The role of wireless infrastructure in the enterprise has been steadily expanding since the introduction of Wi-Fi – so for about two decades. In some Asian countries, operators have deployed in-building infrastructure in the enterprise for a long time, driven by high indoor usage...
Fiber is fuel for both LTE and future "5G" systems, and service providers are doing their best to increase their fiber footprints. Here are three fiber trends to watch:
Both residential and enterprise fiber access is on the upswing. SNL Kagan found earlier this year...
5th generation (5G) wireless technology is just around the corner promising secure and ubiquitous wireless connectivity at gigabit speeds.
As service providers prepare to leverage 5G, they are also faced with introducing new virtual network technologies such as software defined networking (SDN) and network functions...
In Argentina Movistar tests 5G in 28 GHz band
Continuing to work with global operators to test 5G networking technologies, Ericsson is working with Argentinian operator Movistar to understand 5G propagation characteristics in the 28 GHz millimeter wave frequency band.
Based on a test conducted in...
Several contributors to the emerging 5G standard presented last week at the 15th annual Texas Wireless Summit at the University of Texas, hosted by the school's Wireless Networking and Communications Group.
Qualcomm's Sundar Subramanian, who is leading the company's millimeter-wave and 5G standardization effort, spoke...
The City of London Corporation said U.K. firm CTIL has already kicked off the deployment of small cells
The City of London Corporation announced plans to carry out tests of 5G technology at Guildhall, building on a new public Wi-Fi network switched on in...
Analysts see growth for equipment providers regardless of FCC decision
Companies from inside and outside the wireless industry are excited about the Federal Communications Commission's plan to make more spectrum available in the 3550-3700 MHz band. Citizens broadband radio service, or CBRS, could deliver the...
Radisys and Mavenir integrate vEPC into M-CORD as part of partnership
Wireless network company Radisys Corporation alongside software-based telecom networking provider Mavenir announced they are collaborating to offer communication service providers a way to commercially launch a M-CORD (Mobile Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter)...
Underlying 5G tech including network slicing, virtualized RAN and end-to-end network slicing including included in TIP working groups
Founded in 2016 by Facebook, the Telecom Infra Project consortium convened its annual summit this week in Santa Clara, Calif., and announced several new working groups that,...
Deal with Spanish car maker Seat will focus on 5G for enablement of smart manufacturing processes for automotive
Spanish telco Telefonica has signed an agreement with compatriot car maker SEAT to develop innovative initiatives in the automotive industry. The agreement reached, which makes Telefónica a...
Gigabit LTE joins previous Ericsson, Swisscom demos of 5G network slicing and NB-IoT
Swiss telecommunications provider Swisscom has selected Ericsson for the implementation of a complete digital transformation process as well as future deployments of gigabit LTE and 5G
The deployment of Swisscom’s gigabit LTE...
Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
The two firms will evaluate the use of 5G for verticals including mining, transportation, health and manufacturing
Finnish vendor Nokia and South African telecoms operator Vodacom have signed an agreement under which the companies will trial 5G technology in the African nation.
Under the terms of...
The automotive industry has been experiencing a tremendous transformation. For many consumers, cars are evolving from being just a transport medium to becoming an integral part of their digital lives. The modern automobile is a technology hub hosting wireless technologies like GPS, Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi®,...
Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
As T-Mobile continues to deploy in 600 MHz holdings, device support picking up
T-Mobile US spent around $8 billion to buy 600 MHz spectrum holdings in the most recent FCC spectrum auction, and has activated sites in Wyoming, Maine and plans to light up coverage...
After serving for six years as the CEO of network infrastructure giant Ericsson, in April Hans Vestberg joined Verizon as CTO EVP and President of Global Networks. In the company's recurring podcast Up to Speed, Vestberg discusses his transition from the vendor side to...
Bell is expanding investment in small cell infrastructure ahead of 5G
Canadian telecom operator Bell confirmed it is currently conducting further trials of 5G mobile technology in the 28 GHz and 3.5 GHz ranges.
In a release to announce the telco’s quarterly financial results, Bell said...
Instead of a complex infrastructure deployment, latent computing resources could be used to support the edge computing needs of the IoT
The data processing and storage needs of the internet of things (IoT) will quickly become more than our current model of centralized, data center-based...
Telefonica Chile chooses Ericsson to complete virtualization of core network
Telefonica, the biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider in Chile, announced it has chosen Ericsson to finish the virtualization of the operator’s core network.
Telefonica said completely virtualizing its core network will help the...
The 5G trial used a 4.5 GHz system developed with Huawei
Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo announced the completion of what it claims to be the world's first outdoor trial of 5G mobile technologies for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) using a 4.5 GHz system developed in...
The vendor believes Europe will see the initial commercial deployments of 5G in 2018 or 2019
Ericsson expects to see the initial commercial deployment of 5G technology in Europe in 2018 or 2019, international press reported, citing Arun Bansal, the vendor’s head of Market Area...
The two companies said they will also focus on the verification of end-to-end 5G solutions
Chinese vendor ZTE and Spanish telecoms groupTelefonica announced the successful completion
of the first phase of a 5G transport test at the Spanish operator's Future Networks Lab in Madrid.
In the test,...
A conversation with Ken Sandfeld, President, SOLiD America, SOLiD
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report “Wireless in the Enterprise”
...
Edge deployment strategy dependent on 5G use case being served
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Whether it's autonomous driving, AR/VR-type applications or myriad data-intensive smart city initiatives, moving compute, storage and processing power closer to the network edge will be key to delivering on 5G use cases. That...
