2020

  South African operator Vodacom Group expects to launch commercial 5G services during 2020 by using a network being built by rival operator Liquid Telecom, Vodacom Chief Executive Shameel Joosub …

  Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has developed a technology for controlling in-building mobile robots used for cleaning, security, delivery and guidance, as well as next-generation electric wheelchairs. The company …

CK Hutchison, owner of the Hutchison telecoms group in Asia and Three (3) mobile brand in Europe, has opened a centre of excellence to provide bespoke private LTE and 5G …

Recently, there has been a focused interest from the industry on the ‘Private 5G as a Service’ and ‘Neutral Host Service’ models as 5G is being deployed. However, it is …

From farming to gaming to driving to work, 5G is promising to be a ubiquitous force There doesn’t seem to be a single vertical that isn’t being transformed by the …

Testing of 5G at sub-6 GHz frequencies concludes that mid-band LTE is “the weakest link” Even with low-band 5G New Radio deployments that would presumably provide more, and more robust, …

GSMA: ‘RCS will create a market worth more than $74 billion by next year’ At the 2019 Competitive Carriers Association Convention last September, Josh Wigginton, VP of product management at …

Continuing the fight against unwanted robocalls, carriers T-Mobile US and Sprint say they have implemented STIR/SHAKEN number verification across their networks. The two companies called the effort “an important step …

Note, this article continues from a previous instalment: ‘Connectivity is 5% of Industry 4.0 spend – we’d rather talk apps and services’. Go here to read this article. So, what …

  Belgium’s Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) has proposed the issue of temporary 5G licenses in the 3.5 GHz band to avoid further delays in the country’s 5G …

Malaysia smart city effort focused on urban sustainability Japan’s NTT Group aims to launch what it claims to be one of Asia’s first smart city proofs-of-concept (PoC) in the city …

  China Unicom?s Network Technology Research Institute has selected Ranplan Wireless as a preferred supplier for a complete platform for HetNet design, optimization and management, the latter company said in …

Listen to the podcast here The future of telecom is much more than an advance from 4G to 5G. The entire industry is being upgraded. It’s no longer just a …

Can 5G truly scale without a shift in network economics and collaborative development?  5G is billed as a revolutionary technology that will change consumer behavior and disrupt enterprises of all …

It’s a new year and a new decade which makes it a perfect time to look ahead to predict the important trends in wireless networks and their impact on wireless …

At least one wireless carrier broke federal law by selling wireless subscribers’ real-time location data, the Federal Communications Commission has confirmed, and the agency plans to take action on the …

Nokia: 5G will require substantially more operations automation than past networks Nokia said it’s showing up to MWC 2020 with a whole suite of supplier-agnostic network management tools to deliver …

  Ericsson said it has been selected by Orange France to deploy its 5G Radio Access Network in three major French regions, including Paris, and modernize its existing 2G/3G/4G radio …

  South Korea ended November 2019 with 4.35 million subscribers in the 5G segment, but demand for the technology is currently experiencing a deceleration period, Korean press reported, citing government …

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $12.9 million fine for a robocall operator whose spoofed calls allegedly included conspiracy theories, attempts to influence a jury and racist and anti-Semitic …

  Johnson Controls, a global provider of solutions for smart buildings, recorded revenues of $2.17 billion in its North America building solutions segment in fiscal Q1 2020, slightly up compared …

The broadband access equipment market will decrease with a 2% CAGR from 2019 to 2024 According to the Dell’Oro Group Broadband Access 5-Year Forecast Report, the cable broadband access equipment …

OSIsoft has reworked its PI System for the energy sector to plug-in, process, and manage data streaming from distributed energy resources. It has picked up a couple of new contracts, …

Massive MIMO is key to Sprint’s 5G and LTE strategies Sitting in his office on the ninth floor of New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, Tom Marzetta reflected on …

  5G is very much an evolving technology and will be for some time as the 3GPP continues to refine the standard and vertical-specific use cases like autonomous manufacturing robotics …