A conversation with CommScope about the power, backhaul and siting challenges facing small cells today and in the context of 5G
Deployment of small cells at scale has dogged operators for years. Each site is unique and comes with its own set of challenges associated...
The Korean telco said it will initially deploy 5G service on a major expressway
South Korean mobile carrier KT confirmed it will start deploying its 5G network in major parts of PyeongChang this month in a move to accelerate its preparations for the 2018 Winter...
5G key to Nokia's vertical, enterprise IoT market strategy
RCR Wireless News recently had the opportunity to visit with Nokia Chairman, Risto Siilasmaa. This post is the second in a series of articles from the interview held at Nokia headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Previous posts...
The world is sitting at the dawn of 5G – a future innovation platform that has a grand vision of transforming industries and is estimated to generate over $12T of economic value by 2035. But how will 5G impact our lives in the shorter-term?...
Dell bolsters IoT, 5G and big data initiatives with DSS 9000
Dell EMC recently rolled out its “hyperscale-inspired” rack scale infrastructure known as DSS 9000. Sprint and Telefonica are the first companies to leverage the technology for their software-defined data center and cloud computing initiatives.
The...
Verizon, Sprint and AT&T discuss network strategy at Goldman Sachs
The CEOs of AT&T, Sprint and Verizon laid out some of the key points driving their network strategies at last week's Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference. Verizon continued its laser-focus on its network, particularly on laying...
5G will get here soon, starting with fixed wireless access and moving on to full mobility in the years ahead. How is it going to impact your life once it rolls out?
Faster internet speeds. First and foremost, this kind of data transmission will...
Goal is to allow operators embracing SDN and NFV to reduce costs and speed-up development of new businesses
HONG KONG--Huawei has released a new solution designed for SDN/NFV testing dubbed TestCraft at the company’s Operations Transformation Forum 2017, which takes place in Hong Kong this...
Partners carried out this 5G trial on the telco’s commercial network in Berlin
HONG KONG--Deutsche Telekom (DT) has announced what it claims to be Europe’s first 5G connection based on the under-development 3GPP standard, which is set for completion in Q3 next year. The German telco...
5G to transform smart grid, transportation, massive IoT and media delivery
5G is billed as the great enabler--ultra high capacity and ultra low latency communications will blow open digital transformation for a variety of industrial verticals. But 5G isn't standardized yet, and at scale commercial...
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a nonprofit that serves projects creating solutions using open source software and software defined standards, recently unveiled that Intel Labs' has made its Xeon Processor based virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) reference software available to the CORD project.
CORD (Central...
The companies said they will continue performing joint network test of 5G technology
Korea mobile operator LG U+ and ICT vendor Huawei have completed the first phase of a 5G urban field test in the 28 GHz millimeter wave spectrum band. The field test was carried...
The two firms will carry out tests on the 4.5GHz band across a number of cities in Japan
Ericsson and Japanese telco KDDI have inked an agreement to test a 5G proof of concept in the 4.5GHz frequency band in a number of cities across...
Massive MIMO will be a cornerstone of 5G and IoT for Sprint
SAN FRANCISCO -- Sprint said it expects four to ten times more network capacity from new antennas designed by Ericsson for the carrier's 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies plan to roll out the...
New survey shows high levels of interest, intent to leverage 5G
A new survey shows that almost 100 percent of the organizations surveyed intend to leverage "5G" wireless technologies, with plans to evaluate and/or roll out 5G capabilities in the next 12 months -- and...
Millimeter wave is seen as a key part of 5G given the massive capacity associated with the high-band spectrum. But, millimeter wave comes with a number of propagation challenges. Right now, major operators like Verizon and AT&T are tapping into millimeter wave frequencies to...
SoftBank target use cases include tele-health, tele-education, factory automation, AR and VR
Japanese telco SoftBank has partnered with Chinese vendor Huawei to demonstrate potential 5G use cases for its enterprise partners.
The demonstration included real-time UHD video transmission using ultra-high throughput, remote control of a robotic...
PwC principal: Line between LTE and 5G is 'blurry'
In the run up to the inaugural Mobile World Congress Americas, kicking off Sept. 12 in San Francisco, Dan Hays, a principal at PwC, shared his thoughts on the dominant themes of the expo. In an...
BSNL and Coriant enter MoU that lays the foundation for future 5G deployments in India
India telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S.-based networking solutions provider Coriant yesterday in an effort to bring 5G and the internet of...
The non-standalone variant of the 5G New Radio standard is set for finalization in December, an accelerated timeline agreed to earlier this year and meant to speed delivery of commercial 5G-related services like home broadband and television following a fixed wireless access deployment model....
Radisys invests in early 5G initiative with MobilityEngine
Radisys Corporation introduced a new platform that it says will allow disaggregated mobile networks to meet 5G demands. Radisys MobilityEngine, an evolution of its CellEngine product line, is a portfolio of disaggregated Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions...
Millimeter wave spectrum provides the kind of capacity that 5G promises, but it comes with tricky propagation characteristics. Right now, particularly in the U.S., operators are tapping millimeter wave spectrum for 5G fixed wireless access deployments with the two-fold aim of providing pre-standard 5G...
WBA sees Wi-Fi as a major influence on 5G visions being laid out for cellular systems
What will be the role of Wi-Fi and unlicensed spectrum in a 5G world? The Wireless Broadband Alliance has put out an initial industry assessment on the part that...
Sprint adds new vendors as part of nationwide network functions virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment
Sprint announced it is collaborating with Metaswitch and Mavenir as part of its nationwide network functions virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment in a recent company blog post. The vendors will work with...
