Google trends is a fascinating tool that provides unparalleled insight into what people across the world are thinking and doing. A quick glance at the search trend for the term “5G” reveals a growing interest in this wireless connectivity technology (in case you are curious, here is...
Nokia: 'Network densification key to enable 5G to deliver on the promise extreme speeds, ultra-low latency'
While network densification is critical to truly deliver the benefits promised by 5G, like low latency and speed, it will not be heavily needed everywhere. According to Nokia's Global...
Overview
Wireless technology is central to interactions with families, friends and coworkers, so we expect our devices and networks to be there when needed. In this pandemic, questions are already being asked: When consumers abruptly changed locations and traffic patterns, were the networks ready...
The race to roll out 5G technology is well underway. But 5G represents far more than the previous major transition, where, from 3G to 4G, we simply enjoyed faster speeds and greater coverage. 5G will power multiple use cases, many of them new and...
As we have all seen, there are quite a few business segments, industries and companies which are not only surviving but thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic. These companies should also continue to do strong business going forward because they are “essential” to our society....
2020 is going to be a pivotal year for the wireless industry.
On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic as the number of global infections continued to rise. Since then, governments throughout the world have enforced strict social distancing...
When you think of 6 GHz and wireless, it’s natural to think of 5G. It’s the top end of the LTE frequency range, and above where you think of other wireless technologies like Wi-Fi operating. But it turns out that Wi-Fi has been feeling...
Suddenly telehealth and telemedicine has popped onto our radar. This technology has been around for a while and growing, however things are now rapidly advancing. The response to COVID-19 has put it on the fast-track. Expect to see rapid growth in this sector going...
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...
Reliable indoor mobile coverage can ease home broadband capacity challenges during the global health crisis
As the regular rules for business and social interactions are being torn to shreds as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, homeworking is an important lifeline for U.K. companies trying...
LitePoint is focused on 5G spectrum, devices and scaling for the RAN
Adam Smith, director of product marketing at LitePoint spoke, with RCR Wireless News about how millimeter wave is changing the test and measurement game and where 5G's biggest growth opportunities lie.
Q: What is LitePoint...
As many Communications Service Providers (CSPs) express interest in the potential of automation across the end-to-end network lifecycle as a critical element to reinforce and provide 5G and DevOps, it’s fair to say that digital transformation has become a prevalent topic of discussion.
But while...
For those consumers who waited until the last possible minute to upgrade their home Internet connections, finally moving up to high-speed broadband was likely a revelation. Everything got faster, certainly, but the changes went much deeper than speed. Late adopters hadn’t realized it, but...
We live in an era where everything is moving extremely fast. The pace of technology innovation is wiring our brains to expect instant gratification – be it from devices and applications we use or sadly even from people we interact with. The instant download...
Robocalls are the number one complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), comprising roughly 60% of all complaints to the organization. In the past three years alone, the number of robocalls has doubled to an estimated more than 50 billion calls per year in...
Despite all the recent advances in technology, the actual business of telecoms has been slow to move with the times.
Take dynamic pricing as an example, a practice common across many industries. Using dynamic pricing, businesses can set flexible tariffs based on current market activity....
We must 'rewire' our brains for what we use cellular for, says Ericsson's head of 5G marketing, North America
RCR Wireless News caught up with Ericsson's Peter Linder, head of 5G marketing, North America, to discuss what sets 5G apart from previous generations of cellular...
5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...
5G officially arrived this year. In certain parts of the US, it’s already providing AT&T users with upload speeds as fast as 500 megabytes per second and significantly reduced latency. It reached South Korea in 2018, and was launched in China in October by...
While mobile operators have been evangelizing 5G for the last decade, 2019 was the year that 5G network deployments actually started to become a reality. But there continue to be several unknowns about how 5G will actually work and if it can be immediately...
Mist Co-Founder: "Wi-Fi is entering into the business-critical phase"
In June of last year, Mist, a Juniper company, made major strides with their cloud-managed Wi-Fi 6 access points, and now that more devices are Wi-Fi 6 are in-market, the company says that new use cases are...
Given the hype, you would be forgiven for thinking that the concept of network slicing is completely new. Truth be told, network slicing ‒ at least in the radio path ‒ has been used in 4G for years and was arguably present in earlier...
It's become almost a mantra in the industry: 5G is the promised land. However, due to burgeoning Opex and Capex cost-effective 5G deployment will make automation a necessity without which the promised land cannot be reached. Automation is absolutely crucial to address the deployment...
As sports fans know all too well, arenas and stadiums are struggling to keep up with their appetite for social networking and mobile connectivity. It can be an issue for any high-density place – concert venues, meeting halls, malls, apartment buildings, even some office...
