BROWSING: 5G

Ericsson secures new 5G deal in the Middle East

Ericsson said the new agreement includes cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions Middle East carrier Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on next-generation 5G technologies, the latter said in a release. The deal is part of Batelco’s efforts...

Utilities are starting to benefit from initial 5G use cases: Telit

The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations   Companies operating in the utility sector are starting to see the benefits of certain initial use cases enabled by 5G technology, Jitender Vohra, director of carrier relations at...

What is the status of global 5G Standalone deployments?

Many industry experts consider global SA progress to be surprisingly slow As of January 2022, GSA reported that 99 operators in 50 countries worldwide are investing in public 5G Standalone (SA) networks in the form of trials, planned or actual deployments and that 20 operators...

Editorial Report: 5G telco cloud transformation: Aligning people, process and technology

This report, a companion to the Telco Cloud Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators bringing the scale, economics and operational practices of the hyperscale world into the telecoms sector, which is...

5G Base Station Conformance Test Series

Join us to learn about the latest designs in signal analysis to overcome your basestation transmitter testing challenges and ensure compliance and maximumaccuracy within 5G NR specifications.

Why is beam management key to 5G?

5G New Radio (NR)'s massive MIMO and beam management support are both essential to 5G mmWave carrier deployment strategies.

Intel commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040

Intel aims to achieve 100% renewable electricity use across its global operations Intel Corporation announced plans to further reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and develop more sustainable technology solutions. In a release, the chip maker said it expects to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas...

Deutsche Telekom increases its stake in T-Mobile US

Deutsche Telekom now holds 48.4% of T-Mobile US Deutsche Telekom has increased its participation in T-Mobile US after it paid $2.4 billion to Japanese operator SoftBank Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. With this move, the German operator is closer to its goal of...

5 key technology inventions in 5G NR Release 17

Qualcomm’s leading role in driving advanced wireless technologies into the 3GPP global 5G standards I first wrote about the five Qualcomm wireless inventions that defined the 5G NR Release 15 foundation in 2016, and it was a time when 5G was only a vision. With...

From ‘tell me more about it’ to experimentation – private network progress continues

Deloitte is seeing 'a lot of experimentation' around private network deployments Private cellular networks for enterprises are considered a major monetization opportunity for communications service providers (CSPs) to set up bespoke networks in support of industrial internet of things projects, as long as they carefully...

What is the 5G multimedia priority service (MPS)?

Multimedia priority service (MPS) allows priority access to system resources to Service Users, creating the ability to deliver or complete sessions of a high priority nature According to the 3GPP, the response to emergency situations (e.g., floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) depends on the communication...

5G drones are coming to service Australia’s power grid

Endeavour Energy said it's successfully tested and is deploying 5G drones to help service the New South Wales, Australia power grid.

Intel quietly buys software-defined private 5G network provider Ananki

Intel has acquired private 5G network provider Ananki, a startup created from the non-profit Open Networking Foundation (ONF) to focus on the commercialization of private 5G services based on open-source network technologies. Following its spin off from the ONF, Ananki has been delivering software-defined private...

Samsung Electronics, Virgin Media O2 deploy 4G, 5G sites in the UK

Samsung said that the companies also completed the first 5G data call on Virgin Media O2’s commercial 5G network Samsung Electronics and Virgin Media O2 announced they have successfully completed the deployment of multiple live 4G and 5G sites in the U.K. In a release, Samsung...

Closing the loop on 5G network automation (Analyst Angle)

Unlike previous cellular generations, 5G will be at the heart of digital transformation of many industry verticals and will help network operators address ever-increasing data traffic and various connectivity requirements. Current 5G networks are already achieving Gigabits per Second (Gbps) speeds for many users...

Digi Brochure: Go-To 5G Connectivity

Cellular router size may seem insignificant in comparison to the footprint of most production plants, factories or warehouses, but at Digi we understand the physical fit of a router is critical to the success of your connectivity solution. Our engineers designed Digi EX50 5G...

Dell Technologies Webinar: Bring the Power of Edge to CSPs

As telecom networks disaggregate and move toward delivering powerful infrastructure and applications at the edge, the number of components to deploy and manage across geographic locations grows exponentially. At the same time, Communications Services Providers (CSPs) are looking to transform their networks to monetize...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Emerging Trends in Wireless Infrastructure

5G is a transformational technology designed to provide significant flexibility and support for a variety of use cases. In this white paper, we describe the emerging infrastructure trends of wireless networks for 4G, 5G, and beyond 5G. Such trends include: Spectrum trendsDensification & coverage extension...

Lufthansa Technik doubles-down on private 5G in Hamburg workshops

Lufthansa Technik, which has arguably set down the definitive private 5G deployment in the Industry 40 sector, has extended its private 5G network in Hamburg, Germany, to a second aircraft engine ‘overhaul workshop’, it has announced. The firm is now running remote parts inspection...

Airspan Networks’ Q4 revenues grow 29% versus previous quarter

Airspan Networks said it has deployed over 80 private networks globally during last year Airspan Networks, a provider of software and hardware for 5G networks, and a specialist in end-to-end Open RAN solutions, reported revenue of $50.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, up...

5G could be a game changer for the utilities sector: Ericsson

Ericsson believes that the real promise of 5G for a utility is the introduction of lower network latencies   The adoption of 5G technologies could be a game changer for utility companies, Per Wahlen, vice president and head of Business Development at Ericsson North America, told...

Deutsche Telekom expands 5G, LTE networks nationwide

Deutsche Telekom's 5G network currently reaches 91% of Germany's households German carrier Deutsche Telekom has expanded its mobile network at 1,055 locations nationwide over the last five weeks, the telco said in a release.  In addition to the approximately 350 5G locations that transmit at 3.6...

Weeks after suspending deliveries, Nokia exits Russian market

Nokia said it's leaving the Russian market altogether over the country's invasion of Ukraine, weeks after suspending equipment deliveries.

Vodafone boosts 5G infrastructure in the UK

As of March 2022, Vodafone provides 5G in 380 locations across Europe, of which 141 are in the UK Vodafone has switched on its 5G network in 12 further locations across the UK, the carrier said in a release. New locations include Coventry, Dursley, Golborne, Keynsham,...

Digital Locations expands small cell site list with Bigbelly

Digital Locations adds 20,000 solar-powered waste recycling bins from Bigbelly as potential 5G small cell hosts across the U.S.