Latency-sensitive applications require new approach to the network edge
Drivers like the growth of the internet of things and mobile gaming highlight the importance of network quality at the mobile edge. Users and devices reside at the edge, which means operators need to provide a...
Nokia, Ericsson working with operators in Taiwan, Singapore to speed-up 5G deployments
Network infrastructure vendor Nokia has signed a number of agreements with telecom operators in Taiwan in order to accelerate their 5G commercial deployments and enhance their related 4G applications, Taiwanese press reported.
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4K video streaming 5G test used 28 GHz spectrum
Earlier this month, inside a Nokia facility in Murray Hill, N.J., the network infrastructure vendor worked with Verizon and Qualcomm to complete what is being billed as the first over-the-air call based on 3GPP's non-standalone 5G...
Standalone 5G New Radio specification tracking for June release
Operators in the U.S. including Verizon and AT&T are promising commercial services based on the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, adopted in December 2017 by 3GPP, later this year. These services will use the LTE...
The 5G trial is being carried out in partnership with Italian operators TIM and Fastweb
Chinese vendor Huawei announced the completion of the first 5G trial in the city of Turin, in Italy, in partnership with local operators TIM and Fastweb. Huawei said a net throughput...
Should CBRS rules be designed for carriers or for everyone else?
The 3.5 GHz band is seen globally as a 5G band and, in the U.S., as a key to providing private LTE as well as 5G. As the U.S. Federal Communications Commission considers rules...
With hundreds of thousands of cells installed world-wide, Airspan is delivering on the promise of small cells to improve wireless network capacity and coverage, increase macro network efficiency and revolutionize TCO. Airspan is helping operators densify their networks and lay the foundation for 5G,...
The telco said the new initiative will allow partners and organizations to develop new use cases for 5G
Japanese telecommunications operator NTT Docomo plans to launch an open partner program this month to enable local business and government organizations to explore and develop new use...
Now that there's a non-standalone 5G NR standard in place, how has the rest of the telecom industry aligned to support promised commercial rollouts as early as the second half of 2018? Serge Willenegger, Qualcomm SVP and GM of 4G/5G and Industrial IoT took...
In December 2017, 3GPP finalized the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, which uses the LTE radio and core network in tandem with a new 5G carriers. The standalone 5G NR specification, set to be finalized in mid-2018, will establish a new 5G NR...
The city has selected CNX for a master planning regarding small cells installation to provide density for 5G, smart city projects
CNX, a firm which focuses on the provision of broadband master planning and program management services to municipalities across the U.S, announced a new...
VodafoneZiggo awards Ericsson evolved packet core contract
VodafoneZiggo, a joint venture between Vodafone Netherlands and Ziggo, announced it has awarded Ericsson an evolved packet core contract. As part of the collaboration, VodafoneZiggo will deploy Ericsson’s virtual Evolved Packet Core on its common cloud infrastructure within...
The 5G trials will be carried out in Lille and Douai between mid-2018 and mid-2019
French telecommunications group Orange has announced plans to carry out new 5G trials across its European footprint in order to pave the way for the future commercial launch of 5G...
In addition to OEM support, Qualcomm is working on 5G with 18 major global operators
SAN DIEGO--Qualcomm announced today that its X50 modem will be used by more than a dozen device OEMs to bring the smartphone piece of the 5G equation to reality. This...
The vendor also recently opened a 5G innovation and research center in the city of L'Aquila.
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Rome City Council to take part in the forthcoming trials of 5G and future Wi-Fi technologies. Through...
5G interoperability test connected a Nokia base station with Qualcomm prototype devices
Setting the stage for operator trials, Qualcomm announced it successfully completed an over-the-air interoperability test based on the 5G New Radio specification. Nokia's AirScale base station was connected to prototype user equipment developed...
One of the biggest challenges for 5G fixed wireless access is bringing millimeter wave signals from the outdoors to the inside. The short wavelengths at those high frequencies mean that mmWave is very susceptible to being blocked or reflected by standard building materials, making...
Spoiler alert: 5G technologies like massive MIMO, C-RAN and more are going to lead the discussion at MWC 2018
The telecom industry is gearing up for what is arguably the most important trade show of the year--Mobile World Congress 2018. MWC will play host to...
The Chinese vendor is currently investing $500 million annually in 5G research
ZTE has released what it claims to be the world’s first end-to-end 5G network slicing solution. ZTE highlighted solution is the key to the 5G network as it allows the resource of a...
Huawei highlighted the testbed is a step forward towards the commercialization of 5G services
Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica and vendor Huawei have completed what the companies claim to be the world’s first proof-of-concept (PoC) testbed for 5G based vehicle communication networks (5G-V2X) in their joint...
As it raises billions for 5G, China Unicom focused on service flexibility for 5G
To simultaneously support 5G use cases with highly variable service-level needs, operators are slowly transforming their networks to run off of dynamic, software-defined networks that automatically provision network resources in centralized...
5G is going to be all about multi-gigabit-per-second speeds, support for the booming internet of things and ultra-low latency. But 5G isn't here yet. That said, operators are embracing the evolution aspect of LTE, using technologies including massive MIMO, License Assisted Access and more...
Telstra to launch commercial 5G services in Australia during 2019
Australian telecommunications company Telstra has opened a 5G innovation centre in the Gold Coast region. Telstra said the main aim of the new 5G center will be to test next-generation technologies to support the early...
Nokia and Deutsche Telekom testing out 5G applications with the Port of Hamburg
Support for massive internet of things (IoT) is one of the three primary 5G use cases--the other two are enhance mobile broadband and mission critical communications. As the telecom industry works to...
Massive MIMO and 2.5 GHz spectrum portfolio set the stage for 5G in 2019, according to Sprint execs
In a Friday conference call, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure and CTO John Saw discussed the carrier's roadmap to delivering a mobile 5G service on the back of...
