5G

The road to 5G. Glenn Laxdal, CTO and head of strategy at Ericsson North America, hosted a session at this year’s AT&T Developers Conference titled “The Road to 5G,” where he outlined how the upcoming mobile network will influence the …

The 5G partnership will focus on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) architectures Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson, French telecommunications firm Orange and car manufacturer PSA Group have signed a partnership agreement to conduct 5G technology pilots for automotive applications. Through the …

Huawei selected a test solution from Rohde & Schwarz based on the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator and the R&S FSW signal and spectrum analyzer to perform narrowband “internet of things” base station tests in line with the Release 13 …

Edge Computing Consortium members include Huawei, Intel, ARM and Chinese institutions. Chinese vendors, together with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Intel, ARM and ISoftStone established the Edge Computing Consortium …

Panasonic Avionics selected Ericsson to provide industrial connectivity Ericsson was selected by Panasonic Avionics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, to handle connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and mining markets. Under terms of the deal, Ericsson will implement its “5G”-ready core …

Both companies will continue 5G trial activities in Japan Chinese vendor Huawei and Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo have carried out a large-scale 5G trial in the 4.5 GHz band in Yokohama, Japan. During the trial, 11.29 Gbps total user …

In 2015, Huawei published a report titled “NB-IoT: Enabling new business opportunities,” arguing that wide area low power networks, which had already been around for a decade, were fragmented – having poor reliability, security and high operational costs. Its response …

The telco aims to launch 5G trial networks in Seoul and other cities to support connected cars and VR Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has deployed what it claims to be the world’s largest millimeter wave-based “5G” trial network using …

Huawei oil and gas partners include Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver Huawei and partners including Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver showcased solutions covering the industry chain of the oil and gas sector during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum …

5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a “5G” trial network in various areas of Tokyo beginning in 2017. …

This year’s Small Cells Americas Conference focused around talks on “5G,” in-building infrastructure and the “internet of things.” If there is one concept that filled the expo hall and session rooms as much as any other, it was network densification. …

There may be no more appropriate place in the United States than New York City for a discussion on network densification and the challenges of “5G.” ZenFi, a dark fiber backhaul company claiming to have the first solution of its …

DALLAS–Prabhakar Chitrapu, lead member of the technical staff for small cell platforms at AT&T, gave a presentation on the road to a 5G network as part of a workshop titled Small Cell Forum@SCWS: The Path to 5G Workshop at SCWS …

Philips will work with Xiaomi to develop smart lighting for the device-maker’s smart home platform   Philips Lighting aims to expand its presence in the Chinese market through a joint venture agreement with Chinese mobile internet firm Xiaomi. Under the …

DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a key enabler of “5G” technology, heterogeneous networks, enterprise services and …

The Ericsson board of directors has appointed Börje Ekholm to be president and CEO of the company effective Jan. 16, 2017. Ekholm will also remain a member of the board. “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Börje …

HetNet Expo opens with emphasis on streamlined small cell and DAS deployments to support in-building wireless today, 5G tomorrow HOUSTON–The vision of 5G–ultra-dense networks and pervasive in-building wireless cellular connectivity–won’t be easy to realize. Massive network builds will require streamlined …

Recent research from Gartner suggests that there are three possible trends that will drive the move to 5G: new services and applications, 4G network obsolescence, and cost disruption. While overall I tend to agree with their assessment, it left a …

Qualcomm, Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear announce world’s first gigabit class LTE device and gigabit-ready network HONG KONG — At the 4G/5G Summit today, Qualcomm announced it has worked with Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear on the world’s first gigabit LTE mobile device, …

HONG KONG — Qualcomm today announced it is taking a learn-by-doing approach in developing a 5G modem, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50. It is designed to support equipment manufacturers that are building the next generation of cellular devices, as well as …

The two companies had signed a 5G partnership in 2015 Chinese vendor Huawei and UK telecom group Vodafone announced they have successfully tested 5G mobile connectivity using high- and low-frequency bands. The two companies have demonstrated 1.5 kilometer cell coverage …

The 5G Automotive Association was formed last month by German car makers, telecom vendors and chip makers Vodafone announced it has become the first telecommunication services provider to join the recently-established 5G Automotive Association (5GAA). Last month German car makers …

Building 100 smart cities in India could cost $31 billion through 2020, but expected benefits in terms of gross domestic product contribution and jobs should far outweigh this huge investment. To cope with the challenge of rapid urbanization, the government …

Telia Company and Ericsson reached peak rates of 15 Gbps and a latency below 3 ms in a live 5G field trial in Sweden. Sweden-based Telia Company and Ericsson announced back in January their joint goal of making their homeland’s capital …

Vodafone Australia and Nokia clocked speeds of up to 5 Gbps and latency of 3 ms in a live public 5G trial in Sydney. Using 200 MHz of spectrum, Vodafone Australia and Nokia successfully conducted on Wednesday a live public …