As it continues to gain 5G infrastructure market share, Samsung this week announced a virtualized 5G RAN solution comprising virtualized central and distributed units and updated radios. And in keeping with the RAN vendor trend toward “open,” Samsung said the …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? John Lenns, Oracle (Ep. 14) The transition to standalone 5G Oracle Vice President of Product Management John Lenns looks forward to the transition from non-standalone to standalone 5G networks and how …
Nokia expects “full suite” of O-RAN interfaces available in 2021 Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks of building up to it, made clear its position on open RAN and its …
Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could delay work on Rel. 17 The first version of the 5G New Radio specifications focused on delivering enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) which operators around the world have run with, building out non-standalone networks using a variety …
Execs aiming for nationwide 5G coverage this summer Between the FirstNet build out, low-band 5G expansion and limited introduction of dynamic spectrum sharing, AT&T’s network team has been busy this year. By the latest count, some form of 5G, either …
FCC cuts off Universal Service Fund money to buy and maintain US networks that use Chinese kit It’s been a long time coming but, despite the protracted journey, reaching the destination still stings for the small and rural domestic mobile …
RCR Wireless News · Massimo Peselli Episode Driving 5G into high-value vertical industries Massimo Peselli of Verizon Business discusses organizational innovation and how an operator can effectively develop and sell solutions tailored to the needs of particular vertical enterprises like …
Inland using Parallel Wireless RRHs connected to virtualized baseband running on Dell EMC servers Open radio access network technologies, which disaggregate hardware from software potentially creating a cost benefit to operators, have been discussed as a potential solution for smaller …
Open RAN, as the name implies, is meant to be open to multiple vendors, both hardware and software, that work together to achieve interoperability in accordance with an operator’s needs. But as incumbent radio vendors like Nokia throw out terms …
US Secretary of State says, “The tide is turning against Huawei…” The United States government sees Huawei as a security concern both domestically and abroad. This is not a secret. As lawmakers work to replace Huawei equipment in smaller, rural …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Ray LaChance ZenFi Networks (Bonus Episode) Dense fiber is key to 5G deployment ZenFi Networks operates a dense fiber network in the New York City area, as well as edge data …
Vodafone Business deploying Ford’s private 5G network with U.K. government backing As part of a U.K. government 5G investment program aimed at fostering digital transformation of industries, Vodafone Business announced it will build a private 5G wireless network at automaker …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Damiano Coletti, Airspan (Ep. 12) Bringing 5G to verticals, open RAN update Airspan Vice President of Strategy and Marketing Damiano Coletti discusses the company’s work in developing 5G solutions for …
Toyota exploring 5G for “digital engineering” of manufacturing processes Nokia’s latest private network win comes from Japanese automaker Toyota which selected the vendor to deploy a 5G-upgradable private network at its manufacturing design center in Fukuoka, Japan with an eye …
Nokia exec says open RAN marked by both merit and hype Nokia and AT&T today announced a successful trial of a Radio Intelligent Controller (RIC) on the carrier’s millimeter wave 5G network in New York City. Nokia’s Sandro Tavares, global …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Chris Pearson, 5G Americas (Ep. 11) The outlook for mid-band 5G in the U.S. Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, discusses the outlook for mid-band 5G spectrum in the U.S. and …
FCC declines to comment beyond a tweet from Chairman Ajit Pai T-Mobile US customers experienced widespread voice and text outages that the carrier said were “resolved,” as of 10:03 p.m. PST yesterday. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai on …
Verizon planning to offer 5G Home in four more markets by the end of 2020 Verizon’s initial foray into commercial 5G services came in late 2018 with the deployment of a millimeter wave-based fixed wireless home broadband service in parts …
5G, edge compute, AI and more will drive us into a new future RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Kevin Shatzkamer (Bonus Episode) This week on Will 5G Change the World? Kevin Shatzkamer goes beyond 5G to …
Open RAN vendors organizing to have radios ready to replace rural Huawei kit The open RAN hits keep on coming with key players Altiostar and Mavenir this morning they will work together with equipment OEMs to develop radio units compatible …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Farid Firouzbakht, CommScope (Ep. 10) Massive MIMO, open RAN and more This week CommScope’s Farid Firouzbakht, senior vice president and general manager, discusses some of the distinct considerations associated with …
Dynamic Spectrum Sharing key to scaling 5G network coverage AT&T has previously discussed its plans to use Dynamic Spectrum Sharing to add 5G network coverage by using software to dynamically share the same spectrum between 4G and 5G transmissions, side-stepping …
Open RAN movement latest front in larger geopolitical conflict With the benefit of hindsight, the 5G New Radio standard was collaboratively developed by organizations like 3GPP with a broad goal of creating a single standard rather than rehashing GSM vs. …
Most of you reading this blog will be doing so under lockdown. Whether or not you are reading this while working is another matter, but regardless, you will be using data. In this current time, when so many people are …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Arun Bhikshesvaran, Radisys (Ep. 9) This week on Will 5G Change the World?, Radisys CEO Arun Bhikshesvaran discusses his favorite journey, the outlook for open RAN and Radisys’ role of enabling, …
