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Telenor performs ‘extensive’ security evaluation, picks Ericsson over Huawei for 5G

Huawei was the sole 4G RAN supplier for Norway Telenor Following what Telenor Chief Executive Sigve Brekke is calling an “extensive” security evaluation, the Norwegian operator selected Ericsson to deploy its 5G RAN in Norway, scaling back on previous collaboration with Huawei on LTE infrastructure....

FCC unveils $9 billion 5G Fund for rural America

The 5G Fund for rural America to replace the Mobility Fund Phase II In the latest show of support for rural America, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced the launch of a $9 billion fund to accelerate the deployment of advanced 5G wireless in rural locations...

Private LTE and 5G network market to reach $8 billion by 2023

Report: The private LTE and 5G network market "will only continue to grow" In the era of constant connectivity, private LTE and 5G networks have the potential to become the preferred approach to deliver wireless connectivity for a host of environments and use cases. Some...

Huawei lands role in Malaysia 5G rollout

Huawei will provide 4G and 5G services to Maxis as it prepares for 5G rollout Yesterday, Huawei Technologies entered a formal agreement with Maxis, one of Malaysia's major telecommunications companies, to provide 5G radio equipment, services and knowledge to help build the country’s 5G network. After...

In the race to 5G, don’t overlook the continued importance of 4G (Reader Forum)

5G is the hot ticket item for mobile operators at the moment – we hear about its legendary fast speeds, its ultra-low latency and its ability to handle network congestion in a way we simply haven’t experienced with 4G. However, despite all the hype,...

7 questions separating 5G truth from fake news (Reality Check)

With America’s vast geography and unique competitor landscape, it is arguably one of the most intriguing battlegrounds for 5G rollouts globally. Therefore, as we enter the first inning of 5G in the U.S., it’s not shocking that it has become the most fiercely competitive...

Deutsche Telekom kicks off rollout of 5G network in Germany

  German telco Deutsche Telekom (DT) has kicked off the rollout of its 5G network in six cities across the country, the company said in a release. The initial rollouts are taking place in Berlin and Bonn, which will be followed by Darmstadt, Hamburg, Leipzig, and...

The 7 IT requirements of organizations facing 5G (Reader Forum)

In the coming months, communication services providers (CSPs) across the globe will be busy rolling out their 5G networks, promising data rates 100x those of 4G, network latency of under 1 millisecond, support for 1 million devices/sq. km., and 99.999% availability of the network....

A new hope for the 5G transition (Reality Check)

This October, North American operator Verizon launched the first 5G fixed wireless access service, making it very clear that 5G is closer than you think. 5G is set to promise speed, greater network efficiency, reduced latency and above all, an enhanced user experience. But...

A new hope for the 5G transition (Reader Forum)

This October, North American operator Verizon launched the first 5G fixed wireless access service, making it very clear that 5G is closer than you think. 5G is set to promise speed, greater network efficiency, reduced latency and above all, an enhanced user experience. But...

Samsung wants 20% market share for network gear by 2020

U.S. operators partnering with Samsung on 5G deployments In Q2 of this year Samsung's networks business had around 11% market share as it relates to global LTE deployments, Youngky Kim, head of Samsung Networks, said a the recent D.Live conference hosted by the Wall Street...

Qualcomm beats projections on strong China demand, looks to 5G in 2019

5G will drive growth in fiscal 2019, Qualcomm CEO says Qualcomm has three priorities going into 2019, CEO Steve Mollenkopf said this week on an earnings call. Those priorities are 5G, resolving an ongoing dispute with Apple and continue executing on core products. To the first...

Ericsson, Qualcomm demo OTA, NSA 5G NR video streaming

"5G is ready for business," Ericsson exec says HONG KONG--Qualcomm Technologies President Cristiano Amon opened up the company's 4G/5G Summit by telling the assembled crowd that 5G "will be a reality" next year as networks go live in the U.S., Asia and Europe, and commercial...

Analyst Angle: 5G to dominate marketing—LTE to dominate capacity

In addition to the typical location asymmetries between data consumption and mobile infrastructure investments that characterized the first part of the LTE cycle (Figure 1), differing spectrum assets among the US operators coupled with the resiliency of the LTE standard form the basis for...

Blockchain technology in the telecom industry: Part 1 (Reader Forum)

Blockchain for telecom: Operational systems and business applications 1. Introduction to blockchain   It started with a Hash function... then the data blocks...then the chained/permissioned data blocks and mining … then distributed Hyperledger and smart contracts completed the picture to provide management and business applications for public, private...

FCC to invest $1.5 billion over 10 years in expansion of rural broadband

Money will extend rural broadband to more than 700,000 homes and small businesses With the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's Connect America Fund auction on the books, some 103 service providers will receive $1.488 billion over the next decade to build out rural broadband infrastructure to...

Qualcomm beefs up Snapdragon 600, 400 tiers

Qualcomm has added the faster, LTE-based Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 to its mobile platforms. Qualcomm has added to its Snapdragon 600 and 400 tiers with the Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429 Mobile Platforms. The platforms promise better battery life, more efficiency and higher performance,...

SK Telecom, DJI to add live streaming video to drones

Korea's top mobile carrier partners with drone maker DJI to add live- streaming high-def video to drones. Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and China-based drone-maker DJI have agreed to co-develop high-performance, high-definition live video streaming capabilities for drones for use on mobile networks. A live, real-time,...

ZTE requests that US Department of Commerce suspend seven-year ban

The U.S government has recently banned local companies to export components to ZTE Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE said it has filed a request to the U.S Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the suspension of a seven-year business ban. In a...

UK’s Three signs deal to prepare its network for 5G services

  U.K. connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecom will be in charge of Three’s network transformation project U.K. mobile operator Three has signed an agreement with compatriot connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecoms to pave the way for the future launch of 5G services. In the first phase of...

Nokia’s Q1 revenues decline but the firm sees revamp in sales due to 5G

  Nokia’s CEO Rajeev Suri said the vendor expects sales to be boosted by deals for large-scale 5G deployments in the U.S Finnish vendor Nokia experienced a challenging first quarter due to lower sales in the North American region, which negatively impacted the vendor’s quarterly earnings....

Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel to merge operations in India

  The new entity will own 163,000 telecom towers across India and will become the world's second-largest tower company India's Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel agreed to merge their operations in a deal that will create the world's second-largest mobile towers company The new company will have...

Huawei launches 5G platform with cloud capabilities

5G SingleRAN Pro platforms supports 5G deployments as well as previous technologies, Huawei said Chinese vendor Huawei has launched its 5G SingleRAN Pro, which combines 5G, 4G, 3G, and 2G capabilities across a single network. The company said that the new solution features an automatic intelligent...

APAC accounts for 58.6% of global non-residential small cell deployments in 2017

Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to deploy 1.67 million of small cell units this year The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region accounted for 58.6% of all non-residential small cells deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, a...