The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) announced that 3D AI analytics start-up Contilio is the winner of its Smart Construction Challenge, IIC said in a release.
The challenge was designed to advance real-world validation of Smart Construction applications and solutions while integrating cloud, edge, fog and IoT technologies.
As the winner, Contilio...
China Telecom Shenzhen and Huawei announced they have achieved the 'global ultra-large scale 3D networking' using both macro and pole-based cell sites in China.
According to a release from Huawei, the deployment of hundreds of 5G C-Band Book RRUs will help China Telecom Shenzhen deliver...
Turkcell has already virtualized 60% of its mobile core services
In March, Mavenir and Turkey’s largest mobile operator Turkcell partnered up to test and deploy OpenRAN vRAN, beginning with trials of fully containerized CU/DU and Open FH with Split 7.2 and the deployment of the...
CEO Rajeev Suri set to leave Nokia later this year
According to multiple published reports, primarily sourced from an initial piece in TMT Finance, claim Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia has engaged Citi to "to defend itself from a hostile takeover bid for parts or...
South Korea reached 5.77 million 5G subscribers at the beginning of April, Korean press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT.
According to this figure, Korea reached a 5G penetration of 9.67%, representing the highest penetration rate around the globe. In...
Empower Equity (EMPEQ), a fintech company focused on delivering equipment and project financing for commercial and industrial buildings, has broadened its portfolio with over $2 billion in available funding.
With this fund, EMPEQ said it can provide immediate financing, ranging from $10,000 to $10 million,...
VIAVI: 'With 5G, the whole paradigm has to shift about how networks are managed'
VIAVI Director of Marketing Kashif Hussain spoke with RCR Wireless News about the results of VIAVI's State of 5G Deployments Report, admitting that he found himself quite surprised by the volume...
5G security is fundamentally better than LTE security but the attack surface is massively increased
In the ongoing generational shift from LTE to 5G, network security is top of mind for carriers and governments, particularly as it relates to Chinese ICT giant Huawei Technologies. While...
During this time of crisis, cell phone use on major networks is up by 33%. Reliable cell phone coverage is not an option for a population that is working-from-home and safer-at-home, for emergency response, or in hospitals, grocery stores, and other facilities providing essential...
39 engineers from BT have been physically or verbally assaulted by 5G conspiracists
There is no evidence to support the idea that there is a link to 5G technology and the COVID-19 virus, but that has not stopped a number of 5G conspiracists from burning,...
Cisco has announced a number of initiatives to provide financing for customers in a move to try to mitigate the financial challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new Business Resiliency Program is being offered through Cisco Capital, a financing business within Cisco, and includes...
Chinese vendor ZTE announced it has secured the winning bid for the commercial 5G Standalone core network in China Mobile’s 2020 centralized procurement for new 5G SA core network equipment.
ZTE will provide the core technology that will power China Mobile’s 5G in 12 provinces...
Samsung expects that in the coming years, an additional 15 nations will launch 5G mmWave services
Samsung claimed that it achieved the fastest 5G speeds seen by the industry in a lab demonstration that combined 800 megahertz of millimeter-wave spectrum with MU-MIMO (Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)...
Comprehensive Energy Services (CES) announced the creation of a new value-added partnership with Siemens Building Technologies to offer its customers the latest in the Building Automation Systems (BAS) field.
The partnership allows CES, which is a BAS provider, to have the opportunity to provide an advanced option relating...
5G networks have the characteristics of high speed, large capacity, low latency and low energy consumption, which will lead to great changes in all industries of the society, especially the video industry.
As a mature 5G application scenario, video will embrace more promising prospects in...
The Trump administration is continuing with actions that cut telecom ties with China, including a new filing from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that recommends that the Federal Communications Commission revoke China Telecom's ability to carry international voice traffic between the U.S. and...
The Lulea University of Technology in Sweden will demonstrate increased indoor connectivity capacity and improved performance once it expands its 5G testbed with an indoor system jointly developed by Nordic carrier Telia and Ericsson.
Lulea University of Technology's indoor system for 5G is fully developed...
Nex-Tech Wireless will also be implementing Ericsson Spectrum Sharing technology
Kansas-based wireless carrier Nex-Tech Wireless will be deploying 5G using equipment from Ericsson. Specifically, the vendor will deliver its 5G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Radio Access Network (RAN) supporting 5G New Radio Non-standalone (NSA)...
Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Telecom aims to launch commercial 5G services in the third quarter of 2020 after Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) approved its information security plan, Taipei Times reports.
In order to receive the green light to offer 5G services in Taiwan, operators must...
Paris based system integrator Altran is working with London edge-cloud startup Ori Industries to promote federated multi-access edge computing (MEC) so developers can deploy Industry 4.0 solutions on private LTE and 5G networks, in any geography, and telecoms operators can serve industrial partners on...
Cisco, Altiostar, WWT creating vRAN hardware/software/services bundle to drive 5G deployment
Building a virtualized radio access network built of best-of-breed components made interoperable through the work of groups like the O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project is seen as a way to drive 5G scale...
Various countries are offering licensed millimeter wave 5G spectrum directly to private enterprises, and for good reason. Wifi hotspots are overloaded and cannot scale to meet the rapidly increasing demands for higher capacity and data speeds. For instance, with today’s COVID-19 quarantine and social...
The O-RAN is looking to revolutionize the way wireless communications systems are built. Their core tenants of using virtualized networks, white box hardware, and standardized interfaces aim to promote openness and innovation in 5G systems.
DSS key piece of operator plans to scale 5G
Major operators around the world have tested and publicly discussed their plans to use dynamic spectrum sharing to rapidly scale 5G coverage by enabling simultaneous transmission of LTE and 5G New Radio in the same band....
