BROWSING: 5G

Nokia partners with academia on enterprise IoT

In a new partnership with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia is looking to accelerate IoT solutions for both enterprises and operators. Nokia will provide the institution with IP routing, optical, fixed, 4G and 5G wireless technologies, plus applications and...

5G trends: Closing comments

Dan Mayer and Brenda Boehm closes the 5G trends track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas. https://youtu.be/LvJ9T9RXvRA Dan Meyer started at RCR Wireless News in 1999 covering wireless carriers and wireless technologies. As editor-in-chief, Dan oversees editorial direction, reports on news from the wireless industry,...

Enterprise IoT Summit: 5G in 5 years

Panel: 5G in 5 years Moderator Brenda Boehm, Chief Strategy Officer at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is joined by a panel of experts including Kevin Robinson - Vice President, Marketing, Wi-Fi Alliance; Dr Rashmi Misra, WW GM Digital Video Services, Communications and Media Solutions, HPE; Chuck...

Fixed wireless access: The first phase of 5G

Fixed wireless access: The first phase of 5G Moderator Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief at RCR Wireless News is joined by Boris Maysel, Director Business Development, Siklu Communication; Farooq Khan, CEO, PHAZR, Inc and Berge Ayvazian, Wireless 2020 to discuss fixed wireless access the the initial development phase of 5G...

How spectrum policy drives 5G innovation

How spectrum policy drives 5G innovation Moderator Berge Ayvazian of Wireless 2020 is joined by Dileep Srihari, Director, Legislative & Government Affairs, TIA; Derek Kerton, Founder of Telecom Council and Fred Campbell, Director of Tech Knowledge and former Chief of the FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to discuss how...

5G trends: 3GPP Release 13 and its implications for IoT

3GPP Release 13: Implications for IoT Jeff Smith, Managing Partner of Quantum IoT, explains the implications of the 3GPP Release 13 for the Internet of Things (IoT), at the 5G trend track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas. https://youtu.be/lJ6u1mY9D2A Jeff Smith is Managing Partner of QuantumIOT...

5G trends: Telecom Council Startup Review on 5G

Telecom Council Startup Review on 5G Member of the Telecom Council including Derek Kerton, Founder of Telecom Council; Jaime Fink, Co-founder and CTO, Mimosa; Thomas Lee, Vice President, Innophase, Farooq Khan, CEO, PHAZR, Inc and Brian Baird, Co-founder & CIO, Expeto take the stage at the Enterprise IoT Summit...

LTE-M and NB-IoT on the path to 5G

LTE-M and NB-IoT on the path to 5G The two newest 3GPP technologies for low-power/wide-area IoT - LTE-M (Cat-M1) and NB-IoT (Cat-NB1) - are now being rolled out globally but at different times and emphasis depending on region.   Moderator Joe Barrett, President Global Mobile Suppliers...

Enterprise IoT Summit: 5G trends

5G Trends: Opening comments Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief at RCR Wireless News and Brenda Boehm, Chief Strategy Officer at the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), kick off the 5G trends session at the Enteprise IoT Summit in Austin Texas. https://youtu.be/fVNAdQZhKG0 Dan Meyer started at RCR Wireless News in 1999 covering...

Smart Cities, Vehicles and Transportation

How to reduce commute times and improve quality of life in the city with IoT and 5G technologies Ted Lehr, IT Data Architect and Smart City Team Lead, City of Austin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=590gQ_NyqP8 Dr. Ted Lehr is a Data Architect with the City of Austin, Texas. He is part...

5G for IoT: Applications and use cases

Panel: 5G for IoT - Applications and use cases Moderator Dan Meyer, Editor-in-Chief at RCR Wireless News is joined by Peter de Nagy, President, Acommence Advisors and Tri-Chair, Tech Titans IoT Forum (Tech Assoc of North Texas); Jake MacLeod, President and CEO, GreyBeards Consulting, Caroline Chan, VP, GM...

ZTE, Intel ink deal to create IoT innovation lab, 5G BBU

ZTE and Intel said they plan to collaborate on verification, evaluation and research of IoT technologies; tap SDN, NFV for 5G BBU. ZTE and Intel signed a strategic cooperation agreement targeting the internet of things market and announced a collaboration on a...

Network infrastructure is key to supporting the IoT

Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO calls for a 'network of reality' in support of the IoT. Speaking this week at the IT Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Wireless Infrastructure Association CEO Jonathan Adelstein said the success of the internet of things hinges on...

The future of 5G: What to expect in 2017

The road to 5G. Glenn Laxdal, CTO and head of strategy at Ericsson North America, hosted a session at this year’s AT&T Developers Conference titled “The Road to 5G," where he outlined how the upcoming mobile network will influence the "internet of...

Ericsson, Orange and PSA Group partner on automotive 5G applications

The 5G partnership will focus on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) architectures Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson, French telecommunications firm Orange and car manufacturer PSA Group have signed a partnership agreement to conduct 5G technology pilots for automotive applications. Through the “Towards 5G” connected car partnership, the...

Huawei selects Rohde & Schwarz for NB-IoT base station testing

Huawei selected a test solution from Rohde & Schwarz based on the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator and the R&S FSW signal and spectrum analyzer to perform narrowband "internet of things" base station tests in line with the Release 13 Cat-NB1 technology standard. Huawei is...

Edge Computing Consortium officially launched in China

Edge Computing Consortium members include Huawei, Intel, ARM and Chinese institutions. Chinese vendors, together with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Intel, ARM and ISoftStone established the Edge Computing Consortium in Beijing. The...

Ericsson targets aviation, maritime and mining verticals with new contract

Panasonic Avionics selected Ericsson to provide industrial connectivity Ericsson was selected by Panasonic Avionics, a subsidiary of Panasonic, to handle connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and mining markets. Under terms of the deal, Ericsson will implement its "5G"-ready core solution for Panasonic Avionics through...

Huawei, NTT DoCoMo carry out 5G trial in Yokohama

Both companies will continue 5G trial activities in Japan Chinese vendor Huawei and Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo have carried out a large-scale 5G trial in the 4.5 GHz band in Yokohama, Japan. During the trial, 11.29 Gbps total user throughput and less than 0.5 millisecond...

How Huawei set the tone for NB-IoT, cellular’s LPWA network

In 2015, Huawei published a report titled "NB-IoT: Enabling new business opportunities," arguing that wide area low power networks, which had already been around for a decade, were fragmented – having poor reliability, security and high operational costs. Its response was narrowband-IoT, the cellular...

SK Telecom demonstrates 5G connected car

The telco aims to launch 5G trial networks in Seoul and other cities to support connected cars and VR Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has deployed what it claims to be the world's largest millimeter wave-based "5G" trial network using the 28 GHz band at...

Huawei targets the oil and gas industry

Huawei oil and gas partners include Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver Huawei and partners including Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver showcased solutions covering the industry chain of the oil and gas sector during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2016. Some...

Ericsson plans 5G trial in Japan with NTT DoCoMo, Intel next year

5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a "5G" trial network in various areas of Tokyo beginning in 2017. Ericsson said the main goal of...

What is network densification and why is it needed for 5G?

This year’s Small Cells Americas Conference focused around talks on "5G," in-building infrastructure and the "internet of things." If there is one concept that filled the expo hall and session rooms as much as any other, it was network densification. What is network densification? There...