BROWSING: 5G

A fleet of autonomous boats will start navigating the canals of Amsterdam next year following a research collaboration between AMS and MIT. The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) in the Netherlands and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. have joined...

Lyft co-founder and president John Zimmer expects self-driving cars to account for the majority of the company’s rides within five years. Within five years, self-driving cars will account for the majority of ride-hailing company Lyft’s rides across the U.S. and, by 2025, private people...

Claiming a world first, he Korean telco said the new technology paves the way for 5G network innovation SK Telecom and Finnish vendor Nokia have implemented what they claim to be the world’s first cloud-based software-defined radio access network (SDRAN)--also known as Cloud RAN--in a commercial...

The European Commission has proposed a new 5G action plan aiming to ensure 5G is fully deployed across the European Union by 2025. On the occasion of European Commission (EC) president Jean-Claude Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address on Wednesday, the EC proposed an overhaul...

Nokia and Sonera, the Finnish arm of Nordic telecoms operator Telia Company, carried out a trial of 5G mobile networking and new copper cable technologies capable of delivering data speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The trial in August was built around a 5G-ready network...

Japanese operator Softbank will deploy IoT networks using multiple LPWAN technologies, starting with LoRaWAN. Low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology LoRaWAN for IoT networks continues to gain ground as yet another carrier, Japanese Softbank, announced plans to deploy the technology. LoRaWAN supporters already include...

Data-driven, connected diabetes management is the focus of a new joint venture between Alphabet’s subsidiary Verily Life Sciences and French pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Developing a comprehensive, data-driven, connected diabetes management platform will be the goal of Onduo, the joint digital healthcare company formed by French...

SoftBank will initially offer Massive MIMO technology in 43 cities across Japan Japanese telecommunications operator SoftBank officially launched its “5G Project”, local press reported, and will initially launch commercial Massive MIMO technology to enhance network capacity. SoftBank said that it will launch commercial services through 100 base...

Berlin demo is part of a 5G field trial initiated by the German Senate German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom and Finnish vendor Nokia carried out a demonstration of 5G ultra mobile broadband capabilities in Berlin Olympia stadium. The demo is part of the 5G Test Field...

New research by Ericsson on 5G impact in eight key industries shows a majority of decision-makers expect 5G to be a game changer. The most advanced use cases may have to wait though. 5G might yet have to be fully specified and standardized, communications vendors...

By setting up a joint venture, Volvo and Autoliv aim to become world leaders in autonomous driving software solutions for OEMs. Premium car manufacturer Volvo and car safety systems specialist Autoliv announced on Tuesday both companies are teaming up to develop and distribute autonomous driving...

Municipal leaders across the U.S. are quickly aligning around the concept of how to elevate their city to be a smart city. In its most basic form this means leveraging technology to make cities more effective, efficient and sustainable. Around the world, urban areas...

Study projects 5G connections will account for 7% of global mobile connections by that year Sales of 5G compatible handsets will exceed 300 million by 2025, according to a recent study by Strategy Analytics. The consultancy said that sales of 5G phones will begin in 2020. According...

On July 14, the FCC allocated significant new radio spectrum to help usher in the next generation of wireless technology — known as 5G — in the United States. This move opens up several bands (a total of nearly 11 gigahertz) above 24 GHz...

Telefonica said that it will initially use the 5G technology to offer IoT services MADRID – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica expects to launch commercial trials of 5G technology in 2019 or 2020, the company’s global CTO, Enrique Blanco, told reporters. The executive said massive deployments of 5G...

Nokia says 4.5G Pro solutions support five-channel carrier aggregation; future 4.9G meant to complement 5G services Nokia on Thursday continued to push toward 5G with new and future platforms designed to help operators maximize LTE investments as the research, development and standardization of 5G progresses. "4G...

Ericsson claims new equipment platform integrates support for expected "5G" technologies like NR and MIMO, with legacy support for LTE Ericsson is preparing for the roll out of “5G” technologies beginning as soon as next year, releasing equipment tapping into plans for the so-called “new...

Network infrastructure partner ZTE said business with Telefonica generated revenue of $446 million in 2015 MADRID – Chinese telecommunications services provider ZTE Corporation expects 5G technical trial with Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica to start within the next few months, ZTE General Director for the Telefonica Global...

As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies. While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...

Ericsson and Huawei partnering with Vodafone on 5G testing Australian mobile telephony operator Vodafone announced plans to carry out lab trials of 5G technologies on its network by the end of the year, local press reported. Acting Chief Technology Officer Kevin Millroy said that the telco...

Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics. The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...

Aruba's sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the entire island. The grid was built...

Smart cities is a quickly evolving area in the U.S., following in the footsteps of global leaders like Barcelona, Amsterdam and Beijing. I had the chance to talk with Beverly Rider, Vice President of Enterprise IoT & Smart Cities with Ericsson, at a Digi.City Connects...

A fight against the living room Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they'd rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same poll said they preferred being...