3GPP

Now that there’s a non-standalone 5G NR standard in place, how has the rest of the telecom industry aligned to support promised commercial rollouts as early as the second half …

5G NR interoperability test used a Huawei commercial base station; Intel 5G mobile trial platform Deutsche Telekom (DT), Intel and Huawei announced they have achieved what it claims to be …

Gigabit LTE will ensure continuous quality of experience outside early 5G hot spots At the same time operators are investing heavily in gigabit LTE, they are also setting the stage …

The Global Certification Forum is laying out its roadmap for 5G device certification, with a newly approved work item that will cover certification for early phases of both non-standalone and …

  This increasingly variegated platform drives the requirement for coexistence between 5GNR, LTE and unlicensed technologies — close integration at core and even radio level now, and a harmonized migration …

As 3GPP ratifies NSA 5G NR specification, Ericsson doubles down on investment With $220 million from the Nordic Investment Bank and $150 million from AB Svensk Exportkredit, a state-owned Swedish …

As the final days of 2017 draw closer, we achieved a very significant milestone this week in the path to making 5G a commercial reality. At the 3GPP RAN Plenary …

In a milestone that ushers in the next generation of wireless technology, the Third Generation Partnership Project has officially ratified the first release of the 5G New Radio standard. The …

Five wireless inventions that define 5G NR — the global 5G standard   I have seen many changes and amazing innovations in wireless technology, but nothing quite compares to the fundamental …

Editor’s Note: SRG has been participating in 3GPP standardization meetings since September 2015 when the standards body held its first workshop on 5G.  Prior to that initial 5G workshop, SRG closely …

Verizon prepping to deliver residential broadband using 5G fixed wireless access in 2018 U.S. operators in 2017 carried out extensive tests of the pre-standard, non-standalone 5G fixed wireless access variant, …

Ericsson will supply Verizon with RAN, core, transport and services for 2018 5G deployment With the 3GPP working to deliver a standalone 5G New Radio specification in mid-2018, Verizon last …

Everywhere you look today, 5G is at the center of conversations about exciting new technology. Recent announcements from Mobile World Congress 2017 in late February indicate that 5G is already …

Gigabit LTE is growing fast, faster than any previous 3GPP release. The ratification of LTE-Advanced Pro took place during March 2016, and it was only eight months after, in January …

  With 40% of emerging markets still anticipated to use 2G in 2020 (according to GSMA), the cost savings and simplification of Parallel Wireless solution allow global operators to bring …

What exactly is a 3GPP submission? As the name suggests, a 3GPP submission is a document that a company or some other entity submits to a 3GPP plenary or working …

Who attends 3GPP meetings and why do they attend? The men and women who attend 3GPP meetings come from companies around the world and across the entire wireless ecosystem. The …

Based on a new application for an experimental license, Qualcomm is seeking permission from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to test pre-standard 5G technologies using a 100 megahertz channel in …

Academic researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Princeton and Notre Dame have collaborated to recommend requirements for the wireless infrastructure that will support the internet of things. The researchers said …

How to ascertain leadership in 3GPP; quality vs. quantity of technical contributions Established in 1998, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) united seven organizational partners into one group that works …

Nokia highlights interest from operators in the U.S. and Asia Finnish vendor Nokia has announced plans to implement early 5G specifications, enhancing its “5G First” portfolio with the 3GPP 5G …

  The most effective wireless researchers have something in common: they understand the complexity of looking at standards, what their competitors are doing, and how-to work towards 5G development for …

3GPP recently began a new study of 5G New Radio (NR) operating in unlicensed spectrum. Access to shared and unlicensed spectrum will extend 5G into a wider range of deployments …

Study item on 5G NR in unlicensed spectrum could support enterprise and industrial IoT, and other deployment models When the 3GPP convened in Croatia for a March session, in addition …

3GPP Release 13: Implications for IoT Jeff Smith, Managing Partner of Quantum IoT, explains the implications of the 3GPP Release 13 for the Internet of Things (IoT), at the 5G trend …