Worst of the Week is all about 5G progress, but asks that we first make sure we finish what we started with 4G
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this...
AT&T, Telit, ARM, F-Secure talk IoT during Mobile World Congress
The "Internet of Things" promises to change the way we all live and work, according to myriad discussions during the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain.
Consumer and industrial use cases are taking shape...
Lurie talked 5G and IoT with Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg during Mobile World Congress 2016
AT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie told Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg the really exciting thing, to him, about "5G" technology "is what it does for ."
Lurie made the comment at the...
Verizon CFO said carrier will not wade into unlimited data fray as it continues to balance spectrum and infrastructure
Verizon Communications may have a lot on its plate in terms of expanding its Verizon Wireless operations, but CFO Fran Shammo appeared calm at a recent...
This week’s Carrier Wrap looks at 5G news coming out of MWC and Sprint brings back service contracts
The recent Mobile World Congress event was chock-a-block full of news surrounding the ongoing development of “5G” technology. Vendors and carriers alike were bullish on their plans...
RCR Wireless News editors recap the highlights of Mobile World Congress 2016
Mobile World Congress 2016 was a jam-packed show with a huge emphasis on the future of "5G" and the "Internet of Things." 5G is moving into the trial phase, which will help inform...
Promise of 5G will become apparent in LTE evolution
In a wide-ranging conversation with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2016, AT&T SVP of wireless network architecture and design Tom Keathley looked at the long-term vision of "5G," as well as the incremental advancements...
ZTE said pre 5G tests will take three to four months
BARCELONA, Spain – ZTE signed a memorandum of understanding with mobile operator Hutchison Drei Austria to deploy what it's calling the first “pre-5G” trial site in Europe.
In 2010, the Austrian telco selected ZTE as...
Nokia Networks executives stressed during Mobile World Congress last week that "5G" isn't just marketing hype, but rather that innovative new use cases and commercialization may be here sooner than the industry thinks.
Although still prestandardized, 5G trials and partnerships are developing in earnest. RCR...
Both companies look to boost 5G cooperation this year
BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE, together with compatriot telecom operator China Mobile, announced a "5G" high-frequency prototype.
“The ZTE-developed prototype operates on a 15-gigahertz carrier with a bandwidth of 500 megabits and boasts a hardware structure...
Safety and skill diversification the focus of this year's conference
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana – The National Association of Tower Erectors' NATE Unite 2016 conference wrapped up this week in New Orleans with a continued focus on safety but also an eye toward the future. One of the...
Arab telco has finalized LTE-A Pro tests in Kuwait
BARCELONA, Spain – Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain expects to carry out tests of LTE-Advanced Pro technology, also referred to as "4.5G" technology by some vendors, across its regional footprint, the group’s CEO Scott Gegenheimer told RCR...
Alliance set to focus on 5G trial specification
BARCELONA, Spain – Korean operators KT and SK Telecom, Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless formed the 5G Open Trial Specification Alliance targeted at developing an aligned "5G" trial specification designed to serve...
Qualcomm to remain the dominant supplier of LTE baseband chips
As mobile operators increasingly accommodate new applications and use cases – 360-degree video, virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive graphics, computer vision, machine learning,and natural language processing – as well as increase the capabilities of cloud...
Verizon Communications has started "5G" field tests with Nokia Networks, testing pre-standards technology in Verizon's live network in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Verizon and Nokia said they tested an "extreme broadband" use case to look at the viability of replacing high-speed, indoor wireline connections with...
T-Mobile 5G plans include trials work this year with Nokia and Ericsson with expected post-2020 commercial launch
T-Mobile US is the latest domestic operator to get in on the “5G” craze, announcing plans with Ericsson and Nokia Networks to begin trialling technology later this year.
The...
Korean telco plans to unveil 5G device prototype
BARCELONA, Spain – Korean operator SK Telecom and Nokia Networks claimed a network test resulting in over-the-air transmission speeds of 20.5 gigabits per second at this week's Mobile World Congress event. SK Telecom said the test meets...
5G vision is to connect all the things in the world to all the clouds in the world
BARCELONA, Spain – “We want to connect all these devices in the world, through a network, to all the clouds in the world,” said Ulf Ewaldsson, SVP,...
Key partners include Ericsson, Nokia, Verizon and Korean carriers
BARCELONA, Spain – Intel announced partnerships with telecom operators and vendors designed to to pave the way for the deployment of smarter and more efficient "5G" wireless networks. Intel said efforts towards the provisioning of innovative...
Nokia unveiled new ‘5G’-ready radio access solution
BARCELONA, Spain – Finnish vendor Nokia Networks expects to see initial deployments of “5G” networks before 2020, according to company CEO Rajeev Suri.
“2020 is probably where we see global volume deployments but we will start to see a...
'Pre-5G' initiatives include massive MIMO, UDN and MUSA
BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE said it expects to market "pre-5G" technology in certain parts of Asia and Europe this year.
“This year, 'pre-5G' is the key technology,” said Zhang Jianguo, GM of ZTE's wireless product operation division, just...
Emphasis on openness, collaboration to help telcos achieve massive scale
BARCELONA, Spain – As Facebook has grown to support a staggering 1.58 billion users, the company has devised purpose-built network infrastructure designed to allow global access to a massive data repository. Now Facebook is looking...
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, industry convenes to look to the 5G future
BARCELONA, Spain – The data explosion driven by video-hungry consumers and the burgeoning "Internet of Things" brings into focus the need for advancements to LTE networks in the run up to "5G"...
Huawei hosts first ever 4.5G Summit ahead of Mobile World Congress
BARCELONA, Spain – While much of the discourse in the telecom industry is currently focused on "5G," Chinese vendor Huawei is pushing for deployment of its so-called "4.5G" solutions as a way to extend...
ZTE signed more than 177 managed service deals worldwide
Chinese telecom and technology vendor ZTE said it’s service business scale increased 20% in 2015, signing more than 177 managed service contracts worldwide last year. Those deals involved more than 335,000 sites and 332,000 kilometers of...
