Many expected 2020 to be the year of 5G. Then the pandemic hit. And now there’s talk of 2021 being the year of 5G. Where does 5G really stand globally? …
Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports
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In its early days, 5G was, in many ways, not markedly different from advanced 4G in terms of networks and the services they delivered. However that’s changing quickly as operators …
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As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be a crucial part of service providers’ …
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LAA proved a major boom for operators looking to max out the capabilities of LTE networks. Similarly, MulteFire sparked significant interest in using cellular in unlicensed for private networking purposes. …
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After its unprecedented debut, 5G is now well poised to not only improve its already supercharged performance but also adopt new enhancements and techniques that enable it to expand its …
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With advances in Wi-Fi and cellular technology running parallel to each other, enterprises are encountering more and more options when it comes to building a network. As network architecture and …
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The vast majority of mobile network use comes from indoors — and providing good coverage will be a challenge for 5G, in millimeter-wave bands and even in the mid-band. How …
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Editorial Report: Weaving a Digital Thread – Integrating Information Flows within and Beyond the Factory Floor
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneIn this report, learn how manufacturing leaders are using digital thread technology to analyze and improve enterprise value streams in near real time. Further, gain insights into how the powerful …
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Editorial Report: Figuring out 5G NR: Covering indoors and outdoors with millimeter wave
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneTo provide those multi-gigabit data rates 5G has promised, millimeter wave is a key piece of the spectrum puzzle. But, given its challenging propagation characteristics, operators have to take a …
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Digital Industry Solutions Report Series: Asset Tracking and the March Towards Massive IoT
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneIt’s one thing to know where something is, it’s another to know how its contents have been treated – whether they are frozen, unfrozen, damaged, dropped, lost or stolen. Asset …
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5G is a fast-evolving, impactful technology that, beyond previous generations of cellular, promises a new era of connectivity-enabled business processes and outcomes. New developments in technology and opportunities in spectrum …
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Digital Industry Solutions Editorial Report: Digital Thread and Digital Twin –Translate Data into Business Value
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneDigital threads and digital twins are the foundation stones for digital transformation. In manufacturing, they enable ways to assess processes and products in a virtual environment – without the need …
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The true benefits of 5G will be realized with massive scale, something that operators will have to pay mightily to achieve. In carrier-led effort to shift network economics in their …
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Editorial Report: 5G Test and Measurement: How will automation shape workforce trends?
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneThe telecommunications industry is facing a major workforce problem and it couldn’t come at a worse time. Just as operators are embarking on multi-year capex cycles to build out 5G, …
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Standalone 5G represents a new era of data capacity, localized compute and bespoke services. But building a completely new network while maintaining focus on existing operations is a challenging and …
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Connectivity for large venues is a consummate challenge only exacerbated by growth in data consumption and evolution in cellular and Wi-Fi technologies. When considering a venue investment, 5G and …
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Editorial Report: CBRS Spotlight – Early Learning from Commercialization of the CBRS
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneCommercial CBRS deployments have officially kicked off, with a healthy device and equipment ecosystem to support the three-tiered spectrum sharing framework. The next big step for the technology is the …
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Editorial Report: Mobile Broadband and the First Responder: Use cases in the station and the field
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneEmergency responders are increasingly incorporating the use of mobile broadband into their daily operations, from apps that allow them to complete paperwork without returning to the station, to wearable cameras …
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Analytics and automation are helping to transform operations and processes in factories. But how do you change workers and working practices? Well, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) can …
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5G is billed as the connectivity fabric that will support a new era of consumer and enterprise experiences. But, in the context of smart buildings, 5G is part of a …
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Editorial Report: Network densification – Providing a consistent 5G experience
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneAs digital services evolve and users continue to demand faster speeds and higher connectivity, network densification is proving to be a key driver for enabling successful 5G networks. Through the …
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Editorial Report: Rural Broadband: Policy, Progress and Narrowing the Digital Divide
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneClosing the urban/rural digital divide has been a telecom policy focus for years, and it has been part of the conversation around everything from Congressional funding to the merger of …
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To fully capture the potential value of low latency 5G connections, computing has to be localized at the edge of the network. The combination of 5G and edge computing provides …
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Digital Factory Solutions Report series: Industrial AR – and the rise of the workers
by Ben Stoneby Ben StoneAnalytics and automation are helping to transform operations and processes in factories. But how do you change workers and working practices? Well, augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) can …
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The vision of 5G is cloud-native networks automatically delivering capacity on-demand. The reality, however, is that most operators are taking an incremental approach to cloudification and trying to …