Fixed wireless access emerging as battleground for Verizon, T-Mobile US...and cable companies
While not as flashy as 5G applications like autonomous drones or precision robotics, fixed wireless access is proving to be a major new revenue driver for Tier 1 U.S. operators T-Mobile US and...
Transmissive Metasurface will help deliver high-frequency millimeter-wave 5G and 6G to places where communication is impossible due to obstacles
Japanese company Kyocera said it has developed a "transmissive metasurface" technology that can redirect wireless network signals in a specific direction to improve the coverage area...
ATC currently operates 15,000 communications sites in Germany
German carrier 1&1 has signed a framework contract with ATC Germany Holdings, a subsidiary of U.S. tower firm American Tower Corporation (ATC), to lease antenna sites for the deployment of the former’s mobile network.
Under the agreement, ATC...
The move to Standalone 5G means technological and organizational changes with the latter perhaps more difficult
As some operators begin to operationalize Standalone 5G, it’s clear there are different strategies, based on spectrum deployment, network modernization and other factors, that inform this key network evolution....
Note, for more on this topic, and more on Schneider Electric's private 5G story, catch Zach Nimboorkar on the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on April 28 on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard). He is joined by speakers from ABI Research, MFA...
Dish Wireless and Cisco, in partnership with Internet2, have launched a Neutral Host Network (NHN) pilot at Duke University using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum.
Stephen Bye, chief commercial officer at Dish Wireless, explained that it can be challenging to provide consistently reliable connectivity...
Another challenge, apart from devices, with the mission to scale industrial 5G is with sales channels. Speaking a while back, following its “flagship” arrangement with system integrator Kyndryl for its various Industry 4.0 gear, Nokia says its strategy on private networks has shifted, decisively....
Rakuten Mobile views digital twins as a fundamental requirement to achieve the validation of efficient and reliable networks in the future
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile signed an agreement with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) with the aim of collaborating on research into digital twins...
Last year, China Tower had completed approximately 552,000 5G construction projects
China Tower ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2.05 million towers under management, after a new addition of 18,000 sites during the period.
In a release, the company said that...
According to 5G Americas, NR sidelink relay is the use of device-to-device communication as a way to extend the network coverage outside the area directly covered by the network infrastructure
NR sidelink relay was included as a working item in the 3GPP Release 17 to...
EE expects to reach half of the U.K. population with its 5G service by early 2023
U.K. carrier EE claimed to be the first European network to successfully aggregate a 5G signal using seven different spectrum carriers, the telco said in a release.
The experiment was...
Note, for more on this topic, and to hear more from MFA and others, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28 – also featuring speakers from ABI Research, Schneider Electric, and Vodafone; check...
China added a total of 48.1 million 5G users during the first quarter of 2022
China ended the first quarter of the year with over 400 million 5G users, Chinese press reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The ministry noted...
T-Mobile US expects 7-8 million broadband customers by 2025
T-Mobile US says that, one year after launching its Home Internet service, it reached the milestone of 1 million customers earlier this month.
The carrier has seen rapid growth in the service, particularly during the fourth...
The partnership is targeting key industries including education, healthcare and Industry 4.0
Private network technology provider Athonet is teaming up with BearCom, a wireless integrator, to deliver private LTE, 5G and Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) solutions throughout North America.
The partnership is targeting key industries including...
Some say the pandemic hindered 5G progress; some say it accelerated its rollout. More than two years into COVID-19 where does 5G stand globally? This webinar explores how different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands impact the deployment and adoption of next-generation cellular services around...
Asia Pacific Telecom and FET had previously announced a partnership to provide 5G services on Taiwan’s 3.5 GHz frequency band
Taiwanese operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) approved a merger with rival telco Far EasTone Telecommunications during an extraordinary shareholders meeting, held on April 15.
APT said...
"The network of the future is a cloud of a cloud of a cloud," said Viavi Solutions CTO Sameh Yamany
5G is opening up support of new verticals and use cases via a more flexible network -- but it also brings new challenges for network...
The way to think about the business of IoT – the opportunity of it, newly enabled by blockchain-based, crowd-sourced, low-powered IoT networking – is as a virtuous circle, where infrastructure set down to drive operational savings also creates new enterprise revenues. It is akin...
Qualcomm noted that further enhanced massive MIMO was one of the key areas of improvement in Rel-17
According to a report by Ericsson, Rel-17 MIMO enhancements address four areas: Beam management; multiple transmission and reception points (mTRP) for ultra-reliable, low-latency communication (URLLC); mTRP for enhanced...
5G networks will result in more data, and so testing needs to be more efficient. But at the same time, 5G networks will have critical applications running on them, and so testing also has to be more accurate. Jaana Tengman, director of Product Management at Infovista, comes on the podcast to discuss this test & measurement balancing act in more detail, as well as how things like automation are helping.
Private 4G/5G and edge computing are key enablers of enterprise digital transformation
Seeing a big opportunity in enterprise adoption of 5G and complementary solutions, Dell Technologies has invested heavily in establishing and growing its Telecom Systems Business. The group works with operators, who themselves are...
Verizon, which remained second, saw a strong increase in speeds, likely due to new C-Band deployments
Ookla’s latest speed tests concluded that T-Mobile US was the fastest mobile operator in the United States during Q1 2022 with a median download speed of 117.83 Mbps, while...
Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program
U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Brisanet, Claro, TIM, and Vivo to conduct a field trial enabling leading-edge 4G and 5G broadband...
