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Embedded World 2024, Nuremberg: Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion has launched a new “AI-powered” antenna integration platform called Oxion to further shorten the design time for wireless IoT devices. The new service integrates “proprietary algorithms” from local Barcelona AI/ML firm Basetis into Ignion’s...

For Communication Service Providers (CSPs), the mobile network must ensure ubiquitous coverage and provide the necessary capacity to its users. Base station (BTS) antennas are more than just “components of the network” that connect the end users “to” the mobile network. All cellular traffic...

Ericsson's AIR 3218 is expected to be deployed across 50 sites within the Vodafone UK network during 2023 U.K. carrier Vodafone and Swedish vendor Ericsson have begun the deployment of a compact active-passive antenna in the U.K. to bring greater 5G capacity, coverage and performance...

Deutsche Telekom said 95% of households in Germany can already access its 5G network German carrier Deutsche Telekom said that 9,200 of its 5G antennas in 740 cities are already transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band. In a release, the German company said it has...

Gogo noted its 5G service is expected to launch commercially in the fourth quarter of this year Gogo Business Aviation announced it will expand its Gogo 5G network into Canada, with the aim of providing additional coverage to business aviation operators in North America. Gogo 5G...

The new center already received support from more than 40 companies and academic institutions with strong interests in the 6G field The University of Sheffield said it is set to open what it claims to be the first national 6G research facility in the U.K. In...

The antennas have been tested at various frequencies up to 48 GHz Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed 3D-printed radio antennas that could be used to bring mobile networks to people living in remote areas. In a release, the University of Sheffield noted that...

1&1 Towers, a subsidiary of German operator 1&1 AG, ​​and Eubanet have signed an agreement to acquire up to 7,500 new 5G antenna sites. "The direct cooperation with a very experienced acquisition partner is a further step with which we will achieve the expansion goals...

Barcelona-based antenna company Ignion has launched a digital-twin prototyping tool for IoT devices with up to five radios. The latest version of its Antenna Intelligence Cloud (AIC) product, which ostensibly removes the need to start with a physical prototype, supports design simulations of IoT...

Verizon has installed a total of 60 lens antennas at the venue Lens antenna manufacturer MatSing says that a total of 60 of its antennas have been deployed at the Acrisure Stadium, which is the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers. Deployed...

Viavi is supporting 6G research activities at the Northeastern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Surrey Viavi Solutions said it is supporting global academic and industry research into future 6G systems through its new 6G Forward program. In a release, the...

The company is working Smart Communications to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G communications According to its website, Virginia-based Omnispace is on a mission to create “the world's first truly global 5G network” by “united” mobile roaming with satellite technology. In service of this mission,...

The telecommunications industry is no stranger to sustainability development and goals. It is one of the first sectors to surpass the 20% target for the net-zero target by 2050 set by the United Nations (UN). Based on a recent GSMA report, operators accounting for...

Deutsche Telekom's 5G network currently reaches 91% of Germany's households German carrier Deutsche Telekom has expanded its mobile network at 1,055 locations nationwide over the last five weeks, the telco said in a release.  In addition to the approximately 350 5G locations that transmit at 3.6...

Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion is promising to reduce IoT antenna design “from days or weeks to minutes”, following the release of its new design and simulation platform on AWS. The platform, it said, will allow developers to integrate its so-called ‘virtual antenna’...

With the advent of 4G and the start of the data era, subscribers have been increasing the total amount of data usage significantly year after year. ABI Research has found that the total global mobile data traffic usage, consisting of 2G through 5G, is...

The base station antenna is an increasingly complex and essential part of the mobile network as networks evolve to 5G. The evolution from 3G to 4G and now to 5G has enabled increasing sector throughput rates and it is the base station antenna that...

Barcelona-based IoT antenna company Fractus Antennas has rebranded as Ignion. The company has reissued its mission statement, to establish its proprietary off-the-shelf multiband ‘virtual antenna’ chip technology as a driver for faster, cheaper IoT development, and a spur for ‘massive’ scale IoT deployments.  Industry veteran...

CommScope is launching new 5G antenna solutions to speed up deployments in spectrum including the newly auctioned C-Band airwaves. The company unveiled new C-Band antennas, which are designed to support three primary upgrade paths: a standalone passive or active C-band antenna paradigm; a multi-band...

Big brands will start to enter the IoT space more aggressively in 2021 with full end-to-end solutions, buying up successful companies either to avoid competition or else to complete their own portfolios. This will trigger regulators to set rules in the longer terms around...

The drone solution will simplify cell site management, says Samsung Samsung Electronics demonstrated its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks. Performed on the company’s campus, the demonstration involved the use of a smartphone with a remote control application that connected...

Semiconductor company Qorvo has agreed to acquire radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical system (RF MEMS) company Cavendish Kinetics, saying that the purchase will add to its capabilities in antenna tuning and improving 4G and 5G system performance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qorvo is a...

Kathrein segment acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of this year Ericsson is bolstering its 5G antennas portfolio, announcing its plans to acquire German company Kathrein's antenna and filters unit for an undisclosed sum. The purchase will bring about 4,000 additional employees to...

  The carrier is currently carrying out 5G trials in Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland and the Netherland BARCELONA -- German carrier Deutsche Telekom has 150 5G antennas already operational across the telco’s footprint in Europe, Claudia Nemat, board member for technology and innovation at Deutsche...