BROWSING: 5G World

The chair’s address ahead of an afternoon session on private 5G networks at 5G World in London today (September 22) brought some perspective. The market promises so much but the promise gets over-hyped, said Pablo Tomasi, principal analyst for private networks at Omdia. There...

In the end, 5G is all about the consumer. Except it is not; most of the innovation will come in the enterprise space. That appeared to be the conclusion of a panel session at 5G World in London today, which represented a first foray...

The UK government is seeking to reform planning laws and release new spectrum to accelerate 5G deployments, as it also increases public funding for 5G testbeds to stimulate the digital transformation of industrial sectors and public services. Jeremy Wight, secretary of state for the department...

Competition in the 5G space is heating up but the industry, gathered at 5G World in London this week, seems to agree on what 5G should achieve, at least technologically. More than a technological shift ”5G is much more than technology” was a recurrent theme as...

Consumers might be the strongest 5G use case in the early days of 5G; business use cases may have to wait until the technology matures LONDON--Asked where 5G money would come from during a panel session at 5G World, EE, Deutsche Telekom and Bell Canada...

Beyond technological transformation, 5G will require that operators reinvent themselves to support vertical industries LONDON--The step change from 3G to 4G was relatively straightforward: delivering better mobile broadband. With 5G, it is a whole different story. The industry consensus is that the implications of 5G...

Commercial 5G could come sooner than expected. An exclusive interview with Volker Held, head of 5G Market Development at Nokia. The search for commercial 5G use cases was some sort of a catchphrase at this week’s 5G World conference in London. 5G promises a sea...

As the telecommunications industry is readying for 5G, the first use case for 5G networks might be about supporting increasing IP traffic LONDON – Mission-critical applications, connected cars and, in general, connected things are often referred to as future major use cases for "5G" technology....

Use cases for 5G are still on the drawing board but global standards and network slicing expected to be key to 5G LONDON – We can easily envision multiple plausible use cases for "5G" technology, but many of them will probably be proved wrong as...

ZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first formal specifications for "5G" technology, which will define new radio technology and is expected to be ready in June 2018....