The Nordic telco signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere
Finnish mobile operator Elisa has signed a letter of intent with the city of Tampere, in Finland, to join the city’s smart city initiative.
In the first phase, Elisa will build fiber and...
The new deal further expands a previous agreement for the development of new technologies
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has signed a strategic partnership agreement on Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G with Belgian telecommunications operator Telenet.This new agreement expands the partnership between the two companies...
Although it's not yet standardized or commercially available, the long-term vision of 5G is a unifying connectivity fabric--ultra fast, incredibly low latency wireless-that's available everywhere and capable of connecting anything. In terms of use cases, think swarms of autonomous drones executing tasks, self-driving vehicles...
Spectrum access and usage is evolving with 5G, industry leaders say, noting the importance of CBRS as proof that sharing works
Wireless and networking executives, gathered at the recent Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando, Fla., agreed that the spectrum needs of 5G will require innovative...
5G success depends on decreasing time and cost of 5G deployments and, beneath it all, fiber
Speaking in Orlando, Fla., at the recent Wireless Infrastructure Show, Zayo President and CEO Dan Caruso discussed how 5G represents not just a huge revenue opportunity for the wireless...
Innovations in 5G, virtualization and cloud technologies will make new applications and services possible in both personal and industrial IoT in the next several years. The evolution of the RAN and the packet core in 5G will benefit from pervasive use of cloud and...
5G vendors including Huawei, ZTE, Ericsson, Nokia, Datang and Samsung are part of the initiative
TOKYO--China has completed planning of a 30-site "5G" test field in Huairou district, Beijing, said Wang Zhiqin, Vice Chair of the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, during a keynote presentation at...
Ericsson has named Erik Ekudden group CTO as of July 1. Ekudden steps into the position formerly held by Ulf Ewaldsson, who continues as head of Ericsson's digital services business unit. Ekudden will return to Ericsson's headquarters in Stockholm after spending the last seven...
The Asian nation aims to launch commercial 5G services in 2020
TOKYO--Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recently started a trial of a 5G system in Japan, Yukihiko Okumura, the leader of the 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum Japan’s 5G Trial Promotion...
The vendor said that it expects 5G compatible handsets to be commercially available in two years
TOKYO--Chinese vendor ZTE expects to see revenues from the sale of standardized 5G equipment in 2019, the company’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex Wang, told reporters during a...
As pre-standard 5G technology testing and field trials continue ahead of expected early commercialization in the 2020 timeframe, Intel is seeing continued adoption of its 5G Mobile Trial Platform product by major network infrastructure vendors including Ericsson and Nokia.
Intel's trial platform can support multi-gigabit...
5G Americas says next generation network technology will also support 22 million jobs globally by 2036
TOKYO--5G technology will enable $12.3 trillion in global economic output by 2035, Chris Pearson, head of industry trade group 5G Americas, said during a keynote presentation at the Global 5G...
The government said that 5G subscribers will probably account for 5% of total base by 2020
South Korea aims to complete the deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network in the second half of 2019, Heo Won-seok, director of ICT and Broadcasting Technology Policy at...
New business models and lower costs per gigabit are goals for wireless carriers as the industry charges toward the next generation of wireless technology. But the carriers don't all see 5G the same way, and they don't all have the same priorities.
As...
The FCC gave Apple permission to test 5G transmission between Northern California facilities
Wireless operators, network infrastructure vendors and cable companies are all testing various forms of as-yet unstandardized 5G technologies. And, now, technology giant Apple, based on a recent filing with the U.S. Federal...
The tools and techniques used in interference hunting have remained largely the same across previous generations of cellular technologies. Differences in modulation, bandwidth, and frequency bands for 5G networks will however require substantial changes in how interference is detected, located, and resolved in 5G...
The vendor is currently testing 5G technology mostly in the city of Guangzhou
Chinese vendor ZTE has already started to work in the second phase of the Chinese government’s 5G program, ZTE’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex Wang said during a press conference in...
ORLANDO--On the sidelines of the annual Wireless Infrastructure Show, ExteNet Systems CTO Tormod Larsen sat down with RCR Wireless News for a wide-ranging chat that touched on everything from the need for densification of the fiber plant, scaling small cell deployments, fixed wireless and...
5G is not yet standardized, but wireless carriers know that if they wait to invest they will fall behind. AT&T is already building the systems it will use to test its future 5G networks. Meanwhile, engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have...
5G is not yet standardized, but wireless carriers know that if they wait to invest they will fall behind. AT&T is already building the systems it will use to test its future 5G networks. Meanwhile, engineers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have...
The pre-standard 5G demo involves Verizon, Ericsson and Intel
In the run-up to the Indianapolis 500 race this weekend, a trio of tech heavy-hitters are demonstration pre-standardized 5G technologies in the context of a connected, smart home. Verizon, Ericsson and Intel are taking the opportunity...
Despite the deluge of news and marketing around 5G and the ongoing lab and field trials being conducted worldwide, the fact is there's still no agreed-upon standard for 5G New Radio. However, 3GPP, the international body that oversees the standardization process, has made such...
The cable television industry is re-entering the wireless space. First it was Comcast Xfinity Mobile starting its rollout. Now, Charter Spectrum has announced they will also become a wireless provider in 2018. Charter says it will work with Comcast to think through new ways...
Nokia CEO calls the deal "historic"
Although Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, which manufactures switching, transmission and other telecom network infrastructure, have been operating jointly since January 2016, the integration is targeted for an official close in July.
The new joint venture, called Nokia Shanghai Bell,...
As the industry gears up for "5G", the expectations continue to be high that the next generation of wireless technology will be able to solve any problem that the industry faces: much more capacity, higher speeds, much less latency, the ability to handle billions...
