Canadian telecommunications services provider TeraGo announced that it will start technical trials in the greater Toronto area and greater Golden Horseshoe area in the first quarter of 2020, using fixed wireless 5G millimeter wave equipment from Nokia.
The trials will be conducted on the 24...
If you believe the headlines, there’s a Rocky vs. Apollo Creed battle brewing in the telecom space, wherein operators must decide between 5G and Wi-Fi 6 technology. But the reality is that telecom operators have cause to anticipate and develop plans for utilizing both...
CBRS waiting for FCC on full commercialization and is on evolutionary path to 5G
Around the world, the 3.5 GHz band has been tapped by operators as key mid-range 5G spectrum. In the U.S. that frequency, referred to as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band,...
As operators and vendors collaborate to deploy 5G networks, it’s imperative they partner on cybersecurity with both governmental partners and the enterprise verticals poised to benefit from the next generation of cellular technologies.
Through this collaborative process, the entire ecosystem of stakeholders need to...
Zinwave deployed four-carrier DAS solution for underground space
The National September 11 Memorial Museum, which serves as the United States? principal institution for examining the events of the 9/11 terrorist attack, used DAS equipment deployed by Zinwave to enable cellular coverage within the museum space.
The...
Merkel pushing to apply cybersecurity guidelines to Huawei and all other 5G vendors
The Chinese government threatened Germany with retaliation if it excluded Chinese vendor Huawei from 5G contracts in the European country, Bloomberg reported.
“If Germany were to take a decision that leads to Huawei’s...
There are now 50 commercial 5G networks around the world
Early adopters of 5G technology have begun to take advantage of numerous initial 5G network rollouts in 2019, according to a statement released by 5G Americas. The data from Ovum showed that there are now four...
5G will have a presence in 2020, but will still not be as ubiquitous as 4G LTE
According to Bruce Lancaster, CEO at Wilson Electronics, signal amplification or boosting will continue to be cost effective and critical for solving in-building connectivity issues in 2020. As,...
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has updated its Desigo CC integrated building management platform, the firm said in a release.
The new version of the platform is suitable for use across a wider range of buildings. The technology enables building operators to boost energy efficiency while ensuring...
The German government is drafting security guidelines for the expansion of 5G networks
German mobile operator Telefónica Deutschland, which operates under the O2 brand, will allow Huawei to help build its 5G network despite the ongoing global tension around whether the Chinese company should be...
Ericsson announced it has provided 5G network equipment for a new pilot network that was launched by Dannish carrier TDC in the city of Helsingør, Denmark.
The Swedish vendor said that local partners and municipal customers have been granted access to test new services on the...
Private equity firm?Huron Capital?announced that its building automation and energy services platform,?Albireo Energy, has acquired?Quality Building Controls?(QBC), a provider of building automation systems and related repair and maintenance services.
Tampa, Florida-based QBC was founded in 1997?and primarily serves customers in the education, healthcare, industrial, and...
Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low latency communications, and massive machine-type communication (mMTC) are well understood and highly anticipated 5G use cases. The big challenge for network operators is how to support these use cases, and more, on the same network.
Much of the buzz...
New network architectures will 'create value in ways that we can barely conceive'
In the wake of two major acquisitions, CommScope Chief Technology Officer Morgan Kurk talked with RCR Wireless News about what 2020 has in store for the company as it realigns its business...
Vodafone New Zealand has launched commercial 5G services in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, the telco said in a release.
The operator has already installed a total of 100 5G sites across the country.
As part of an initial commercial offering, Vodafone New Zealand...
German carrier Deutsche Telekom has launched commercial 5G services in the city of Hamburg, according to local press reports.
The service is currently being offered through 18 5G antennas in the city. Deutsche Telekom expects to deploy another 40 5G sites in Hamburg in the...
Ericsson DSS product being testing by Verizon, Swisscom, Telstra
As operators look to scale out 5G coverage in tandem with the availability of more and lower-priced handsets in 2020, dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) is a key feature. DSS allows LTE and 5G New Radio (NR)...
Embedded device security company Red Balloon Security has partnered with Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) to deliver enhanced cybersecurity for the latter?s building automation systems.
Red Ballon Security said that this collaboration will initially feature embedded security for Siemens building automation controllers and will be deployed...
The global manufacturing sector will spend over $1 trillion on smart software, hardware and services in 2030, almost quadrupling the $259 billion spend in 2019.
The volume of wireless connections, including LTE and 5G, as well as low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies and Wi-Fi, will spiral...
One of the first things anyone responding to a crisis will do – whether it’s a FirstNet subscriber, emergency responder, or private individual observing or personally involved in an emergency situation – is reach for their cell phone.
The stress of the situation only escalates...
Nokia has said it is building a “strategic partnership ecosystem” to bring private LTE and 5G networks to industrial and government customers in Japan.
Spectrum for local LTE and 5G will be released in Japan at the end of 2019 for enterprise use. Nokia expects...
Optus plans to turn on its 2.3 GHz spectrum sometime in 2020
Optus is claiming to have made the world's first 5G data call using 2.3 GHz spectrum in a trial completed in Sydney using kit from Ericsson.
"With its lower frequency, the 2.3 GHz spectrum...
The dedicated 5G band will be used to trial 5G applications in areas such as AI, IoT and big data analysis
In early October, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen stated that the government will continue prioritizing the development of 5G technology so as to secure Taiwan’s...
German giant Siemens said it is working to develop an integrated digital solution to help the world-famous Halle orchestra, based in Manchester, U.K., cut its costs by 35% through energy reduction.
Siemens? integrated digital solution will aim to make Halle St. Peter?s, the historic recording...
