US carrier Verizon discovered the secret to smart-city building in Sacramento, in California, it says. “We tried it there first, and we’re now replicating it with a lot of cities,” explains Lani Ingram, the company’s vice president for smart communities.
The revelation for Verizon, as...
Under the new agreement, both firms will connect 5,000 Telefonica’s base stations to DT’s fiber infrastructure
German carriers Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica Deutschland have announced an agreement to speed up the deployment of 5G networks and reduce cost.
Under this new deal, the two companies have...
The availability of LTE network coverage in a customer location is not a true indication of a fully operational NB-IoT or LTE-M service. IoT devices are typically installed in remote locations such as basements and garages where the network signals are weak. Failure events...
Cisco has reorganised its innovation team as a function of its engineering department, rather than its strategy unit, to drive commercial results from its more pioneering work around technologies like 5G, blockchain, and augmented reality (AR), and its innovation work in the smart cities,...
The early days of 5G are marked by limited availability largely in high-value metropolitan markets. As operators establish this foothold and consumers with compatible devices tap the new network, it's important to continually enhance LTE networks to provide service continuity as users move into...
A Q&A with CommScope on network densification for the transition from LTE to 5G
As U.S operators light up 5G services in select markets this year, small cell is a key element of the network densification needed to provide high-throughput services using millimeter wave frequencies,...
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The bar for...
While 5G networks continue to be a major topic in the network communications industry, there are still many questions around how 5G will be achieved.
Digital usage trends—such as 220 million connected vehicles on the road by 2020 and videos accounting for 82 percent of...
Local carriers TIM and Vodafone Italia secured spectrum in the 3.7 GHz, 26 GHz and 700 MHz bands
Italy's Ministry of Economic Development announced the completion of the national 5G spectrum tender, in which the government raised a total of EUR 6.55 billion ($7.56 billion),...
As Huawei faces blacklisting by feds, the company argues that would slow 5G deployment
ORLANDO--As Huawei faces intense regulatory scrutiny that could potentially see the Chinese infrastructure giant barred from selling equipment in the U.S., the company's Vice President of Sales for America told rural...
Verizon's official launch of its 5G fixed wireless access service is only two days old, but Mike Thelander and Emil Olbrich of Signals Research Group are already on the ground in Houston, Texas, field-testing the live network's capabilities.
Houston is one of four initial launch...
Rural carriers can make investments today to set the stage for 5G
ORLANDO--5G is the predominant discussion topic within the telecom industry, but that's a long ramp and, particularly for rural carriers, there are many other priorities that need to be addressed to ensure long-term...
AT&T IoT chief discusses integrated offerings
Chris Penrose, president of internet of things solutions for AT&T, is passionate about the value the IoT can create for both businesses and individuals. During a meeting with reporters at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, Penrose showed...
For 5G, 'Time is of the essence,' FCC chairman says
Wireless industry officials on Friday ventured to the White House for a 5G Summit to discuss with administration officials the economic importance of next-generation cellular, and how to ensure America maintains a leadership position in...
Under the deal, the two partners will deploy massive MIMO technology in Beeline’s network
Russian mobile carrier VimpelCom, which operates under the Beeline brand controlled by the Veon group, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ericsson.
Under the terms of the two-year agreement, both companies...
Verizon hits 1.45 Gbps using six-channel carrier aggregation
Verizon is launching its first 5G service, a residential broadband offering, today in select markets. While this is a fixed wireless play using spectrum in the 28 GHz band, the carrier has made it clear it will...
The three partners have showcased several use cases as part of a 5G initiative
Italian operator TIM and Fastweb, in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei, have activated what they claim is the first commercial 5G base station in the city of Bari, the second city...
AT&T to launch mobile 5G in 12 markets by year-end
During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona when RCR Wireless News last spoke to Gordon Mansfield, AT&T's vice president of converged access and device technology said his "number one focus and priority" was overseeing the network build...
As industry momentum behind 5G development, and deployments continues to build, edge networks are going to become a fundamental piece of the service enablement puzzle. However, if these networks are not architected properly, they could become the bottleneck that hinders a network operator and/or...
In a previous post, we discussed the near-term deployment drivers for virtualizing at the network edge. Although scalability and cost savings are a near universal goal with all networking technology developments, virtualizing at the edge will be about supporting a range of networking and...
Although most industry media attention and tradeshow marketing is focused on fun, cool (e.g., AR/VR, autonomous vehicle), and, at times, way out there (e.g., passenger drones) use cases, the opportunities that many network operators and service providers are interested in addressing today are related...
The Middle Eastern carrier showcased a number of 5G use cases in Qatar's capital Doha
Qatari telecom operator Ooredoo has showcased a self-driving 5G connected aerial taxi in Doha, as part of a demonstration of 5G use cases in different locations across Qatar’s capital.
The telco...
ETSI lays out the role of MEC in 5G
In a recent white paper, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute outlined the role of multi-access edge computing in 5G.
“Edge computing is acknowledged as one of the key pillars for meeting the demanding Key Performance Indicators of...
Throughout the ‘ask-the-experts’ session at URLLC 2018 in London earlier this month, serialised here across a number of posts, the conversation circled back time and again to 5G use cases. What are the sync requirements? How many slices? Where is the edge? Every time,...
