The coronavirus pandemic is turning the world on its head in many ways, and its impacts on networks are no exception. In some ways, the strains that is being placed on carrier networks is exactly the opposite of what they were designed for, according...
Voice calls and virtual private network use continue to be far higher than usual, as people across the country navigate teleworking, distance learning and staying in touch with each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Verizon and AT&T are providing multiple weekly updates on trends...
Addressing the capacity loss question around Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Dynamic spectrum sharing is seen as a key technology operators will employ to scale out 5G coverage by using software-based scheduling to transmit LTE and 5G NR signals in the same band at the same time....
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5G introduces test challenges related to massive MIMO, mmWave frequencies, and over-the-air (OTA) test. Successfully overcoming these challenges is the only way to reach 5G commercialization before the competition.
In Keysight's latest eBook, Making 5G Work, you will learn:
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There are significant decreases in mobility happening across Europe as COVID-19 spreads through the region, according to new data analysis from network benchmarking company umlaut.
umlaut, formerly P3, gathers its crowd-sourced data from devices that have apps which include its anonymized data collection working in...
Unacast grades states on social distancing
How well are people adhering to recommendations on social distancing and staying at home to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus? Cellular device location data is providing some insights on that.
Norwegian company Unacast, which is backed by...
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the world, government orders on restriction of movement, as well as concerns about the health of employees and customers, are leading to the first wave of technology company shut-downs.
Keysight Technologies announced Wednesday that to mitigate the...
There are many ways that the novel coronavirus is being tracked as it spreads around the world: by country, by number of positive tests, by events cancelled. Crowd-sourced network data company Ookla has begun tracking the impact of COVID-19 on fixed and wireless networks...
Mix of 5G spectrum assets leading to operator-specific approach to venue eMBB investments
Large venues like transportation hubs, arenas and stadiums have long been a focus of carrier investment not just to meet ever-increasing mobile data demands but also to showcase technological advances. The recent...
'We are just pack-rats of technology,' LitePoint director of marketing says
Adam Smith, director of marketing for test company LitePoint, said that the company's focus this year is on supporting the scaling of 5G, through new products that focus on make it economical to test...
Interference that can degrade capacity and quality of service is becoming ever more troublesome as operators roll out 5G NR using new bands that previously contained other services. This is particularly important for the rollout of 5G NR because of its demanding use cases...
Nokia is implementing a new, artificial intelligence and analytics-based test process into its 5G base station manufacturing, and testing tech company Keysight Technologies collaborated with the network OEM on bringing it to reality.
Keysight said that the new software-based approach to the base station manufacturing...
Bharti Airtel achieved a median download speed of 7.4 Mbps
According to a new Tutela report, Bharti Airtel’s network is stronger than its rival telecom operators in India in four of the five key tested metrics for the network connectivity. Airtel proved to have the...
What's 5G like? It depends a lot on a carrier's spectrum strategy.
As U.S. carriers expand their 5G networks' reach, is 5G living up to the promise that it will be a game-changer for end users' mobile experience?
Well ... kind of. In some cases, in...
Where might AT&T launch low-band 5G next? OpenSignal has some guesses
If a U.S. carrier wants to launch sub-6 GHz 5G service to establish a significant coverage layer, right now they have to do so by working from their existing spectrum portfolio and in some...
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What's ahead for networks in 2020? From InfoVista's perspective, some of the important steps forward will be to bring 5G indoor/outdoor planning capabilities together in an integrated fashion, and giving vertical-specific customers such as automotive manufacturers a better view on how wireless network performance...
Keysight credits strength in global 5G ecosystem for its growth
Keysight Technologies reported a record first quarter of 2020, with revenues up 9% to $1.095 billion. Profitability increased as well, with net income rising from $114 million during the same period last year to $163...
Users Users "should not automatically expect speeds of several hundred Mbps on 5G," Opensignal says
How do the initial 5G strategies of the Big Four carriers in the U.S. match up? Opensignal took a look and found that speeds are all over the map—but coverage...
5G is hitting the ground running this year, with nationwide deployments rolling out in various countries around the world.
In light of that momentum, and interest from service providers in building service assurance into their new networks as they are built, vendors are burnishing new...
New EXFO platform leverages AI, ML and "little data" for service assurance
To hear EXFO CEO Philippe Morin tell it, the virtualization of service provider networks is degrading network visibility and the ability to troubleshoot rapidly, while data lakes are more like overwhelming data swamps—...
The global 5G testing equipment and solutions market is expected to reach $2 billion by 2024 with a compound annual growth rate of 11.5%, according to a new forecast from analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
The firm said that it expects that "healthy double-digit growth rate"...
