Huawei said trial constitutes the third phase of China’s national 5G test plan
Huawei said it became the first vendor to pass China’s 5G non-standalone (NSA) core network test, which covers key core network technologies and service processes and marks the third phase of the...
Mobile operators in South Korea had recently announced plans to launch commercial 5G services next year
South Korean mobile operators have plans to share the costs for the deployment of a nationwide 5G network in the Asian country, according to published reports citing government sources.
The...
KPN partnered with Nokia, ZTE and Huawei to test 5G in four cities
Dutch telecommunications company KPN is urging the Dutch government to make 3.5GHz spectrum available for 5G testing.
The European telco said that the availability of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band was key for...
Automation and 5G network slicing will create opportunities for operators and end users
Orange Poland, a subsidiary of French multinational telecom operator Orange, was the first of the service provider's national businesses to test open source network management and operations software, and is building the...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--The telecom and tech industry tends to focus on the positive aspects of smart cities -- but panelists at the recent Wireless Connect event grappled not only with the potential good of smart cities but the unintended consequences.
Some of the interest in...
The two firms said the small cell deployment will be completed by 2020
U.K mobile operator O2 and compatriot communications infrastructure firm Arqiva confirmed plans to deploy up to 300 small cells across London.
The companies said the small cells will offer enhanced mobile data capacity...
Network densification remains one of the greatest challenges facing mobile operators as they look to implement 5G, add 4G capacity and increase user speeds. However, achieving massive densification requires a new approach to small cell deployments, from site acquisition to RF planning, integration with...
Finnish duo Nokia and Telia have combined with US chip-maker Intel to run a series of 5G smart factory tests using a trial 5G radio access network, operating in the 28 GHz frequency band.
The 5G smart-factory tests used a video application to monitor and...
Telefonica carried out the 5G trial using an autonomous minibus and technology from Ericsson
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has showcased a 5G use case in Talavera de la Reina, Spain, with an EZ10 autonomous-driving, electric minibus, as part of the company’s 5G Technological Cities project...
NEW YORK--As the internet of things (IoT) continues to take shape, working toward projections of tens of billions of new networked devices by the end of the decade, there need to be some major changes to how service providers approach billing and network resources.
Senior...
5G trial in Waco will give way to commercial service this year
Ahead of a planned commercial 5G service launch later this year, AT&T is continuing trial activities around the country, including in Waco, Texas, where the carrier has deployed 5G-backed Wi-Fi for Magnolia Market...
Brussels claims a pan-European network of 5G-enabled roadways, stretching hundreds of kilometres, is emerging, as new countries confirm cross-border testing of 5G-enabled driverless cars. The European Commission will provide €50 million for new autonomous driving projects in support of the new 5G roadways.
“This will...
The Australian telco said it will use 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz band
Australian firm NBN Co., which is currently rolling out the country’s National Broadband Network (NBN), announced plans to launch 5G trials this week in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson in...
5G standards, spectrum and the continued investment in LTE
Ahead of the industry trade association's 5G New Horizons Wireless Symposium, set for May 16-17 in Austin, Texas, RCR Wireless News caught up with 5G Americas President Chris Pearson to get a preview of some of...
The European Commission (EC) is set to re-tool its agenda for a digital single market with new focus on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and digital healthcare technologies.
Tomorrow (April 10), the Brussels-based government will convene with ministers, business leaders, academics and others from European Union...
KDDI planning to spend $186 million over five years
Japanese telecommunications company KDDI has inked a partnership with compatriot venture capital firm Global Brain Corp to establish KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 (KOIF3), a fund that will invest in venture firms that could generate synergies...
AutoAir project aims to accelerate validation and development of connected cars
U.K company Millbrook said it will create the country’s first independent 5G testbed for connected cars under the recently announced AutoAir project. The main aim of this project is to bring 5G technologies to...
The Small Cell Forum also forecasts carriers in the region to install almost 850,000 small cells by 2025
North American enterprise are forecast to deploy a total of 400,000 small cells during 2018, up compared to 292,000 the previous year, according to a recent study...
On the path to 5G
The telecommunications industry is undergoing an evolution in preparation for the commercialization of 5G. The fifth generation of mobile communication networks promise to deliver faster speeds, shorter delays and increased connectivity. To make good on these promises, several network operators...
Edge computing essential to supporting 5G use cases
For business and consumers, new use cases and applications dependent on low-latency network connectivity are driving computing power to the edge of the network. For AT&T, edge computing is a key part of supporting new technologies, including...
UK carriers have paid £1.35 billion ($1.9bn) in the first stage of bidding for new 3.4 GHz radio spectrum, for use with 5G services, including high-bandwidth IoT-based concepts like autonomous driving. The new 3.4GHz allocation is the first bandwidth to be made available for...
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--Fiber deployment is critical for both current networks' capacity needs and preparation for 5G networks, but it also poses significant deployment challenges.
Panelists at the Wireless Connect event at the University of Maryland discussed the hurdles ahead for sufficient network density for future...
Network slicing and 5G
Network slicing has received significant attention among telecom operators, especially with the commercialization of 5G networks on the horizon. Based upon the principles of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN), network slicing is expected to play a major role...
While commercialization of 5G as early as later this year is a high priority for Tier 1 carriers like AT&T or Verizon, for rural carriers the next-generation of cellular is a little further out. But, when the time comes, commercialization can proceed more quickly...
Unlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON World. A third of the total network deployments are geared towards smart city applications,...
