Sprint reiterates role of massive MIMO in 4G and 5G plans
Carrier presenters at the Deutsche Bank 2018 Media, Internet and Telecom Conference made clear the race for the best position relative to 5G is very much on. Sprint CFO Michele Combes laid out the...
5G trial part of NTT DoCoMo’s efforts to research technical conditions of the 28 GHz band
Huawei has announced a collaboration with Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and Tobu Railway to trial a 5G millimeter wave system at Tokyo Skytree Town as part of a broader...
Ronan Dunne highlights experiential side of Verizon 5G fixed wireless offering
Ronan Dunne, Verizon Group EVP and President of Verizon Wireless, has a clear message relative to the carrier's 5G position. "To be really, really clear, I'm not building a PR network. I'm building a...
CommScope's Morgan Kurk, EVP and COO, and Ben Cardwell, SVP of Mobility Solutions, sat down with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2018 to share the company's perspective on the development of fixed wireless solutions that tap high capacity millimeter waves, as well...
Intel will work with NTT DoCoMo on 5G applications including video, VR and connected cars
Although the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea just wrapped up, Intel, which worked on 5G-related projects for the international event, is already planning for the 2020 Olympic Games in...
Indian government wants commercial 5G by 2020
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and vendor Huawei have conducted what the companies claim to be India’s first 5G network trial achieving a data speed of more than 3 Gbps. The trial was conducted at Airtel’s network experience center...
Dynamic service assurance is needed to support IoT and 5G
In an interview with RCR Wireless News during Mobile World Congress 2018, John English, Netscout Systems product line manager, explained the challenges operators face in maintaining service assurance as they virtualize infrastructure to gradually automate...
Mobile World Congress is the industry's biggest showcase of the year, and if you can manage to sift through the hype and the sheer volume of show news, you can get a pretty decent idea of where the telecom industry is putting its energy...
China Mobile plans to deploy more than 10,000 5G base stations by 2020
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telephony operator, announced plans to build what it claims to be the world’s largest 5G trial network, according to local press. The operator said it will start...
Qualcomm shareholders meeting pushed back to April 5
Qualcomm shareholders were supposed to meet today to decide whether to maintain the current composition of the board or elect six members, a majority, nominated by Broadcom, which is attempting a hostile takeover of the San Diego-based...
We live in a mobile world — the way we live and work is increasingly online. Think about this: in 2016 in North America, our smartphones, tablets, and mobile-enabled PCs consumed 1.8 Exabytes (approximately one billion Gigabytes) of data per month. Just one Exabyte...
Sprint to deploy massive MIMO in six markets starting in April
Working with vendors Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung, Sprint is using massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antennas to increase LTE capacity while setting the stage for a software upgrade to the 5G New Radio standard. Company...
Nokia project with the Hamburg Port Authority portends the future of 5G network slicing
Nokia dropped a massive amount of news before and during Mobile World Congress 2018. To get a high-level understanding of how the myriad operator engagements and product launches fit together, RCR...
The project aims to cover 75% of the cities of Bari and Matera with 5G by the end of 2018
Italian mobile operator TIM, together with Italian broadband provider Fastweb and vendor Huawei, have announced the activation of the first 5G antenna in the city...
For the test industry, this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) came down to two major themes: 5G and the internet of things, with a little virtualization thrown in just to keep things lively.
So who was doing 5G test demos at MWC? The real question...
In France, Huawei will initially trial 5G technology in the city of Bordeaux
BARCELONA--Huawei signed a new agreement with U.K. telecom group BT and French telecommunications firm Bouygues Telecom which will mainly focus on 5G developments.
The new agreement were announced during the Mobile World Congress,...
Under the agreement, ZTE will provide technical support, applications and terminals
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a strategic agreement with Middle East telecommunications group Ooredoo to foster cooperation in the 5G field.
The agreement, which was signed during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, stipulates that...
Rohde & Schwarz and Chinese chip company Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint operator test lab in China as well as extend their existing test relationships to include 5G work.
The two companies said that at the new...
The Korean telco announced it is investing in quantum cryptography to secure communications channels for autonomous cars
BARCELONA- Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom said 5G technologies will be essential for the future development of autonomous driving capabilities, the telco’s SVP for software and R&D, Kang-Won...
T-Mo plans 5G deployments, 25K LAA small cells
T-Mobile US laid out plans to start building out 5G and "5G-ready" capabilities in 30 markets this year, pinning its 5G strategy on mobile, smartphone-based 5G services once devices are available in 2019.
T-Mobile US said that it "plans...
The Chinese vendor said it expects to ship 300,000 small cells this year globally
BARCELONA- ZTE expects to see growing business opportunities with 5G in Asian and European markets, ZTE’s SVP and president of wireless product operation division, James Zhang, told reporters.
The executive said that...
The GSMA estimates that IoT connections will total 25 billion by that year
BARCELONA- 5G networks will reach 1.2 billion connections by 2025, accounting for 14% of global mobile connections by that time, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report also forecasts that...
Sprint plans massive MIMO roll out in 6 markets starting in April
Sprint plans to deploy massive multiple-input-multiple-output capabilities in half a dozen markets beginning in April as part of its roadmap to 5G. The carrier named Chicago, Ill.; Dallas, Tex.; and Los Angeles, Calif....
VP of RAN and Device Design discusses 2018 5G market launches
BARCELONA—“We’ve got 12 cities we’ve committed to this year. My priority in ’18 is to get those 12 markets launched. That is absolutely our number one focus and priority.” That was the message at...
