Radisys and Mavenir integrate vEPC into M-CORD as part of partnership
Wireless network company Radisys Corporation alongside software-based telecom networking provider Mavenir announced they are collaborating to offer communication service providers a way to commercially launch a M-CORD (Mobile Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter)...
Underlying 5G tech including network slicing, virtualized RAN and end-to-end network slicing including included in TIP working groups
Founded in 2016 by Facebook, the Telecom Infra Project consortium convened its annual summit this week in Santa Clara, Calif., and announced several new working groups that,...
Deal with Spanish car maker Seat will focus on 5G for enablement of smart manufacturing processes for automotive
Spanish telco Telefonica has signed an agreement with compatriot car maker SEAT to develop innovative initiatives in the automotive industry. The agreement reached, which makes Telefónica a...
Gigabit LTE joins previous Ericsson, Swisscom demos of 5G network slicing and NB-IoT
Swiss telecommunications provider Swisscom has selected Ericsson for the implementation of a complete digital transformation process as well as future deployments of gigabit LTE and 5G
The deployment of Swisscom’s gigabit LTE...
Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
Understanding the end user quality of experience created by gigabit LTE
Built on technologies 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM and multi-channel carrier aggregation including of unlicensed spectrum bands, 41 operators in 24 countries are in varying phases of testing and deploying gigabit LTE networks. In a...
The two firms will evaluate the use of 5G for verticals including mining, transportation, health and manufacturing
Finnish vendor Nokia and South African telecoms operator Vodacom have signed an agreement under which the companies will trial 5G technology in the African nation.
Under the terms of...
Expected 5G spectrum utilization will mean major engineering and design challenges in terms of spectrum characteristics: very high frequencies and very large channels, with high expectations for performance. Vendors, operators and government initiatives around the world are testing and trialing 5G technologies to understand...
Bell is expanding investment in small cell infrastructure ahead of 5G
Canadian telecom operator Bell confirmed it is currently conducting further trials of 5G mobile technology in the 28 GHz and 3.5 GHz ranges.
In a release to announce the telco’s quarterly financial results, Bell said...
Instead of a complex infrastructure deployment, latent computing resources could be used to support the edge computing needs of the IoT
The data processing and storage needs of the internet of things (IoT) will quickly become more than our current model of centralized, data center-based...
Qualcomm is reviewing the "unsolicited" offer
Other than to say it has received Broadcom's "unsolicited" 12-figure acquisition offer, and will review with its financial and legal advisors, "Qualcomm will have no further comment until its board of directors has completed its review."
Broadcom is a silicon...
Telefonica Chile chooses Ericsson to complete virtualization of core network
Telefonica, the biggest mobile network operator and internet service provider in Chile, announced it has chosen Ericsson to finish the virtualization of the operator’s core network.
Telefonica said completely virtualizing its core network will help the...
The 5G trial used a 4.5 GHz system developed with Huawei
Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo announced the completion of what it claims to be the world's first outdoor trial of 5G mobile technologies for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) using a 4.5 GHz system developed in...
The vendor believes Europe will see the initial commercial deployments of 5G in 2018 or 2019
Ericsson expects to see the initial commercial deployment of 5G technology in Europe in 2018 or 2019, international press reported, citing Arun Bansal, the vendor’s head of Market Area...
The two companies said they will also focus on the verification of end-to-end 5G solutions
Chinese vendor ZTE and Spanish telecoms groupTelefonica announced the successful completion
of the first phase of a 5G transport test at the Spanish operator's Future Networks Lab in Madrid.
In the test,...
A conversation with Ken Sandfeld, President, SOLiD America, SOLiD
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and access the complete report “Wireless in the Enterprise”
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Edge deployment strategy dependent on 5G use case being served
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Whether it's autonomous driving, AR/VR-type applications or myriad data-intensive smart city initiatives, moving compute, storage and processing power closer to the network edge will be key to delivering on 5G use cases. That...
Olympics 5G preview ahead of KT plans for commercialization in 2019
Intel has announced a collaboration with South Korean telecoms group KT Corporation to develop a 5G showcase at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang 2018.
During the games, KT and Intel will deliver...
5G is rapidly climbing the hype cycle. Qualcomm has even claimed it could be as “transformative as electricity.”
Wireless network operators in the U.S. are not only talking about 5G, but asserting that their trials are ongoing and deployments are coming soon — in many...
As the enterprise relentlessly moves to wireless as the default communication modality in all locations, the role of wireless connectivity changes and performance requirements grow. Wi-Fi continues to be the fundamental technology for indoor data traffic, but cellular and other technologies play an increasingly...
SK Telecom used an in-building 5G relay repeater
operating in the 28 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands
Korean telecoms group SK Telecom announced the successful demonstration of essential technologies for 5G network communications in a real-world setting.
The Asian telco said that it is accelerating its research...
What exactly is a 3GPP submission?
As the name suggests, a 3GPP submission is a document that a company or some other entity submits to a 3GPP plenary or working group. The document, which is generally in Word or PowerPoint format, can have...
In a recently published white paper, Maravedis discusses the advantages of using millimeter wave (mmWave) technologies, to deploy fiber-like, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). 5G FWA can provide gigabit broadband service using both licensed and unlicensed mmWave spectrum, making it an ideal option for both...
Gigabit LTE network waiting on mobile device support
Operators around the world, in addition to prepping for rapid commercialization of 5G, are working to deliver gigabit LTE network experiences based on 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM and multi-channel carrier aggregation. The name might be a little...
