Under the new 5G deal, NEC will provide control units for NTT DoCoMo’s 5G base stations
Japanese technology firm NEC has reached an agreement with compatriot telecom operator NTT DoCoMo to provide control units for 5G base station equipment aiming for the commercialization of 5G...
Part of the 5G vision includes an on demand, bespoke data pipe that perfectly optimized to meet the needs of any service.
Network and spectrum resources will see maximum efficiency of usage in this model, but how do we get there?
The Chinese vendor said that the next two weeks will be key to find a solution to the conflict
Chinese vendor ZTE announced that it has ceased its major operating activities due to the export ban imposed by the US government.
“As a result of the...
Japanese operator carried out the 5G trial with equipment provided by NEC
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced that it has achieved a 28 GHz wireless data transmission between a 5G base station and a 5G mobile station in field trials using a car moving at...
The deployment of 5G networks will require the simultaneous availability of several new technologies for the first time. Those technologies—namely SDN, NFV, network slicing, distributed cloud and mobile edge computing—will need to work together, interoperating successfully in order to make 5G a reality. Currently,...
DARPA, industry fund research into high-gigahertz and terahertz spectrum for "6G" smart road.
The industry is just getting started with 5G, but New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering — home of NYU Wireless and the Brooklyn 5G Summit — is joining in the Defense...
The South African telco said the 5G trial, which took place in Pretoria, used Huawei’s 5G CPE
South African telecommunications group MTN and Chinese vendor Huawei have announced what they claim to be the first live outdoor 5G trial in the African continent with an...
In this installment of Network Slicing 101, we’ll examine the basics of what is meant by end-to-end as applied to network slicing.
When we hear about network slicing, one of the most common attributes associated with the concept is the notion that the slices will...
The Finnish vendor and French telco SFR completed the 5G test at Nokia’s facilities in Paris
Nokia and French telecommunications company SFR confirmed they have successfully completed a 5G call, using the Third Generation Partnership Project-compliant 5G New Radio system over the air on the...
In the last 30-years, tastes and preferences have shifted toward 24/7 connectivity. As older generations have adopted the new technology, younger generations have grown with it, and vast industries have embedded it into their operations, electronic companies have expanded their service offerings, thereby placing...
Startup accelerators aim for 5G and keep their large sponsors invested in the next big thing.
The use case is king in 2018: while carriers battle it out to build 5G networks, establishing strong use cases for 5G is equally important. 5G startup accelerators, which...
The U.S government has recently banned local companies to export components to ZTE
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE said it has filed a request to the U.S Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the suspension of a seven-year business ban.
In a...
Samsung earns distinction of designing first FCC approved end-to-end 5G beamforming basestations.
Last week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission gave Samsung approval of the final piece of its triad of equipment for 5G fixed wireless. It was the first time the FCC had approved a...
Nokia has acquired California-based IoT analytics firm SpaceTime Insight to expand its capabilities help it develop industrial IoT applications formarkets such as manufacturing, energy, logistics, transportation and utilities.
The move follows Nokia’s disposal of its digital healthcare business last week, just two years after acquiring...
The government confirmed local carrier SK Telekom, KT Corp. and LG U+ will take part in the 5G spectrum auction scheduled for 15 June
South Korea announced it will hold its first auction of 5G spectrum on June 15, according to Korean press reports.
The Ministry...
German telco says it will deploy additional 5G cells across more than 20 sites in Berlin
Deutsche Telekom announced the deployment of the first 5G antennas to test the technology in downtown Berlin.
The antennas, which are based on 5G New Radio (5G NR), allowed Deutsche...
Is exclusive spectrum access a hindrance to long-term development of telecom industry?
Operators spend billions on gaining exclusive access to spectrum assets needed to meet current and future consumer bandwidth demands. But, as the capacity crunch persists, service providers are investing in technologies designed to...
US smartphone consumers hold on to phones longer. Will US consumers have 5G in their pockets?
U.S. consumers received over $479 million from trading in smartphones in Q1 2018, an increase of $35 million over Q1 2017, reports HYLA Mobile, a company that sells software...
ETSI-based open source NFV platform tips OSM Releases 4 and 5 that bring more stability, testing and convenience.
The Open Source Management and Operations (OSM) project, an initiative hosted by the standards group ETSI, gave workshop attendees at NFV-Zero Touch World Congress a sneak peek...
Japan is expected to be an early adopter in the 5G segment as local telecom operators are looking to start deploying the new technology around 2020.
NTT DoCoMo has been carrying out a number of 5G trials, mainly with Chinese vendor Huawei. The two companies...
Ultra reliability and low latency of 5G a major enabler of factory automation, robotics and other industrial use cases
With the right technological stack in place, manufacturers could eventually operate what's called a "lights-out" facility wherein factory automation solutions--think smart, connected robots--could supplant the need...
If FCC changes rules, rural fixed wireless service providers say they would be priced out of CBRS spectrum
Only on the job for a month, and already Claude Aiken is playing David to mobile carriers' Goliath. Aiken, who became the president and CEO of the...
Chinese telcos will carry out 5G trials in at least 16 cities across the Asian nation
The government of China has given the green light to Chinese telecom operators to test 5G technology in major cities across the country, local press reported.
Under this initiative, state-run...
CEO Jaimes Taiclet says previous carrier mergers in the U.S. had a net positive business impact for American Tower
American Tower Corporation expects the proposed merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint to have a neutral to positive impact in the company’s business, American Tower’s Chairman...
A team of researchers from KU Leuven created a network of software defined radios that can simultaneously transmit and detect harmful interference using in-band full duplex technique which results in an ultra-efficient network with double the throughput. Read the case study and download the...
