'There is an important confluence of IT data and OT data that is going to drive the SLAs and services provided by CSPs,' says Volt Active Data exec
According to Dheeraj Remella, the chief product officer at Volt Active Data, 5G stands out from...
As it continues to deploy its 5G network, with the latest boost from C-Band spectrum deployment increasing covered PoPs by 90 million, Verizon is following a “network-as-a-service” strategy that will open up new consumer and enterprise opportunities.
FWA for consumers and enterprises
For consumers, Verizon offers...
Operators can become greener with the deployment of 5G and use 5G to propel sustainability initiatives in other sectors
Telecommunications and technology firms the world over are focused on delivering 5G- and internet of things-based solutions—as well as a litany of complementary tech like artificial...
Dish has previously claimed that its private enterprise 5G capabilities are “unique” compared to other Tier 1 providers
Amidst its greenfield 5G network buildout in the United States, Dish Network has also emphasized the importance of serving the enterprise space, focusing particularly on providing network...
On a watt/bit basis, 5G is more power efficient than 4G
When the conversation turns to 5G’s potential to be a “greener” technology than previous generations, the subject of power usage is one of the first that comes up. Most often, it is framed...
Nokia believes that successful 5G monetization starts with creating value for the end customer, consumer or enterprise
In a written Q&A with RCR Wireless News, Nokia’s Elana Crowne, director of product marketing, monetization lead, and Olivier Guéret, cross-portfolio ecosystem and marketing, customer experience, shared the...
Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployments during 2021 and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of 5G deployments by Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone and...
Google Cloud: "Edge is de facto creating a new set of applications"
At the recent Google Cloud Next event, the company took the wraps off Google Distributed Cloud, a new product portfolio that extends Google infrastructure to the edge and on-premise using qualified hardware. The...
Shared risk and shared responsibility as public and private MEC are deployed
Under the shingle of mobile edge computing (MEC), there are a lot of edges and a lot of ways to describe them. Here we’ll focus on the distinction between the telecom edge operators...
Verizon has partnered with AWS and Microsoft on delivering MEC services
Verizon is all in on both public and private MEC and has a range of partnerships in place with the likes of AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as companies focused on applications. But...
Turning MEC investments into business outcomes is an exercise in ecosystem development and solution integration
There’s an animating tension as it relates to service provider monetization of mobile edge computing (MEC) for enterprises. Businesses want to buy solutions that are easy to use, where the...
Cloud gaming represents a great opportunity to show off what 5G and MEC are capable of
With cloud gaming revenue predicted to come in at over $1 billion for the first time this year — about double what it was raking in last year —...
Swarmio's CEO describes the "huge gap” that remains between telcos and the gaming world as the former looks for ways enter the market
With the gaming industry booming, many new players are eager to get a piece of the pie. Telcos, for instance, have been...
Verizon combining 5G and MEC, growing its private networks business, and partnering with hyperscalers
LOS ANGELES--Verizon was an early mover on mmWave 5G, has tapped Dynamic Sharing Spectrum to leverage existing spectrum and offer nationwide 5G coverage, and has a trove of C Band holdings...
Midband spectrum is widely recognized to be the sweet spot for 5G deployments globally, due to its combination of large amounts of available bandwidth and better propagation characteristics than millimeter-wave. In the past year, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has auctioned the 70 megahertz...
'We're equipped with a solid spectrum position," says AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three stories laying out the national mobile network operators’ plans for midband spectrum. The first, on Verizon’s position, can be read here; the second,...
What are technical and operational challenges in the midband spectrum for companies operating networks in the United States?
In every spectrum band, there are some sort of challenges that wireless systems have to deal with: Limited channel bandwidth, passive intermodulation, propagation or in-building penetration...
As the telecom ecosystem gets deeper into CBRS deployments and eagerly awaits the availability of C-Band spectrum, carriers and vendors are partnering on numerous tests and trials of various aspects of the two bands. In the C-Band, most testing is focused on pre-deployment work...
Forging the 5G future
Standalone 5G brings faster, more reliable, and vastly more capable telecommunications than ever before. But it also presents logistical, financial, and operational challenges for network operators who have to invest a massive amount of time and treasure upgrading infrastructure and organizations...
Just how much midband spectrum is needed for 5G, anyway? The default telecom answer to this type of spectrum question seems to be, “As much as we can get” – but here’s a look that offers some more specifics.
The GSMA commissioned a report from...
There have been two recent U.S. midband spectrum auctions for spectrum between 3-4 GHz: The shared spectrum of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and the C-Band auction. How did those fall out in terms of spectrum won?
The CBRS Priority Access License (PAL)...
Qualcomm's Principal Systems Engineer: 'Power efficiency is necessary for 5G mobile technologies'
Power efficiency will prove vital in a 5G world as more applications and use cases are enabled by this advanced technology, increasing data rates and, subsequently, increasing power consumption. Qualcomm's Principal Systems Engineer Dr....
Ericsson: 'Network slicing is the operators’ best answer on how to build and manage a network that meets and exceeds the emerging requirements from a wide range of users'
5G network slicing is a feature of a cloud-native 5G network architecture that leverages the principles...
Rohde & Schwarz: Voice over New Radio (VoNR) should be 'considered a prerequisite for successful 5G deployment in Standalone operation'
In cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) networks, operators can deliver high-quality voice services without having to rely on LTE as an anchor. Instead, operators can offer...
