Nokia said key technologies including Massive MIMO and URLLC will be tested at the new center
Nokia and Telefónica Germany have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a joint 5G innovation cluster. The two partners said this initiative will allow them to test...
Nokia operating profit increased 7% year-over-year to $1.2 billion
As demand for LTE equipment continues to decline, infrastructure vendors are eagerly waiting for 5G-related spending cycles to kick in as carriers deploy and commercialize next-generation networks. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said in a statement the...
KT has been working with Intel and Samsung over the last two years to launch 5G trial
South Korean mobile operator KT announced it is technically ready to launch its 5G trial during the upcoming Winter Olympics Games, which will take place in the city...
Ericsson reports 12% decline in Q4 sales; creates new 'emerging business' unit
Ericsson today reported a 12% decline in Q4 2017 sales and a 10% full-year sales decline in what company President and CEO Börje Ekholm described as a "challenging 2017." One of the key determinants,...
Converging concepts
Fog computing is expected to play a major role in meeting the needs of future 5G networks. The technology has been boasted as an effective way to provide the low latency promised by the 5G New Radio standard. With plans to roll out...
The German regulator confirmed plans to awards 5G spectrum in the 2 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands
Germany's telecommunications services regulator released a draft decision laying out its proposals for the allocation of 5G spectrum for local mobile telephony operators.
The regulator said it is planning...
New solutions address the fronthaul and backhaul complexity 5G will bring to networks
5G is sometimes referred to as a network of networks, combining fixed, mobile, optical, microwave and IP transport technologies in an effort to deliver ultra-dense, high-capacity, low-latency connectivity. The integration of macro...
Operators and their customers can't wait for 5G to be commercialized and scaled--the capacity crunch is here today, particularly in the era of unlimited data.
To solve this problem, operators are using multi-channel carrier aggregation for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, 4x4 MIMO and 256...
ReefShark 5G chipsets focused on enabling massive MIMO and promise throughput of 84 Gbps per module
Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018, Nokia today made major announcements to its 5G portfolio geared toward delivery of an end-to-end solution for next-generation networks as well as reducing...
Charter eyeing 5G fixed wireless broadband service
U.S. cable operator Charter Communications said it is currently carrying out 5G testing in a move to use fixed wireless services to expand coverage. In a blog post, the operator said it's "actively developing and testing" 5G wireless...
Internal memo cites security as primary motivator for a government-owned 5G network, according to Axios; Pai opposes
Based on a document the media outlet says was "produced by a senior National Security Council official," Axios is reporting that the Trump administration is examining a government-led and funded...
5G NR interoperability test used a Huawei commercial base station; Intel 5G mobile trial platform
Deutsche Telekom (DT), Intel and Huawei announced they have achieved what it claims to be the world's first NSA 5G NR interoperability and development testing based on the 3GPP Release...
Qualcomm, Xiaomi, ZTE, Lenovo and others partner to bring 5G NR-compliant devices to market in 2019
China is a major market for mobile devices services and that the market opportunity for the next generation of mobile has led to the creation of a multi-company consortium,...
Millimeter wave essential to meeting spectrum crunch and data demand
Gigabit LTE is boosting capacity to meet demand today and setting the stage for a smooth roll out of 5G that will enable users to have a consistent network experience as they move from 5G...
Collision provides a flexible and scalable software-only solution that allows massive performance increases to any vendor's M-MIMO system for LTE and 5G.
Similar to the advantages it has demonstrated with its C-RAN technology, Collision Communications has applied its unique signal processing techniques and expertise to...
Operators and their customers can't wait for 5G to be commercialized and scaled--the capacity crunch is here today, particularly in the era of unlimited data.
To solve this problem, operators are using multi-channel carrier aggregation for both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, 4x4 MIMO and 256...
New partners in the 5G for Italy program include Cisco, SAP and Arthur D. Little
Italian mobile operator TIM, owned by telecommunications group Telecom Italia, and Swedish vendor Ericsson have announced that 12 institutional and industrial partners have signed up for their joint "5G for...
Taking stock of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile US and Sprint deployments of gigabit LTE
The combined features that deliver gigabit LTE were enhanced and adopted by standards-setting body 3GPP in October 2015 with the group’s Release 13. The primary building blocks of gigabit LTE are:
4X4...
SK Telecom said the new group currently has 200 employees
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom has formed a 200-member task force in order to speed up the process to launch commercial 5G services in the Asian country. SK Telecom said the task force is making all...
Gigabit LTE will ensure continuous quality of experience outside early 5G hot spots
At the same time operators are investing heavily in gigabit LTE, they are also setting the stage for the commercialization of services based on the recently adopted non-standalone 5G New Radio specification,...
New Radio (NR) is the 3GPP effort for defining and standardizing a new Radio Access Technology (RAT) for 5G. NR will cover a wide set of use cases (eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC) and introduce new cutting-edge technologies such as millimeter-wave and beamforming. The first...
Gigabit LTE key to providing network experience continuity once 5G hits
Since Telstra launched the first commercial gigabit LTE in January 2017, more than 40 other global operators have, to varying degrees, upgraded their networks to support 4X4 multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO), 256 QAM and aggregation...
The telco will deploy 5G capabilities in two Spanish cities in cooperation with Nokia and Ericsson
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica has unveiled its 5G technological cities project, which will pave the way for the future deployment of 5G technology in Spain. Under this initiative, Telefonica has...
Under the deal, the European vendor will provide its 5G NR hardware
Finnish vendor Nokia has signed an agreement with Japanese telco NTT Docomo for the provision of 5G equipment for the operator’s future commercial launch, which is scheduled for 2020.
Nokia will support NTT Docomo's...
Ofcom aims to kick off the process to award spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has updated the timetable for setting the regulations that will apply to the forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands...
