BROWSING: 5G

Terago deploys 5G private network for Industry 4.0 R&D in Canada

Terago said this 5G private network will allow researchers to test and develop new advanced manufacturing technologies Canadian provider Terago says it has have deployed Canada's first 5G mmWave private network dedicated to Industry 4.0 research in McMaster's new Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) in Hamilton,...

What $140bn of network gets you – AT&T proclaims five-year milestones

AT&T has marked five years of network building in the US with a press note about what $140 billion of infrastructure investment gets you – in terms of best-of awards for coverage, reliability, and support for emergency services, and how higher-performance fiber and cellular...

Airtel aims to cover all urban areas of India with 5G in September

Bharti Airtel said it will reach 4,000 cities across India with 5G by June Indian operator Bharti Airtel aims to cover all urban areas across India with its 5G by September 2023, ahead of its earlier target of March 2024, local newspaper The Economic Times...

5G FWA subscriptions to reach 72 million by 2027: ABI Research

ABI Research also highlighted that North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific regions are driving 5G FWA deployments 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are forecast to reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market, according to a recent report by...

China Mobile to reduce 5G capex in 2023

China Mobile ended February with 639.1 million 5G package subscribers after the telco added a total of 16.6 million 5G subscribers during the month China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will reduce its 5G capex this year, according to its...

In the move to sustainable 5G, operators should focus on QoE

Traditional network KPIs need to be realigned as the importance of sustainable 5G becomes top of mind From the advent of cellular networks until present, the majority of operators have focused investment and analysis on network key performance indicators (KPIs) that speak to the ability...

Far EasTone to decommission 5,000 Asia Pacific Telecom base stations: Report

Far EasTone Telecommunications had announced it would merge with Asia Pacific Telecom in a stock-swap deal last year Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said it is seeking to axe at least 5,000 base stations currently operated by Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) to avoid coverage...

Jio already deployed 50,000 5G base stations in India: report

Reliance Jio had started to deploy its 5G standalone (SA) network in October 2022 Indian operator Reliance Jio has already deployed 50,000 base stations and 300,000 cells to support its 5G service, local paper The Economic Times reported, citing the carrier’s CTO Shyam Mardikar. “We want...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Interactivity test for new 5G use cases

5G is more than just higher data rates. The main advantage lies in the scalability of the network slices to support different critical applications. These network slices can be tuned for extremely short latencies, especially for reliable connections and peak transport rates. Learn how...

Yes, vRAN and O-RAN are coming, just more slowly than we thought (Analyst Angle)

Watching the evolution of telco carrier RAN networks feels like viewing a sports replay in slow motion. It’s interesting to see, and there are often angles and perspectives that crop up that aren’t immediately apparent. In the end, however, you still know where things...

Enabling the metaverse with a device-edge-cloud continuum

No single company, network or technology can build the metaverse. Instead, the industry will have to tap into every available foundational technology across the ecosystem, from the very edge of the network all the way to the devices themselves. 5G and Wi-Fi, high-powered cameras...

Unlocking the upper mid-band on the path to 6G

Qualcomm focusing R&D efforts on Giga-MIMO to support future spectrum deployments The early vision of 5G, which has come to life based on global operator-led deployments, involved a mix of low-, mid- and high-band frequencies to strike the right balance between coverage and capacity. Looking...

5G Advanced and the path to 6G

Qualcomm SVP of Engineering talks 5G, AI and IoT at Mobile World Congress 2023 In addition to its long-standing leadership in smartphone and other mobile devices, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a driving force in the research and standards work that has defined 5G New Radio, 5G...

Keeping safety first on the road to autonomous driving

Qualcomm is leveraging automotive connectivity for assisted and autonomous driving, digital cockpit, and more As Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during CES, the company is “all in on auto.” With its Snapdragon Digital Chassis, a platform designed to facilitate the transition to software-defined vehicles via...

How are private networks transforming industries?

Qualcomm brings multi-vendor automation and SMO capabilities to private networks with the Edgewise Suite As Industry 4.0 concepts meant to optimize efficiency in sectors like manufacturing, utilities, mining and more gain interest and adoption, private networks, including 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi, are emerging as a...

The 6G vision: Qualcomm on foundational research priorities

Air interface innovations and new services on the way with 5G Advanced and 6G In addition to driving the ongoing standardization of 5G Advanced and early scoping of 6G, Qualcomm engages in long-term foundational research geared toward identifying and solving problems facing ever-evolving mobile networks....

Bringing mmWave from vision to reality

The notion of mmWave for a mobility use case has gone from being the subject of skepticism to the subject of massive investment for operators looking to keep up with capacity demands. In addition to helping offload traffic from sub-7 GHz 5G networks, mmWave...

Chinese carriers add 25.76 million new 5G subscribers in February

Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 25.76 million 5G subscribers in February, according to the operators’ latest available statistics. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in...

India to reach 300 million 5G subscribers by March 2025: Report

Crisil Ratings said that a total of 20-25 million subscribers are already using 5G technology in India About a third of wireless data users in India, or 300 million subscribers, are expected to use 5G services by March 2025, according to a recent report by...

Liberty Global to launch takeover bid for Belgian telco Telenet

Liberty Global also said the intended offer would be an offer in cash at a price of 22 euros ($23.7) per share Liberty Global said it intends to launch a voluntary and conditional public takeover bid for all the shares of Belgian operator Telenet Group...

Telia and AWS devise AI video app to automate warehouse inventory checks

Swedish telecoms group Telia Company has developed a new machine vision solution for inventory management in warehouses which runs on a hybrid (‘virtual’; semi-private) private 5G network. The project, part of its work with Finnish logistics group Transval, automatically tracks and reports on the...

AAA selects T-Mobile for 5G and IoT assisted roadside assistance

It says something about how far T-Mobile’s coverage has come in the 5G era in the US; the AAA automobile club for roadside assistance and other travel services has selected T-Mobile as its exclusive partner for its technicians and vehicles across the country. T-Mobile...

Ericsson, Saab and Purdue University collaborate over private 5G

Ericsson will contribute a private 5G network for the Purdue Research Foundation to operate at the Purdue University Airport Purdue University Airport, in collaboration with Ericsson and Saab, announced the deployment of a private 5G network which will serve as a “lab to life” proving...

Huawei already replaced 13,000 components due to U.S. sanctions

Huawei replaced these parts with components developed by itself and other Chinese companies over the last three years Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has replaced more than 13,000 components that had been affected by the restrictions imposed by the U.S government, Chinese press reported, citing the...

BT taps AWS for ‘multi-million’ 5G MEC network for high-end IoT

BT has said it is to make a “multi-million-pound investment” in mobile edge computing (MEC), rooted in its LTE (4G) and 5G network infrastructure. Its mission is to bring enterprise services and applications closer to customers. It is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)...