After leaking the capability last month, Verizon prepaid customers officially have access to HD Voice, VoLTE and video calling features
Verizon Wireless continues to upgrade prepaid customers with access to new features, with the latest move the inclusion of high-definition voice and video calling capabilities.
The...
LitePoint Design Test Solutions looks at radio frequency design tradeoffs in IoT wireless designs
As “internet of things” devices become essential in our lives and in industry, so too will their quality and reliability. From door locks to industrial sensors to medical equipment, a wireless...
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo stayed the course in terms of the carrier’s view on unlimited data, warning it will catch up with rivals
Verizon Wireless remains, for the time being, against running out an “unlimited” data plan, noting consumers that desire such offers tend to be...
The new 5G lab will focus on IoT, cloud-based services and advanced radio technologies
Taiwanese mobile telephony operator (FET) has established Taiwan’s first 5G lab in cooperation with Swedish vendor Ericsson.
During the launch of the lab, which is located at T-park, New Taipei City in...
A '5G' test took place in the city of Melbourne and used 800 megahertz of spectrum
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telecommunications firm Telstra have carried out an outdoor test of a 5G trial system in Melbourne, Australia.
The European company said the trial demonstrated 5G...
5G testing took place in the city of Melbourne and used 800 megahertz of spectrum
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telecommunications firm Telstra have carried out an outdoor test of a 5G trial system in Melbourne, Australia.
The European company said that the trial demonstrated 5G...
Ericsson is reported to be planning to close its remaining manufacturing sites in Sweden. A new CEO is yet to be announced.
Ericsson could be about to end its 140 years manufacturing tradition in Sweden as it plans to close down its two remaining...
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia event, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said the carrier has a 'competitive advantage' in network deployment strategy
Two years into a five-year plan designed to return Sprint to profitability and vastly improve its network performance, CEO Marcelo Claure "has a...
From NB-IoT to autonomous vehicles, as networks converge and move to the cloud, Viavi focuses on end-to-end SON
5G is envisioned as a unifying architecture capable of seamlessly supporting a wide range of use cases—massive machine-type communications on one end of the continuum and ultra-...
The Ericsson Garage will focus on IoT apps for smart cities, transport and energy projects
Swedish vendor Ericsson inaugurated an open lab for 5G technologies at the company's headquarters in Massy near Paris.
The Ericsson Garage has a focus on collaborating with students, startups and employees...
Industrial IoT 5G Insights discussed 5G with Håkan Andersson, head of 5G Product Strategy, Radio Business Unit, at Ericsson.
Bearing the promises of higher speeds and ultra-low latency, 5G is being promoted as a technological shift allowing new types of use cases. However, it has yet...
A CEO panel made up of CCA carrier members highlighted varying degrees of interest in 5G and unique diversification efforts
SEATTLE – Regional and rural wireless carriers, which make up a bulk of the Competitive Carriers Association’s membership, have shown significant resiliency in a market...
Attendees at this week’s CCA event heard a pledge from FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to tackle several hot-button topics for rural and regional carriers
SEATTLE – Just weeks after taking the stage at the CTIA Super Mobility event in Las Vegas to speak, Federal Communications...
T-Mobile said it has expanded 5G work with vendor partners Ericsson and Nokia, while telling CCA members it wants greater LTE roaming, offers VoLTE support
SEATTLE – T-Mobile US continues to flesh out its “5G” network plans, with CTO Neville Ray noting recent trials with...
When Microsoft bought Nokia in 2014, it brought a dying captain onto a burning ship (or should we say, platform.) Nokia, once the leader in mobile phone sales, was on a downward spiral into irrelevance only helped out by its unflinching loyalty to Microsoft's...
The two Korean firms developed a millimeter wave 5G system in August 2015
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom, together with Samsung Electronics, has successfully tested handover between 5G base stations at 28 GHz in the outdoor environment.
SK Telecom and Samsung claimed to be the world’s...
CCA event set for strong carrier participation from T-Mobile, Sprint, focus on policy, 5G and the IoT
The Competitive Carriers Association is taking its annual convention to Seattle this year, hosting a number of keynotes and educational sessions heavy on policy issues and the growing...
A new report from SNS Research expects 5G to drive spending long term, but LTE-based networks will generate significant cash in the near term
The topic of most wireless telecom conversations may be related to what’s coming down the road in terms of “5G” technology,...
5G, smart cities and IoT were significant themes at the recent CTIA Super Mobility 2016 event and collocated Tower and Small Cell Summit
At CTIA Super Mobility 2016, the entire expo floor was transformed into a fully connected smart city with the entire wireless...
Claiming a world first, he Korean telco said the new technology paves the way for 5G network innovation
SK Telecom and Finnish vendor Nokia have implemented what they claim to be the world’s first cloud-based software-defined radio access network (SDRAN)--also known as Cloud RAN--in a commercial...
5G hype is everywhere, but can’t we all just take a breath and let the engineering folks figure out what it means before the marketing folks take over?
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff...
The European Commission has proposed a new 5G action plan aiming to ensure 5G is fully deployed across the European Union by 2025.
On the occasion of European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address on Wednesday, the EC proposed an overhaul...
Nokia and Sonera, the Finnish arm of Nordic telecoms operator Telia Company, carried out a trial of 5G mobile networking and new copper cable technologies capable of delivering data speeds of up to 10 Gbps.
The trial in August was built around a 5G-ready network...
Innovation in cellular and other supporting technologies as well as in applications will sustain the rate of smartphone improvements
Press and industry analyst response to the recent announcement of the iPhone 7 has been lukewarm. For example, The Economist notes the “main novelty” is it...
Antenna design and measurement are at the heart of the race to 5G
In a world where mobile devices have outnumbered people, it is easy to forget we lived without smartphones 15 years ago. From 1G to 4G, each new generation of mobile networks has...
