Chinese company estimates losses of $3.1 million due to the ban imposed by the U.S Department of Commerce
President Donald Trump said he was considering a new set of penalties for Chinese vendor ZTE to replace a seven-year export ban imposed last month that is...
In this installment of network slicing 101, we’ll take a look at the basics of network slicing as it relates to both 4G and 5G use cases
Network slicing is often viewed as a single concept within 5G, wholly dependent on 5G networks. However, while...
President Donald Trump confirmed he has instructed the Department of Commerce to find a solution to an export ban which had forced ZTE to cease operations
President Trump said he's working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to find a solution to allow Chinese telecom equipment...
BT secured spectrum in the 3.4 GHz band and plans to bid in 700 MHz spectrum auction
U.K. telecom group BT says it will launch commercial 5G services before the end of next year, the company’s CEO Gavin Patterson said during a recent conference call...
The Chinese vendor has received instructions from the U.S government on how to submit additional evidence
Chinese vendor ZTE has been notified on how to proceed with its efforts to try to avoid a ban recently imposed by the U.S government which would potentially cause...
As 2G and 3G networks shut down, more and more IoT devices need to quickly migrate to next-G capability. Get ahead of impending network sunsets with a better understanding of what to plan for when migrating to 4G and beyond.
See how you can...
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In this video, Rajesh Mishra, president, founder, and CTO of Parallel Wireless shared how the company is reimagining the network with its Open RAN 2G/3G/4G cellular solution. The company has been deployed and in production trials on 6 continents, solving TCO, backhaul, install and...
The broadband performance and economics of cellular with 4G and 5G is making it possible for many of us to do without any wired connection at all — already including those who, on average, stream up to an hour of video per day. Nevertheless,...
Nokia, Vodafone and other partners look to deploy 4G to support data transmissions from lunar rovers
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Now come over here, Buzz. I want to get a selfie of this up on Insta; my ex-girlfriend'll...
ZTE has rolled out a complete industry-leading 4G/5G convergence solution that will certainly help operators gain an upper hand and have more success in the upcoming 5G era.
From the technical development perspective, 5G is an innovation and revolution based on 4G and also a natural evolution and extension of 4G. From...
Unlimited data is back. Price wars are a constant threat to the bottom line, and customer loyalty is harder to earn. But a new report from Bain & Company and mobile edge computing company Vasona Networks finds that operators finally have an opportunity to...
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Serge Willenegger, SVP of 4G/5G and Industrial IoT, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., discusses the role of the X24 and X50 modems in facilitating the continued evolution of LTE networks in advance of commercialization of 5G.
The mobile industry is at a tipping point. In the 4G/5G era, the status quo network economics are unsustainable. The cost-per-bit models and network architectures that dictated 4G strategies will not support 5G use cases.
Let’s look at 5 critical factors, and examine how network...
When the industry talks about 5G, there is a level of excitement and optimism about what it will enable. From “up to 100 times increase in user data rates” to “up to 100 times more connected devices” — there is certainly a lot of...
As 5G networks’ commercial deployment approaches, research in standardization, technologies, services, ecosystem, and deployment modes are increasingly deepening. It has been proven that services, rather than technologies, are the main driving forces of network development. Therefore, the functions and performance required for the implementation...
Cellular network efficiency increases significantly with each generation, especially as the value chain discovers new technologies to improve spectrum use. The following chart illustrates how 3G, 4G, and 5G started and what their peak achievements have been. The top speed for 5G will likely...
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 connectivity to these markets while enabling an easy and cost-effective migration path to 3G/4G/5G.
This solution...
Enterprise sales split into webscale/extra-large enterprise group, and group focused on transportation, energy and the public sector
Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, this week discussed how the company's "laser-like focus" on enterprise sales has led to a number of new customer wins.
"We have split our...
The trial was carried out in an outdoor environment in downtown Seoul
Korean operator SK Telecom and compatriot company Samsung Electronics have successfully completed a 4G LTE and 5G end-to-end network interworking trial. The two companies said the trial was carried out in a real outdoor...
The Telecom Infra Project is rethinking today's telecom infrastructure
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is a consortium led by Facebook centered on rethinking how telecom network infrastructure is designed and deployed.
TIP is an offshoot of similar initiative, known as the Open Compute Project (OCP), focused...
The carrier may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed, but Verizon claims plenty of runway for current LTE and future 5G plans.
Verizon Wireless may have come out of the recent 600 MHz incentive auction empty handed,...
Spectrum positions coming out of the 600 MHz incentive auction show strong moves by T-Mobile and Dish, while Sprint and AT&T remain the market’s heavyweights.
Aggressive bidding activity by T-Mobile US and Dish Network helped bolster each company’s respective spectrum positions, according to...
Verizon said the three-year, $1.05 billion agreement includes up to 12.4 million miles of fiber per year to support One Fiber initiative behind LTE, 5G enhancements.
Verizon Communications is set to bolster the backhaul of its wireless network through a three-year, $1.05 billion...
A published report citing a Straight Path regulatory filing suggests Verizon is set to top AT&T’s pending acquisition offer for the spectrum-rich company.
Verizon Communications is reportedly eyeing a competing bid for millimeter wave spectrum holder Straight Path, which has already approved a...