SK Telecom said the new group currently has 200 employees
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom has formed a 200-member task force in order to speed up the process to launch commercial 5G services in the Asian country. SK Telecom said the task force is making all...
Gigabit LTE will ensure continuous quality of experience outside early 5G hot spots
At the same time operators are investing heavily in gigabit LTE, they are also setting the stage for the commercialization of services based on the recently adopted non-standalone 5G New Radio specification,...
New Radio (NR) is the 3GPP effort for defining and standardizing a new Radio Access Technology (RAT) for 5G. NR will cover a wide set of use cases (eMBB, URLLC, and mMTC) and introduce new cutting-edge technologies such as millimeter-wave and beamforming. The first...
The Global Certification Forum is laying out its roadmap for 5G device certification, with a newly approved work item that will cover certification for early phases of both non-standalone and standalone 5G.
With 5G chipset work well underway and network equipment already in the field-testing stage,...
Gigabit LTE key to providing network experience continuity once 5G hits
Since Telstra launched the first commercial gigabit LTE in January 2017, more than 40 other global operators have, to varying degrees, upgraded their networks to support 4X4 multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO), 256 QAM and aggregation...
The telco will deploy 5G capabilities in two Spanish cities in cooperation with Nokia and Ericsson
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica has unveiled its 5G technological cities project, which will pave the way for the future deployment of 5G technology in Spain. Under this initiative, Telefonica has...
Mavenir delivers virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC)
Software company Mavenir recently premiered its virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC), which enables operators to host virtual routing, firewall and user plane data offload with white box routing.
Networks currently are under pressure to meet consumer demands for more...
Under the deal, the European vendor will provide its 5G NR hardware
Finnish vendor Nokia has signed an agreement with Japanese telco NTT Docomo for the provision of 5G equipment for the operator’s future commercial launch, which is scheduled for 2020.
Nokia will support NTT Docomo's...
Ofcom aims to kick off the process to award spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has updated the timetable for setting the regulations that will apply to the forthcoming auction of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands...
The mobile industry is at a tipping point. In the 4G/5G era, the status quo network economics are unsustainable. The cost-per-bit models and network architectures that dictated 4G strategies will not support 5G use cases.
Let’s look at 5 critical factors, and examine how network...
Ericsson study details consumer 5G "wish list"
Enterprise and industrial use cases for 5G are fairly well-established and in line with increasing demand for capacity and latency to support things like automated robotics, drone-based services and instantaneous access to cloud services. But beyond just faster...
Arcep said it will offer temporary frequency permits for local telcos to carry out 5G trials in nine cities
French telecoms regulator Arcep said it will issue temporary frequency authorizations to develop 5G pilots in France.The regulator said it will offer spectrum in the 3.5...
Part of the Qualcomm strategy is a $1 billion in cost reductions
Qualcomm leaders are reaching out to shareholders ahead of a March 6 annual meeting to make the case for keeping the existing board of directors in place. Last year Broadcom made an unsolicited,...
Deployment of 5G presents new operational challenges for service providers, especially in the wake of network virtualization. 5G will leverage software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) running in a cloud computing environment to benefit from its dynamic, rapidly configurable set of...
When the industry talks about 5G, there is a level of excitement and optimism about what it will enable. From “up to 100 times increase in user data rates” to “up to 100 times more connected devices” — there is certainly a lot of...
Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding to develop smart city initiatives in the city of Duisburg
Chinese vendor Huawei has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the city of Duisburg, in Germany, to work together on smart city development.
Huawei said that the MoU provides...
5G innovation doesn’t stop at design. Test and measurement solutions will be key in the commercialization cycle, but 5G requires a different approach to test than previous wireless technologies. Find out what it’s going to take to make 5G a reality.
The telco is currently trialling 5G technology in Milan with Chinese vendor Huawei
Italian telecommunications firm Vodafone has partnered with the PoliHub incubator of Milan’s Politecnico University to launch "Action for 5G," the first startup devoted to development of projects based on the 5G standard...
Planned 5G fixed wireless for residential broadband is "first slice" of Verizon's future offering, Vestberg says
With its Verizon 5G Technical Forum, and participation in the ongoing 3GPP standardization effort, Verizon has aggressively pushed to commercialize 5G services. Those efforts, for now, have resulted in...
Qualcomm highlights RF front end design at CES
In the ongoing discussion around 5G—the standard release, network infrastructure readiness, support for sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave frequencies—device compatibility is a major issue and challenge. With the 3GPP working toward a standalone 5G New Radio specification...
CES panel talks about the role of 5G in A.I., automated cars and more
Las Vegas, Nev. -- A panelist of tech leaders gathered on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Wednesday for a discussion moderated by Editor-in-Chief of SDxCentral Sue Marek about what...
As 5G networks’ commercial deployment approaches, research in standardization, technologies, services, ecosystem, and deployment modes are increasingly deepening. It has been proven that services, rather than technologies, are the main driving forces of network development. Therefore, the functions and performance required for the implementation...
Ericsson working with carrier MTN to trial 5G applications and use cases
South African telecommunications group MTN has completed what it claims to be the first 5G trial on the African continent. The telco carried out the 5G trial at its headquarters in Johannesburg in partnership...
5G is a "network of networks" and satellites are part of that new network
For many years satellites have been instrumental in the wide world of telecommunications, albeit, given the high barrier to entry in the market, limited largely to governmental stakeholders and major communications...
