Being able to locate 911 callers on wireless devices faster is a life-or-death use case for more precise indoor location—but it isn't the only one. There are many potential commercial applications for being able to leverage better indoor location, whether that means using Wi-Fi,...
This year was supposed to mark a major milestone in the ability to locate wireless devices indoors when callers dial 911, so that first responders can reach them faster. It didn't quite pan out that way; development and implementation of the technologies that enable...
Japanese tech company NEC said it has provided packet core and base stations for the 5G Standalone (SA) services that compatriot operator NTT Docomo launched commercially earlier this month.
NEC noted that its 5G core for Standalone architecture helps create customized networks on demand according...
Singapore operator Singtel and Ericsson have reached download speeds of 5.4 Gbps in 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), by aggregating Singtel's spectrum holdings across mid-band spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band and 28 GHz mmWave frequencies.
In a press release, Ericsson said that...
Starlink sees a 10 Mbps dip in median speeds for US users, compared to the second quarter of this year
New data from Ookla shows a slight decrease in Starlink's speeds during the third quarter of this year, which could be due to bringing on...
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 35.16 million 5G subscribers in November, according to the carriers’ latest available figures.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.86 million 5G subscribers during November.
The operator said it ended last...
The European Commission said it has earmarked around EUR 240 million ($271 million) for its first large-scale "6G" research and innovation program, with the first calls for proposals due in early 2022.
Under the Work Program 2021-2022 adopted by the newly-created Joint Undertaking on Smart...
The Federal Communications Commission has approved another wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund program funds. The $603 million will help to connect more than 1.4 million students in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
According to the agency, this latest round of funding decisions...
"Operators who have been rolling out 5G NR networks for some time have the coverage advantage," SRG says
For some time, Dish Network has been promising a beta launch of its much-anticipated 5G network in Las Vegas, amid delays. That beta test phase with friendly...
IEEE plans to publish the WI-Fi 7 amendment sometime in 2024
According to Wi-Fi Alliance’s VP of Marketing Kevin Robinson, the Alliance is already working on the definition of Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be). While the majority of its features are not yet finalized, there are...
Keysight Technologies and Viavi Solutions touted their support of the most recent Open RAN Alliance global plugfest event, which was the third such event focused on testing the performance capabilities of O-RAN-compliant systems and interoperability across the O-RAN ecosystem.
"Rigorous testing under real-world conditions...
Using carrier aggregation, the companies achieved an upload peak rate of 986 Mbps in a live 5G demo
Telstra, Ericsson and Qualcomm are claiming their third record-breaking data speed of late. In 2015, they broke the 1 Gbps barrier on 4G, followed by a new 5G...
The Federal Communications Commission has begun a proceeding to figure out the future of the Universal Service Fund, which is funded through a slice of telecom carriers' revenues that is passed along to consumers through line-item bill charges.
Congress directed the agency to start...
FreedomFi co-founder: 'Dish is working with us to enable the use of GAA CBRS spectrum to pioneer an entirely new way to connect people and things'
Dish is piloting the world’s first community-driven, neutral-host CBRS hotspot network in collaboration with FreedomFi, an open 5G networking...
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Sprint and Nextel...
There has been a long-running debate in network testing that basically asks, which is better: Highly controlled and repeatable drive- and walk-testing with special test set-ups to get deep RF and chip-level data, which shows what a network is capable of with the latest...
According to Vodafone and Mavenir, the news represents a significant milestone in the move away from physical infrastructure to a digital cloud-based environment
Vodafone UK and virtualized RAN software specialist Mavenir are claiming the first successful data and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call across a...
German telco Deutsche Telekom said that over 63,000 antennas across the country are already transmitting with 5G, of which 6,000 were installed during 2021, the telco said in a release.
The company added that 90% of the German population has access to its 5G network,...
