Chinese vendor Huawei expects to reach total revenues of CNY850 billion ($121.6 billion) in 2019, which would represent an increase of approximately 18% year-on-year, Huawei’s rotating Chairman Eric Xu said in a statement.
“These figures are lower than our initial projections, yet business remains solid...
EE, BT and O2 all have commercial 5G services
The main cities across the U.K started to receive 5G coverage during the second half of 2019 as local carriers rapidly launched the technology for both residential and corporate customers.
EE, owned by telecommunications group BT, recently...
Questions about Huawei and private networks for industrials have marked German 5G rollout
Since German telecommunications operators secured 5G spectrum licenses in June 2019, they started an aggressive commercial strategy to launch 5G services in the country's main urban areas and also announced even more...
Chip maker Sequans has announced a series of IoT and LTE approvals, including certification with T-Mobile, new devices for private networks, and a new tracking unit with Telstra.
The company’s Monarch dual-band LTE-M/NB-IoT solutions have been approved by various operators, including in the US, Japan,...
Steve Szabo, head of global products and solutions for IoT, Verizon Business:
"Digital transformation is a hot topic, but it is not a new topic. And it is, itself, transforming.
"In 2000, the degree to which a company could consider itself on a path to digital...
U.S. company Mobilitie, a privately-held wireless infrastructure provider has started to construct an indoor wireless system for the Russell Investments Center, an iconic skyscraper of downtown?Seattle.
The company said that this indoor system will enable the provision of high-speed 5G-capable wireless connectivity.
"Russell Investments Center's ownership...
Vodafone Hutchison Australia announced a partnership with Nokia for the deployment of its 5G network in the country, the vendor said in a release.
Nokia confirmed that the 5G network rollout is expected to begin during the first half of 2020.
Vodafone’s Chief Executive Officer, Iñaki...
Industrial Controls announced the launch of a new business unit, ICD Building Automation, which is focused on helping commercial building owners and managers improve day-to-day operations and IoT applications, the company said in a relaase.
David Wilken, vice president of Rawson/Industrial Controls, said ICD Building...
Airport DAS installs are a key revenue driver for Boingo
Boingo Wireless, a distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider, has expanded its network footprint with the launch of a neutral host cellular DAS at Portland International Airport (PDX), the company said in a release.
The...
Operators will shared RAN infrastructure to accelerate 5G fixed wireless access
Italian operators Fastweb and Linkem signed a long-term agreement to accelerate the deployment of their respective 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) networks and the reciprocal provision of wholesale services to deliver fiber-like services with...
There are already 126,000 5G base stations deployed in China
All the 300 prefecture-level cities in China are expected to be covered by a 5G network by the end of 2020, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
“We are planning to firmly...
Zain planning 2,000 5G towers in initial rollout
Mobile operators in Saudi Arabia have been accelerating the deployment of 5G networks across the Kingdom during the second half of 2019 after the government awarded spectrum for the provision of this technology.
In November, Middle East telecom...
NTT DoCoMo plans to deploy 10,000 5G base stations by 2021
Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DOCOMO has recently completed trials in Thailand and Singapore aimed at expanding the global adoption of Japanese mobile network equipment for 5G and advanced network services, the telco said in...
As New Year's Eve and Verizon's self-imposed deadline for having 30 cities on its 5G "nice" list approaches, the carrier is doling out 5G launches left and right.
Verizon has decked the halls with fresh 5G in six new cities: Miami, Florida; Charlotte and Greensboro,...
Kiva Allgood, head of IoT, Ericsson:
1. The edge is closer than ever
“As enterprises become ‘digitized’ and enable more connected machines, sensors and solutions, computing in the cloud won’t be fast enough to optimize performance in real-time. Enterprises will need computing near the edge. This...
Karl Bream, head of strategy and portfolio, Nokia Enterprise
“The market is ripe as all sectors of the global economy are embracing digitalization and are beginning to tap into Industry 4.0 and automation. We are starting to see major technology shifts in areas such as...
The Renaissance Midtown Hotel in New York City was looking for a solution to provide the best possible cellular experience for its guests.
To achieve this, the hotel selected system integrator Cell Signal Solutions, which partnered with JMA Wireless to deploy the latter?s Teko DAS.
Both...
Mobile connectivity will soon become frictionless and omnipresent, according to Cisco
According to Bob Everson, global director of mobility and 5G at Cisco, the debate about whether 5G is truly here will come to a close in 2020, and we will "actually experience what it...
Tottenham Hotspur
U.K. soccer club Tottenham Hotspur has inaugurated its new stadium in London earlier this year with?free high-density Wi-Fi and mobile coverage in all areas.
The club selected wireless advisory firm Real Wireless as well as communications equipment suppliers and installers to carry out the...
Ranplan Wireless said it expects the focus on 5G to shift indoors next year, as mobile operators aim to focus on controlling the indoor environment to deliver 5G connectivity, the company said in a release.
The company highlighted that while some 80% of mobile data...
Phil Skipper, global head of IoT business development, Vodafone:
“The key question is what will rise and fall in 2020, in terms of digital transformation for industry. At the end of 2019, low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies, mobile private networks, and mobile edge computing are all...
The VoNR test used a commercial chipset from MediaTek deployed on a 3.5GHz TDD band
A successful Voice over New Radio (VoNR) interoperability test was conducted at the Ericsson Lab in Kista, Sweden. The achievement, which used a commercial chipset from MediaTek deployed on a...
GSA reports reflect the rapid ramp-up of 5G ecosystem
The latest updates on 5G devices and networks from the Global mobile Suppliers Association tally a substantial 5G ecosystem that will broaden even further in the coming year.
Two new reports from the GSA document just how...
Hong Kong-based wireless solutions provider Comba Telecom Systems Holdings says that it has helped one of Argentina?s busiest airport to improve its indoor cellular coverage.
The Jorge Newbery airport, in Buenos Aires, needed to increase its indoor coverage in order to meet with the growing...
