With 5G commercialization underway, you need to accelerate the time to market of 5G base stations and devices.
Keysight's latest poster, 5G New Radio Standards and Conformance Tests, is packed with the details you need to know about 5G NR, base station, and device test...
ZTE considers that the co-evolution of 4G and 5G networks is a key issue as these two technologies will be sharing many resources and will be offering each other a strong support in the next decade.
This is why, ZTE believe that it is essential...
As 5G accelerates to commercialization, preparing for pre-conformance and conformance tests is critical. 5G NR introduces new test challenges due to incomplete tests requirements, new mmWave operating bands, more complex tests, and standards that continue to evolve.
Prepare for 5G New Radio Conformance Test Challenges outlines...
When Sprint launches its 5G New Radio network -- as it is expected to do this week -- it will be unique in a number of ways. The mobile network operator has laid out plans for an ambitious footprint at launch in four cities:...
With 5G NR now a reality and preliminary estimates indicating that 5G NR comprises a tangible portion of the overall RAN market, some reflection to better assess how the vision and projections have changed as the 5G narrative has evolved is now in order....
Sprint "optimistic" merger with T-Mobile US will clear regulatory review
Sprint invested some $5 billion into its network in fiscal year 2018, according to company executives, which marks a significant increase over 2016 and 2017 capex of $2 billion and $3.3 billion respectively. But, despite...
This year, our vision for 5G is finally turning into a commercial reality as global mobile operators and device manufacturers have started to launch commercial 5G NR networks and mobile devices that include smartphones, laptops, and more. In many regions of the world, mmWave...
AT&T on Tuesday said it is now offering standards-based mobile 5G service in seven additional cities--Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, bringing its presence up to portions of 19 markets. AT&T turned up its initial slate of a...
SRG gives a glimpse into the Verizon 5G network and performance in Minneapolis
With the launch of Verizon's mobile 5G network in two cities and one smartphone that can access the network, the first rounds of testing -- both user tests and more formal testing...
Verizon says it has turned on its 5G network in Chicago, Illinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota a week ahead of schedule, and its customers will be able to access the network in those cities via the Moto z3 device with a special attachment. The launch...
HANNOVER, Germany--There's widespread consensus among the industrial companies on hand for Hannover Messe that 5G will be a major factor in the future of high-value verticals like manufacturing. But, just like consumer 5G services, it won't happen overnight. That's why Qualcomm is working on...
5G coming on April 11 on the Motorola z3 handset
Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband Network is set to light up parts of Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11. Beginning March 14 customers can pre-order Motorola's clip-on 5G mod for the moto z3 handset and the...
5G represents a fundamental shift in how networks are built
Today 5G deployments are relatively limited in coverage scope, although that will rapidly change as the telecom industry enters a multi-year investment supercycle. The early focus will be on delivering enhanced mobile broadband but, as...
ZTE has about 200 people are working in advanced technologies research group
BARCELONA–ZTE is already carrying out research activities to explore new technologies beyond 5G, ZTE’s Chief Scientist Xiang Jiying told reporters during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress 2019.
“We are currently researching...
5G New Radio (NR) introduces many changes compared to the existing LTE air interface, impacting field testing, assessment of QoE and radio network performance. This webinar highlights 5G NR field measurement, drive test, benchmarking and data post processing technologies and reviews practical examples and...
Airspan building in support for massive MIMO, vRAN
Radio access network infrastructure vendor Airspan, perhaps best known for its work with Sprint on the Magic Box small cell, has tapped Qualcomm's 10-nanometer FSM100xx 5G New Radio chipset for small cells and remote radio units. The...
How are businesses using AT&T's 5G service?
While its standards-based mobile 5G network is currently available in parts of 12 markets, AT&T this week detailed both near- and long-term expansion plans with the goal of providing nationwide coverage by 2020.
On Dec. 21, AT&T turned up...
FirstNet build is essential to future 5G plans
AT&T is currently using its millimeter wave spectrum to offer up a standards-based 5G service in parts of 12 markets. And, over time, company CEO Randall Stephenson sees 5G as a viable replacement to fixed broadband service.
Speaking...
It's a big aspect of 5G but what is URLLC?
Ultra-reliable low-latency communication, or URLLC, is one of several different types of use cases supported by the 5G New Radio (NR) standard, as stipulated by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) Release 15. URLLC will cater...
60 GHz distribution networks support in-building enterprise and industrial connectivityÂ
Emerging from stealth mode, Kwikbit is planning two major product launches in the first half of 2019 bringing to market a unique blend of disruptive technology to deliver gigabit wireless to flexibly meet the needs...
5G branding gets a chilly reception from some
AT&T activated a limited, standards-based mobile 5G service in parts of 12 markets last month; the launch device is a mobile hot spot that can connect to the carrier's millimeter wave spectrum and AT&T has touted two...
3GPP working on 5G NR for 5 GHz and 6 GHz
The use of unlicensed spectrum with LTE deployments has had a significant impact on the telecoms industry--operators can use Licensed Assisted Access to bolster network capacity and non-carrier interests can use MulteFire to operate...
3GPP leader weighs-in on 5G standard compatibility questions
Addressing concerns around interoperability and deployment timelines that have been trickling through the industry of late, the chairman of 3GPP's TSG RAN Balazs Bertenyi published a blog post detailing the impact of a change in the delivery...
