate maps, it’s impossible to know what communities lack wireless services or how much it will cost to reach them One thing that the COVID-19 global health crisis has taught us is that wireless connectivity is not a luxury …
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If there was ever a critical proof-point for the efficacy of IoT technologies, then this is it: the coordinated global shipment of coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines. This is the moment, arguably, in late 2020, going into 2021, when the world’s gaze …
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One thing that became abundantly clear during the Covid-19 pandemic was the importance of the supply chain throughout the enterprise. From the factory floor through distribution to retail stores and deliveries, there is an increased imperative to track and manage …
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Organizations have been increasing the rate at which they adopt IoT technologies in 2020 as a direct response to Covid-19, deploying remote management and secure connectivity of devices to enable new applications and services, remotely, or to improve data insights …
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The 600 MHz private LTE network will support a number of critical applications for the New York Power Authority Omega Wireless is using its 600 MHz licenses to deliver a private LTE network pilot program New York Power Authority (NYPA) …
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Samsung revealed that it achieved a 5G Standalone Core data processing capacity of 305 Gbps per server and latency improvement in a mobile network environment using Intel’s second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor and the Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 with …
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LAA proved a major boom for operators looking to max out the capabilities of LTE networks. Similarly, MulteFire sparked significant interest in using cellular in unlicensed for private networking purposes. Now, as 5G is evolving and scaling, bringing the latest …
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Samsung and IBM have announced plans to jointly advance Industry 4.0 by providing new enterprise mobile edge computing and private 5G networks solutions that run on Samsung’s 5G-enabled Galaxy devices. The pair also said that the collaboration will leverage IBM’s …