BROWSING: 5G

UK5G survey finds UK businesses are prepared to adopt 5G

The survey showed that 45% of surveyed businesses are planning to make investments in 5G by 2023 A survey carried out by UK5G, which focuses on accelerating the adoption of 5G in the U.K., found that 70% of the surveyed businesses are now using 5G...

SpaceX claims Dish’s 5G in 12 GHz plan would make Starlink service ‘unusable’

SpaceX says that if 12 GHz spectrum is used for terrestrial 5G networks, it could result in outages for its Starlink space-based internet service as much as three-quarters of the time and render the service "unusable for most Americans." The company submitted new technical analysis...

Qualcomm Webinar: Realizing mission-critical industrial automation with 5G

Manufacturers seeking better operational efficiencies, with reduced downtime and higher yield, are at the leading edge of the Industry 4.0 transformation. With mobile system components and reliable wireless connectivity between them, flexible manufacturing systems can be reconfigured quickly for new tasks, to troubleshoot issues,...

The juggernaut workload and geopolitical tangles to make 5G work for critical industry

Critical Communications World (CCW) in Vienna this week (June 20-23) told the now-familiar story of how an influential industrial sector, which has existed in a horizontal tech vacuum until now, is coming to terms with its future as an extreme vertical in a broader...

Kagan: When will 5G actually change our lives?

We have such high expectations on how 5G will change our lives. This fire is being stoked by marketing and advertising from so many companies in the wireless space. Let’s dive into the world of 5G and take a closer look at where we...

How is security foundational to private 5G?

Private 5G networks change the security landscape, these experts contend, by converging siloed cellular, IoT and enterprise security needs.

China reaches almost 900 million 5G subscribers at end-May

Operators in China recorded a net gain of 30.18 million 5G subscribers in May China ended May with a total of 899.3 million subscribers in the 5G segment, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 30.18 million 5G subscribers...

‘More simple than you think’: Verizon, Nokia on deploying private 5G at a UK port

What does a port want to get out of a private 5G network? First and most importantly, to solve coverage issues, according to Verizon and Nokia representatives. In a session at Hannover Messe 2022, Juergen Broemmer of Verizon and Mike Kuczura of Nokia walked the...

NTT DoCoMo taps Viavi to ensure global access to its 5G Open RAN project

NTT DoCoMo will use Viavi’s TM500 Network Tester, TM500 O-DU Tester, the TeraVM O-CU Tester and the TeraVM Core Emulator NTT DoCoMo will use Viavi Solutions’ test suite for end-to-end testing for its 5G Open RAN Ecosystem (OREC), a project launched in 2021 that is comprised of 13 vendor...

5G to reach a penetration of 90% in North America in 2027: Ericsson

Ericsson noted that only around 20 carriers globally had already launched SA 5G networks by the end of 2021 5G subscription penetration in North America is forecasted to reach 90% in 2027, according to the latest edition of Ericsson Mobility Report. The report also predicts that...

US Cellular, Ericsson investigate 5G network performance at altitude with drone tests

The goal was to analyze 5G network connectivity and speed date in the air and compare it to results captured on ground level US Cellular and Ericsson have begun testing the performance of the carrier’s 5G network at altitude using drone technology. The trials, which...

Nokia launches 5G innovation platform in France

Nokia noted that the platform has the main goal of testing and integrating 5G industrial uses in France   Nokia announced the launch of the 5G Innov Lab platform as part of the France Recovery plan. In a release, the Finnish vendor noted that the platform has...

RF Coherency technology drives 5G RAN innovation (Reader Forum)

5G is fast becoming a reality driving new use cases and business models across industries, from cognitive technologies and robotics to industrial IoT, telemedicine and self-driving vehicles. However, the telecoms industry is at a crossroads — it needs to accelerate the 5G rollout while...

Six key elements of an optimized 5G architecture (Reader Forum)

With the evolution from 4G to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) are finding that it’s not enough to just replicate a 4G network with newer technology — 5G requires new approaches and new ways of thinking. This includes the introduction of a 5G Core...

Naver Cloud partners with Qualcomm for 5G drone system

Naver said that the new drone system is expected to be commercially available in 2023   Naver’s cloud computing arm, Naver Cloud, has partnered with U.S. chip manufacturer Qualcomm and local drone developer Argosdyne to build what it claims to be Korea’s first drones running on...

Belgium’s 5G spectrum auction raises $1.26 billion

New entrants Citymesh Mobile and Network Research Belgium secured 5G frequencies in the process Belgium’s 5G spectrum auction raised a total of 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) from five bidders, according to the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT). In a release, BIPT stated...

‘Without mobility, there is no point in doing any industrial automation’: Telefonica Germany CTIO

The utility of industrial automation is inextricably linked to mobility and portability, says the chief technology and information officer of O2 Telefónica. And mobile network operators bring to the managed network table, managed spectrum (and experience in managing it for millions of users), security...

Telia to develop private 5G for Norway’s Armed Forces

Telia expects to reach nationwide coverage in Norway with its 5G network next year Telia Norway has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency with the aim of developing tactical private 5G networks, as well as a virtual private network implemented as a...

Rogers, Shaw to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor for CA$2.85 billion

Canadian communications companies Rogers and Shaw plan to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor to appease Canada's competition manager.

Telus grabs LifeWorks for CAD2.9 billion

Telus said it has acquired LifeWorks, a developer of a cloud-based employee assistance program and benefits administration platform.

Ericsson, Proptivity partner on indoor 5G solution in Europe

Ericsson and Proptivity, which is a subsidiary of real estate management company Stronghold Group, announced a new neutral host indoor 5G solution that is designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) and real estate owners cut costs while delivering improved connectivity. The solution combines...

Private 5G networks to enable digital transformation of India: BIF

Last week, the Government of India announced plans to hold an auction of 5G spectrum by the end of July   Broadband India Forum (BIF) said that the decision by the Indian government to allow private firms to own and operate 5G private networks will pave...

Ericsson to deploy 5G SA core network for Bouygues Telecom

Ericsson said the new 5G SA network will cover both Bouygues Telecom’s core and RAN networks French telecommunications services provider Bouygues Telecom has selected Ericsson to deploy end-to-end 5G Standalone (5G SA) connectivity, the latter said in a release. As part of the deal, the Swedish...

Telus starts to deploy 3.5 GHz 5G spectrum

In January, Telus had said that its 5G network already reached 70% of the Canadian population Canadian carrier Telus said it is deploying new 3.5 GHz spectrum on its existing 5G wireless network to provide enhanced capacity, low latency and faster speeds to its customers...

Ericsson, OPPO and Qualcomm test 5G enterprise network slicing

The three partners tested the 5G enterprise network slicing solution at OPPO’s 5G Communications Lab Ericsson, OPPO and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully trialed a 5G enterprise network slicing solution on a commercial Android 12 handset. The pre-commercial trial used Ericsson’s Dynamic Network Slicing Selection, a recent...