Ongoing 5G network trials by the likes of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint has North America set to lead the world in initial adoption.
As one of the world’s largest telecom equipment vendors, it’s probably of little surprise Ericsson is boastful on...
Newly rebranded Canadian wireless carrier Freedom Mobile using 64 QAM MIMO for LTE-A, though larger rivals have 5G on the horizon.
Canada’s mobile telecom market is set to gain a new LTE network option backed by the rebranding efforts of the country’s No....
Fixed wireless broadband and the 28 GHz spectrum band are driving initial 5G moves, though technology and propagation challenge the business model.
Momentum is definitely on the side of “5G” technology, with most large mobile telecom operators either having already announced...
Advances in network technology and applications are expected to support a surge in the global connected workforce, according to Strategy Analytics.
Wireless communications continues to infiltrate and empower the enterprise market, enabling employees – for good or bad – to always be connected...
Bluegrass LTE-A plans with Verizon push the rural carrier deeper into 4G market with 5G plans for segment on the horizon.
Networks advances may be common across the domestic market’s nationwide operators, but rural carriers are also getting in on advancing their LTE-based...
DAS and small cells are garnering more attention, but macro sites are still the main deployment method for carriers.
Macro sites are still a vital piece of the growing wireless network ecosystem in a time when some attention has shifted to distributed...
The NB-IoT-based smart parking and water monitoring solutions were jointly launched with China Mobile Zhejiang Branch
ZTE said it carried out a demonstration of its smart parking and smart water monitoring services based on narrow-band "internet of things" technology at the World Internet Conference in...
Panasonic Avionics selected Ericsson to provide industrial connectivity
Ericsson was selected by Panasonic Avionics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, to handle connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and mining markets.
Under terms of the deal, Ericsson will implement its "5G"-ready core solution for Panasonic Avionics through...
Verizon is set to further its dive into the IoT space with planned network trials later this year and enterprise-focused consulting service launch in early 2017.
DALLAS – The “internet of things” may still be a nebulous concept to many, but the growing...
Google predicts 5G technology deployments will receive a boost from the CBRS band, with spectrum sharing proposal set to reshape traditional spectrum ownership.
DALLAS – Google’s quest to shake up the telecommunication industry’s long-held view on spectrum ownership appears set to...
"5G" technology is all about big ideas: incredibly high speeds, low latency and complex multitechnology networks expected to support new, demanding use cases and billions of new devices.
One of the fundamental challenges for 5G will be fitting those big ideas into very small spaces –...
Both companies will continue 5G trial activities in Japan
Chinese vendor Huawei and Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo have carried out a large-scale 5G trial in the 4.5 GHz band in Yokohama, Japan.
During the trial, 11.29 Gbps total user throughput and less than 0.5 millisecond...
Patent licensing remains a flashpoint for mobile telecom as it moves towards a future of 5G and IoT.
Cellular technology pioneers are being marginalized with diminished financial returns on their research and development investments while leaders in devices and “over-the-top” services are flourishing....
Ericsson highlighted a number of industry trends at its latest Capital Markets Day, including expectations of broad 5G deployments.
From a mobile broadband industry perspective, there were several key takeaways from Ericsson’s Capital Markets Day held today in New York including:
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The need to tap millimeter wave spectrum bands in support of 5G technology is altering traditional cellular deployment methods.
DALLAS – Spectrum remains one of the messy, yet essential, components towards the telecom market’s march towards “5G” with technology standards expected to...
IoT network support seen behind push for tighter integration into current LTE work, with 5G integration pushed until Release 16.
DALLAS – “5G” and the “internet of things” are often connected in the same breath, but could actually be moving further apart in...
Representatives from AT&T and Verizon continued to see fixed wireless broadband services as initial 5G deployment models.
DALLAS – The mobile telecom’s space push into “5G” technology was on center stage at this week’s 5G North America event, which officially kicked off with...
In 2015, Huawei published a report titled "NB-IoT: Enabling new business opportunities," arguing that wide area low power networks, which had already been around for a decade, were fragmented – having poor reliability, security and high operational costs. Its response was narrowband-IoT, the cellular...
One of the biggest challenges the mobile industry faces is how to accommodate the extraordinary increases in data volume and performance expectations over the next couple of decades. It’s clear that no single aspect of the technology needs to be reimagined in order for...
The telco aims to launch 5G trial networks in Seoul and other cities to support connected cars and VR
Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has deployed what it claims to be the world's largest millimeter wave-based "5G" trial network using the 28 GHz band at...
Representatives from CommScope and Kathrein note 5G is still in early days, though industry is prepping for new technology models.
DALLAS – With the first official “5G” standards still not expected until the end of next year, the topic of how the wireless...
Huawei oil and gas partners include Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver
Huawei and partners including Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver showcased solutions covering the industry chain of the oil and gas sector during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2016.
Some...
Building on existing partnership, Ericsson and Cisco will further collaborate on IoT, security, Wi-Fi and data center switching
Ericsson and Cisco have expanded the scope of a strategic agreement to now include new areas of business such as data center switching, Wi-Fi, security and the...
Could solutions to smart city challenges like power and internet connectivity be as close as the nearest cable service provider?
The connected city is here, and interconnectedness is only increasing. Metro areas from San Jose to Philadelphia are already working toward a smart...
OTT rivals continue to hound the mobile telecom space, but NetScout notes SDN and NFV platforms can help even out the playing field.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Vikram Saksena, office of the CTO for virtualization at NetScout, on how telecom...
