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Vodafone Idea launches 5G trials in two Indian cities

Indian operator Vodafone Idea said it is conducting 5G trials using spectrum allocated by the government in the cities of Pune and Gandhinagar, the carrier said in a release. The telco stated it also achieved peak download speeds of 1.5 Gbps using the 3.5 GHz...

TeraGo starts 5G fixed wireless services trials in Toronto

  Canadian telecommunications services provider TeraGo announced that 5G technical trials in the greater Toronto Area have started at TeraGo's Thornhill head office location, utilizing 5G fixed wireless network equipment from Nokia. In a release, the company said that initial testing will be in the 38...

Ericsson provides 5G gear for TDC’s pilot network in Denmark

  Ericsson announced it has provided 5G network equipment for a new pilot network that was launched by Dannish carrier TDC in the city of Helsingør, Denmark. The Swedish vendor said that local partners and municipal customers have been granted access to test new services on the...

China Mobile carries out 5G SA network test in Hong Kong

  China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) announced what it claims to be Hong Kong’s first 5G Standalone (SA) network test. The operator said in a release that the radio cell sites supporting both 5G SA and NSA network are now installed for a trial at China...

Vodafone New Zealand launches live 5G trial in Auckland

  Vodafone New Zealand announced the launch of a live 5G trial in Auckland. Located in and around Mangere in South Auckland, the five cell sites feature upgraded Nokia technology, including 5G-enabled antennas. “The team is stoked to have passed this milestone," said Tony Baird, Vodafone...

China Mobile, Huawei, CCTV carry out 4K live test on 5G network

CCTV, China Mobile, and Huawei said they have successfully completed what they claim is the industry's first 4K live streaming test on a 5G dual-band convergent network in Beijing, China. Compared with the previous fixed-point 4K live streaming tests, this test has expanded the application scope...

Vodafone tests 5G technology at Birmingham train station

U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone carried out a 5G test at a train station in the city of Birmingham as part of its country-wide trial, the telco said in a statement. The carrier said that Birmingham New Street became the first train station to test 5G...

NTT DoCoMo adds new companies to 5G trial

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has reached an agreement with enterprises and organizations in the United States and Israel as well as Japan, to collaborate in trials involving a 5G mobile test network established in Guam, the telco said in a statement. NTT DoCoMo highlighted that...

Ericsson, VodafoneZiggo to test 5G technology in the Netherlands

The two partners aim to test 5G in Eindhoven using spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Ericsson has signed a letter of intent with Dutch operator VodafoneZiggo to test 5G technology in the city of Eindhoven in the second quarter of the year, the carrier...

Vodafone to expand 5G testbed in Dublin

  The Irish carrier is currently working with Ericsson in its 5G program Vodafone Ireland, a subsidiary of U.K. telecom group Vodafone, announced that it is extending its live 5G network testbed coverage in the city of Dublin, local press reported. The company initially launched the 5G...

Vodafone connects 5G phones to live 5G networks in Madrid and Barcelona

The company plans to test 5G speeds in Barcelona’s streets during Mobile World Congress next week Vodafone claimed to be the world's first operator to connect 5G smartphones to its live 5G network in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, the carrier said in...

Deutsche Telekom to set up new 5G trials this year

  The German carrier aims to launch a new 5G trial near Frankfurt in Q2 Deutsche Telekom announced plans to set up new 5G test areas across Germany this year, the telco said in a statement. The operator said that it aims to launch a 5G test...

Telenor to expand 5G pilots in Norway

  The Nordic carrier is working with Ericsson to launch the new trial in Q2 2019   Nordic telecom operator Telenor Group announced plans to expand its 5G piloting in Norway, the telco said in a statement. The new pilot will be carried out by Telenor Norway in...

Huawei completes third phase of China’s national 5G trial

  In this phase of the trial, Huawei tested 5G technology via 2.6 GHz spectrum   Chinese vendor Huawei  confirmed it has completed 5G New Radio testing using 2.6 GHz spectrum in the 5G trial organized by the IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group. To date, Huawei has officially completed...

Optus completes 5G data call using 3.5 GHz spectrum in Australia

  The carrier aims to launch 5G fixed wireless in the country in the first half of 2019 Australian carrier Optus said it has successfully completed a 5G data call using 3.5 GHz spectrum and 60 megahertz of channel bandwidth. The call was made from an Optus...

Samsung, KDDI carry out two 5G demonstrations in Tokyo

  The two partners trialled the use of 5G technology to improve security on train platforms and deploy ultra-fast communications at schools Samsung Electronics and Japanese telco KDDI have carried out two new 5G demonstrations, with the first involving the transmission of 4K ultra-high-definition surveillance video...

Sprint completes 5G test using 2.5GHz and massive MIMO

  The test, carried out in San Diego, utilized equipment from Nokia and Qualcomm Technologies Sprint completed what it claims to be the world’s first over-the-air 5G data transmission using 2.5 GHz and massive MIMO on its live commercial network. The test was carried out with Nokia...

ZTE completes third phase of China’s national 5G core network tests

  The vendor said the security function test focuses on the device identity management and registration, as well as the security service procedure in mobility Chinese vendor ZTE said it has completed the third phase of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's IMT-2020 5G core network...

Italian government approves 5G trial in Cagliari

  The 5G trial will be carried out by Italian telco Fastweb and Chinese vendor Huawei   Italy's Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) has approved the use of 5G frequencies in network trials to be conducted in the city of Cagliari after reaching an agreement with local...

Ericsson, SK Telecom carry out 5G demo using a live network in Busan

  The demo used a mobile smartphone form-factor test device powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem Ericsson, SK Telecom and Qualcomm Technologies said they have successfully carried out a 5G New Radio data call on mid-band spectrum over SK Telecom’s 5G commercial network in...

Cellnex, Fastweb ink 5G agreement in Italy

  The deal will allow Fastweb to have access to Cellnex’s infrastructure in areas where the telco is testing 5G technology European telecom infrastructure firm Cellnex and Italian telecom operator Fastweb have signed a cooperation agreement to deploy a 5G network in Italy. Under the terms of...

3 Hong Kong completes 5G outdoor network trial

  The Asian carrier used the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands for the recent trials   Telecom operator 3 Hong Kong has completed 5G outdoor network trials in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands. The carrier said the 5G test was conducted at a...

Nokia, StarHub complete 5G NR trial in Singapore

The trial used Nokia’s AirScale Radio Access technology with 5G New Radio 3GPP-compliant software Singaporean carrier StarHub and Nokia have completed what they described as  the first outdoor pilot of 5G New Radio on 3.5 GHz frequency band in Singapore. The companies demonstrated industrial and consumer...

Mitsubishi Electric, NTT DoCoMo achieve 27 Gbps throughput in 5G trials

The outdoor trials used frequencies in the 28 GHz band Japanese firms Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and NTT DoCoMo announced they have achieved what it claims to be the world's first 5G mobile telecommunications proof of concept (PoC) for 27 Gbps and 25 Gbps maximum throughputs...